how im can check free space in datastore before use new-vm for cloning ?

[MicroMarket]

Dear Friend

how im can check free space in datastore before use new-vm for cloning ?

$esx = Get-VMHost -Name server1.riodejaneiro.caixa

$mydatastore = Get-Datastore -VMHost $esx -Name METALUN_01

Result of variable  mydatastore

Name	FreeSpaceGB	CapacityGB
----	-----------	----------
METALUN_01	23,098	1.023,750

The comand to clone is :

New-vm -Name $newvmname -VM $fromVMname -Datastore ($mydatastore) -VMHost $esx

Thanks

Almir

[LucD]

You can get the committed storage used by the source VM, like this

$vm = Get-VM -Name $fromVMName

$vmStorageUsedGB = ($vm.ExtensionData.Storage.PerDatastoreUsage | Measure-Object -Property Committed -Sum | select -ExpandProperty Sum)/1GB

Then compare this against FreeSpaceGB from the Get-Datastore

[MicroMarket]

Dear LucD

Great .. the value are ok ! 

$vmStorageUsedGB = ($vm.ExtensionData.Storage.PerDatastoreUsage | Measure-Object -Property Committed -Sum | select -ExpandProperty Sum)/1GB

$vmStorageUsedGB

11,0003310870379

$mydatastore = Get-Datastore -VMHost $esx -Name ST310_METALUN_04

$mydatastore2 = $mydatastore.FreeSpaceGB

$mydatastore2

23,09765625

        #

       if ($mydatastore2 -gt $vmStorageUsedGB) {

        Write-Host "dont have space"

        }

      else{

      Write-Host "dont have space"

      }

Have space

Thanks

Almir