Hi all,
I've done some PS development work in the past (with all your assistance) to get my VI3.5 system to mount snaps from my NAS device and allow me to review the contents.
In the past (with VI3.5) all I had to do was use the powershell to change the LVM option value of the Esx host to "AllowSnapLun" and "EnableResignature" then rescan the esx storage. The LUN would appear (with a SNAP-xxx_lun name)
Great - all was well with the world.
Then we updated to vSphere and this has now put a spanner in the works.
Seems that vSphere no longer has the LVM option values to allow for the mounting of the LUN's. In theory, this is because vShpere allows you to mount snapped LUNs. However - the LUN appears but the datastore is invisible?? I can't find any way of allowing the powershell to mount the snapped datastores.
There seems to be some esx host Service console ESXCFG code for resiging a lun, but I can't launch that from the powershell can I, and if I could - it asks for a UUID for the storage? - how would I know what this is without manually looking each time? (not great for scripting).
Any ideas how I do this??
Also note - I'm still using the VItoolkit (NOT the NEW PowerCLI) as the PowerCLI breaks some of the code I used for mounting VMDK files on VM's. I anyone can confirm that the powerCLI is required and perhaps provide some code to prove the pointt - thats also worth a look, but I do not have time for a re-write at the mo so have shied away from the upgrade.
Any help would be much appreciated.
TG