Translate Vml to LUN Path with Powershell

By On March 23, 2009 · 3 Comments

While checking the vmkernel logs on our VMware ESX Servers today, I ran into some errors referencing luns using a vml string. It looks something like this: vml.827149017315617. I would like to know what lun this error is referencing, but I prefer the LUN Path notation, e.g.: vmhba1:2:137. So I wrote this Powershell VI Toolkit function that can translate the vml into the lun path:

# Function: Translate a VML (e.g.: vml.9364839746917650) to a Lun Path (e.g.: vmhba1:2:137)
 
function Translate-VmlToLunPath
	{
	param(
	[string]$VMHostName,
	[string]$Vml
	)
	Return (Get-VMHost $VMhostName | Get-ScsiLun | Where {$_.ConsoleDeviceName -match $Vml}).CanonicalName
	}

Feed it a host name and a vml string and it will return the lun path. Here’s an example script that uses this function when looking for LUNs with SCSI Reservation Errors:

# Example use in a script: Get LUNs with SCSI Reservation Conflicts
 
$VIServerName = "myVIServer"
$NumLines = 1000
 
$VC = Connect-VIServer $VIServerName
 
ForEach ($VMHost in Get-VMHost)
	{
	ForEach ($Log in ($VMHost | Get-Log -Key vmkernel -NumLines $NumLines))
		{
		$MatchedEntries = $Log.Entries | Where {$_ -match "reservation" -and $_ -match "vml.\d*"}
		ForEach ($VmlId in $matches.values)
			{
			$myObj = "" | Select VMHost, ErrorLun
			$myObj.VMHost = $VMHost.Name
			$myObj.ErrorLun = Translate-VmlToLunPath -VMHostName $VMHost.Name -Vml $VmlId
			Return $myObj
			}
		}
	}
 
Disconnect-VIServer -Confirm:$False

Enjoy!
Hugo

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3 Responses to Translate Vml to LUN Path with Powershell

  1. Richard says:
    August 27, 2009 at 10:26 am

    Hi Hugo, when I try to run your script, I am receiving this error message:

    Get-Log : 8/27/2009 10:58:52 AM Get-Log A2618ED6-5613-4F05-9693-DF51274B582B A general system error occurred:

    At C:\Users\test\Documents\SysAdmin\Scripts\VMware Scripts\getscsireservationerrors.ps1:8 char:37
    + ForEach ($Log in ($VMHost | Get-Log <<<< -Key vmkernel -NumLines $NumLines))
    + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Get-Log], ViRuntimeException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Client20_RuntimeDataServiceImpl_GetSingleLog_ViError,VMware.VimAutomation.Commands.GetLog

    Any idea what is going on here?

    Reply
    • admin says:
      August 27, 2009 at 1:43 pm

      It appears the Get-Log cmdlet is causing a general system error. Are you sure you have permissions to read the logfiles on the ESX server? I wouldn’t know what else could be wrong.
      Hugo

      Reply
  2. Richard says:
    August 27, 2009 at 3:39 pm

    It’s a ESXi server, therefore vmkernel logs do not exists? When I change vmkernel to messages the get-log commando itself works.

    Reply