vSAN 8 ESA - "VsanDiskGroup" is empty

[mpacholke]

vSAN 8 ESA has no disk groups anymore. The argument is NULL or empty

Perhaps you can skip the vSAN disk group information in the script ?

Update:

Test with the RC run into the same error:

ModuleType Version Name ExportedCommands

---

Script 1.3.4 AsBuiltReport.VMware.vSphere Invoke-AsBuiltReport.VMware.vSphere

New-AsBuiltReport : The argument for the VsanDiskGroup parameter cannot be verified. The argument is NULL or empty. Provide an argument that is not NULL or empty, and
run the command again.
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• New-AsBuiltReport -Report VMware.vSphere -Target myvc.local ...

 + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Write Error], WriteErrorException
 + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WriteErrorException,New-AsBuiltReport

ESXi 8.0.2 Build 22380479
vCenter 8.0.2 Build 22385739

Name Value

---

PSVersion 5.1.19041.3693
PSEdition Desktop
PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
BuildVersion 10.0.19041.3693
CLRVersion 4.0.30319.42000
WSManStackVersion 3.0
PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.3
SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1

PowerCLI Version

VMware.PowerCLI 13.2.1 build 22851661

Component Versions

VMware Common PowerCLI Component 13.2 build 22643733
VMware Cis Core PowerCLI Component PowerCLI Component 13.2 build 22643734
VMware VimAutomation VICore Commands PowerCLI Component PowerCLI Component 13.2 build 22643732
VMware VimAutomation Storage PowerCLI Component PowerCLI Component 13.2 build 22643728
VMware VimAutomation Vds Commands PowerCLI Component PowerCLI Component 13.1 build 21610933

[baukeplugge]

Same issue here.

got it working with some tweaks:

added an extra line to $VsanClusterInfo

'vSAN ESA Enabled' = Switch ($VsanCluster.VsanEsaEnabled) {
                                            $true { 'Yes' }
                                            $false { 'No' } 
                                        }

in the vsanclusters loop I excluded the OSA disk details

if (!($VsanCluster.VsanEsaEnabled -eq $true)){
$VsanDiskGroup = Get-VsanDiskGroup -Cluster $VsanCluster.Cluster
$NumVsanDiskGroup = $VsanDiskGroup.Count
$VsanDisk = Get-VsanDisk -VsanDiskGroup $VsanDiskGroup
$VsanDiskFormat = $VsanDisk.DiskFormatVersion | Select-Object -First 1 -Unique
$NumVsanSsd = ($VsanDisk | Where-Object { $_.IsSsd -eq $true }).Count
$NumVsanHdd = ($VsanDisk | Where-Object { $_.IsSsd -eq $false }).Count
if ($NumVsanHdd -gt 0) {
$VsanClusterType = "Hybrid"
} else {
$VsanClusterType = "All Flash"
}
} else {
$VsanClusterType = "All Flash (NVMe)"
}

I removed these 3 lines from the clusterdetail object and added them only if there is no ESA

if (!($VsanCluster.VsanEsaEnabled -eq $true)){
$VsanClusterDetail | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -name 'Disk Format Version' -value $VsanDiskFormat
$VsanClusterDetail | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -name 'Total Number of Disks' -value $NumVsanSsd + $NumVsanHdd
$VsanClusterDetail | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -name 'Total Number of Disk Groups' -value $NumVsanDiskGroup
}

lastly I excluded the whole section disk groups and disks. These are depended on the diskgroup which do no exist anymore

if (!($VsanCluster.VsanEsaEnabled -eq $true)){
.....
}

for the exclusion.

the result is that the report is created only the ESA lines are not included in the report yet.

[tpcarman]

I have this coded already, however I got distracted while testing it in a few environments. I'll aim to push this up to the repo over the Easter weekend and you can test it further.

[mpacholke]

Are you sure that it is fixed?

DETAILED: [ 14:41:03:404 ] [ Document ] - Processing paragraph 'The following sections detail the co[..]'.
VERBOSE: [ 14:41:03:407 ] [ Document ] - Processing section 'vsan-cluster' started.
New-AsBuiltReport : The argument for the VsanDiskGroup parameter cannot be verified. The argument is NULL or empty. Provide an argument that is not NULL or empty and run the command
again.
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• New-AsBuiltReport -Report VMware.vSphere -Target vc.local ...

•   + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Write-Error], WriteErrorException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WriteErrorException,New-AsBuiltReport
  
  
  

I have to mention that i installed a prerelease version while we tested in the last month:

Version Name Repository Description

---

1.4.0 AsBuiltReport.Core PSGallery A PowerShell module which provides the core framework for generating As-Built documentation ...
1.3.4-rc1 AsBuiltReport.VMware.vSphere PSGallery A PowerShell module to generate an as built report on the configuration of VMware vSphere

The update with the --force gives no errors but am not sure if the correct module is active now

WARNUNG: [ 14:52:25:303 ] [ Module ] - AsBuiltReport.VMware.vSphere 1.3.4.1 is currently installed.

To be sure i need to uninstall the prerelease and install from scratch but i get this error:

PackageManagement\Uninstall-Package : The module 'AsBuiltReport.VMware.vSphere' of version '1.3.4-rc1' in module base folder 'C:\Program
Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\AsBuiltReport.VMware.vSphere\1.3.4' was installed without side-by-side version support. Some versions are installed in this module base with
side-by-side version support. Uninstall other versions of this module before uninstalling the most current version.
In C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PowerShellGet\2.2.5\PSModule.psm1:12733 Zeichen:21

• ... $null = PackageManagement\Uninstall-Package @PSBoundParameters

•                ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  

  • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (Microsoft.Power...ninstallPackage:UninstallPackage) [Uninstall-Package], Exception
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : UnableToUninstallModuleVersion,Uninstall-Package,Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.UninstallPackage

[mpacholke]

Update:
i was able to remove all installed versions and reinstall the actual module:

ModuleType Version Name ExportedCommands

---

Script 1.3.4.1 AsBuiltReport.VMware.vSphere Invoke-AsBuiltReport.VMware.vSphere

The error remains:

New-AsBuiltReport : The argument for the VsanDiskGroup parameter cannot be verified. The argument is NULL or empty. Provide an argument that is not NULL or empty and run the command again.
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[tpcarman]

@mpacholke Can you please provide a verbose output or screenshot of where it is failing?

[mpacholke]

It is a german windows jump host

[tpcarman]

What vSphere & VSAN version are you using?

What is the VSAN InfoLevel configured for within the report configuration JSON?

[mpacholke]

Here the versions and info's:

ESXi
8.0.2 23305546

vCenter :
Version Build

---

8.0.2 23319993

"InfoLevel": {
"comment": "0 = Disabled, 1 = Enabled / Summary, 2 = Adv Summary, 3 = Detailed, 4 = Adv Detailed, 5 = Comprehensive",
"vCenter": 3,
"Cluster": 3,
"ResourcePool": 3,
"VMHost": 3,
"Network": 3,
"vSAN": 3,
"Datastore": 3,
"DSCluster": 3,
"VM": 2,
"VUM": 3

I varied the setting for vSAN to 1 and 0 but the error remains