Categories: Uncategorized

VMware 5.x, set drives to SSD

Quick post, sometimes VMware doesn’t detect that you have SSD locally and you you need to force it to enable SSD. I’ll expand on this more and update this post with some screenshots later.

esxcli storage nmp device list
esxcli storage nmp satp rule add -s VMW_SATP_LOCAL -d naa.630f70d99950c0001822f33e055d5d4b -o=enable_ssd
esxcli storage nmp satp rule list | grep enable_ssd
esxcli storage core claimrule load
esxcli storage core claimrule run
esxcli storage core claiming reclaim -d naa.630f70d99950c0001822f33e055d5d4b
esxcli storage core device list -d naa.630f70d99950c0001822f33e055d5d4b
TomLasswell

Share
Published by
TomLasswell
Tags: ssdvmware

Recent Posts

Autotask: PowerShell: Enable Client Portal for all users

This is a quick one, it's been forever since I've posted here. After moving back…

2 years ago

PowerShell :: Get Exchange Mailboxes Over XXGB

Simple command turned crazy. I ended up coming up with this due to the fact…

4 years ago

PowerShell: ConnectWise Documents API, Uploading a document or attachment to a ticket

Phew, this one took a minute to figure out. ConnectWise has a form based documents…

6 years ago

PowerShell: ConnectWise REST API Query Contacts by Email Address

I've found myself at a new job, recreating many of the processes that I spent…

6 years ago

First post in a long time — changing hosting providers

Wow, it's been a while since I've done a real post on this site. I've…

7 years ago

Powershell: AutoTask – Get Picklist Values

When using AutoTask's API it's required to lookup a various amount of picklist values that…

10 years ago