Reconfigure diagnostic partition using Get-EsxCli -V2
The following powershell snippet is going to unconfigure the diagnostic coredump partition using the esxcli version 2 cmdlet. The second part will reconfigure the diagnostic partition with the ‘smart’ option so that an accessible partition is chosen.
If you want to configure a new diagnostic partition the you will find the necessary information in the following VMware knowledge base article: Configuring a diagnostic coredump partition on an ESXi 5.x/6.x host (2004299). There will be additional steps to supply the partition id.
The following powershell snippet is going to unconfigure the diagnostic coredump partition using the esxcli version 2 cmdlet. The second part will reconfigure the diagnostic partition with the ‘smart’ option so that an accessible partition is chosen.
If you want to configure a new diagnostic partition the you will find the necessary information in the following VMware knowledge base article: Configuring a diagnostic coredump partition on an ESXi 5.x/6.x host (2004299). There will be additional steps to supply the partition id.
$srv = Get-VMHost ESXiHost
$esxcli = Get-EsxCli -VMHost $srv -V2
$arg = $esxcli.system.coredump.partition.set.CreateArgs()
$arg.unconfigure = "true"
$esxcli.system.coredump.partition.set.Invoke($arg)
$arg = $esxcli.system.coredump.partition.set.CreateArgs()
$arg.unconfigure = "false"
$arg.enable = "true"
$arg.smart = "true"
$esxcli.system.coredump.partition.set.Invoke($arg)
First we connect to the esxi host directly and insert the connection details in the variable $srv:
$srv = Get-VMHost ESXiHost
Then we create a esxcli object $esxcli using the variable $srv we created previously:
$esxcli = Get-EsxCli -VMHost $srv -V2
Now we create a variable $arg to store the arguments we will provide later:
$arg = $esxcli.system.coredump.partition.set.CreateArgs()
Setting the $arg property ‘unconfigure’ to true will deactivate the diagnostic partition:
$arg.unconfigure = "true
The invoke command will invoke the command remotely on the esxi host. After execution the diagnostic partition is deactivated:
$esxcli.system.coredump.partition.set.Invoke($arg)
The second part starts with creating a new set of arguments:
$arg = $esxcli.system.coredump.partition.set.CreateArgs()
Reactivate the coredump, because we deactivated it before:
$arg.unconfigure = "false"
Enable the coredump partition:
$arg.enable = "true"
The ‘smart’ property will try to use an accessible partition:
$arg.smart = "true"
The last argument will configure the diagnostic partition using the supplied parameters:
$esxcli.system.coredump.partition.set.Invoke($arg)
