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system node virtual-machine instance show-system-disks

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Display information about virtual machine system disks

Availability: This command is available to cluster administrators at the admin privilege level.

Description

The system node virtual-machine instance show-system-disks command displays information about the system disks (non-data disks) attached to the virtual machine. Data disk information is available using the command storage disk show-virtual-machine-disk-info .

Parameters

{ [-fields <fieldname>,…​]

If you specify the -fields <fieldname>, …​ parameter, the command output also includes the specified field or fields. You can use '-fields ?' to display the fields to specify.

| [-instance ] }

If you specify the -instance parameter, the command displays detailed information about all fields.

[-node {<nodename>|local}] - Node Name

Selects disk information for nodes that match this parameter.

[-vmdisk-purpose <text>] - Purpose of the System Disk

Selects disk information for disks that match this parameter. Values include: Boot , NVRAM , and Core .

[-vmdisk-type <text>] - Type of the System Disk

Selects disk information for disks that match this parameter. Possible values are: VMDISK , SSD .

[-vmdisk-name <text>] - System Disk Name

Selects disk information for disks that match this parameter. The virtual machine ID of the system disk.

[-vmdisk-capacity <text>] - Size of the System Disk (GB)

Selects disk information for disks that match this parameter. The size of the system disk.

[-vmdisk-file-name <text>] - File Name of the System Disk Used By the Hypervisor

Selects disk information for disks that match this parameter. The virtual machine file name of the disk. Each system disk is mapped to a unique VM disk file.

Examples

The following example shows typical output from the command.

cluster1::> system node virtual-machine instance show-system-disks
     Disk    Disk    Disk        Disk
Node Purpose Type    Name Capacity GB VM Disk File Name
---- ------- ------- ---- ----------- ---------------------------------------
node1
     boot    SSD     da0           10 node1-vm-disk-boot
     nvram   SSD     da1          500 node1-vm-disk-nvram
     core    VMDISK  da2          216 node1-vm-disk-core