Rescan all hosts for new storage
More of a note for myself really but others may find this useful, to rescan all the hosts (rather than clicking Rescan in the GUI) you can run the following PowerShell command:
For a Specific Cluster:
get-cluster -name “MY CLUSTER” | get-vmhost | Get-VMHostStorage -RescanAllHBA
All Hosts in VC:
get-vmhost | Get-VMHostStorage -RescanAllHBA
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Nice, just used it. Works a treat and will save loads of time.
Keep ‘em coming.
anything else you want, just let me know !
Thanks for the tip, although this makes it slightly easier, it still takes 5 minutes per server to re-scan and since this is a synchronous command, with 10 ESX hosts, this takes 1 hour to run.
Any idea of a asynchronous way to kickoff a rescan for each host simultaneously?