How to identify the VVOL object ID used for a virtual machine disk.

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

This article explains how to find out which vvol object ID is used for a virtual machine's disk.

Environment

VMware vSphere ESXi 8.x

Resolution

Check vmdk file (####.vmdk) under virutal machine folder (/vmfs/volumes/<vvol datastore name>/<virtual machine name>) in ESXi host.

i.e.
contents of ####.vmdk file.

====
# Disk DescriptorFile
version=7
encoding="UTF-8"
CID=fffffffe
parentCID=ffffffff
createType="vmfs"

# Extent description
RW 33554432 VMFS "vvol://01e52902f7fb49ba-ae23d94f249928f8/naa.60060160954e082abbfa4a8763194185"
====

VVOL object ID is naa.60060160954e082abbfa4a8763194185.