afokkema VMware

How to manage iSCSI targets with PowerCLI part 2


In part 2 of this series I will show how to remove iSCSI targets with PowerCLI.

But first, let’s see which targets are configured on vSphere host esx2.ict-freak.local:

$esx = Get-VMHost "esx2.ict-freak.local"
Get-IScsiHbaTarget -IScsiHba ($esx | Get-VMHostHba -Type iScsi | Where {$_.Model -eq "iSCSI Software Adapter"})

The following targets are configured:

image

In this post I want to show you how to remove the target with PowerCLI. So I opened the vSphere PowerCLI Cmdlets Reference and searched for the Remove-IScsiHbaTarget. On this page you’ll find the following examples:

————– Example 1 ————–

Get-IScsiHbaTarget -Address 10.23.84.73 -Type Send | Remove-IScsiHbaTarget

Retrieves and removes the targets of type Send on the specified address.

————– Example 2 ————–

Remove-IScsiHbaTarget -Target (Get-IScsiHbaTarget -Address 10.23.84.73)

Removes the specified iSCSI HBA targets.

Unfortunately this example doesn’t work because the –Address parameter doesn’t exist in VMware vSphere PowerCLI 4.1 build 264274.

Continue reading “How to manage iSCSI targets with PowerCLI part 2” →

Advertisement
afokkema VMware

How to manage iSCSI targets with PowerCLI part 1


In part 1 of this series I want to show some basic reporting and how you can add a single target and multiple targets to your vSphere hosts. Let’s start with a simple script to report all the targets on all your vSphere hosts:

$esxHosts = Get-VMhost
foreach($esx in $esxhosts){
$hba = $esx | Get-VMHostHba -Type iScsi 
    Write-Host "=========================================="
    Write-Host "iSCSI Targets on $esx"
    Write-Host "=========================================="
    Get-IScsiHbaTarget -IScsiHba $hba -Type Send | Sort Address
    Write-Host " "
}

The following output will be generated:

image

Continue reading “How to manage iSCSI targets with PowerCLI part 1” →