virtual machine raw device mappings

Can you post the piece of the script which actually collects the data from the VIX interface?

$report = @()

$vms = Get-VM | Get-View

foreach($vm in $vms){

  foreach($dev in $vm.Config.Hardware.Device){

    if(($dev.gettype()).Name -eq "VirtualDisk"){

       if($dev.Backing.CompatibilityMode -eq "physicalMode"){

         $row = "" | select VMName, HDDeviceName, HDFileName

          $row.VMName = $vm.Name

         $row.HDDeviceName = $dev.Backing.DeviceName

         $row.HDFileName = $dev.Backing.FileName

         $report += $row

       }

     }

  }

}

$report

Thanks.

We already capture quite a bit of data about RDMs in the product.  vFogligth Storage can show you them graphically in a nice toplogy layout, but if you just want a table of given VM with the phsysical disks that are not part of a datastore that can be done. I'll try to find some time to create a same view for you.

thanks. we don't have vfoglight storage, just vfoglight.

is there any documentation on how to do it?

i opened a ticket but they have not gotten back to me.

I'll have to figure out the exact query to get it, but the basic gist of it is to get a list of VMs where any of it's disks are not a datastore.  In our world if we see a physical disk attached to a VM and it's not a datastore, it's a RDM. I just have to figure out exactly how to do it.