Upload multiple VMDK's to datastore using PowerCLI

[alpha_76]

Hi guys,

I would like to upload a few VMDK files to a datastore using PowerCLI and I have been using the below script from LucD, however it does one file at a time, is there a way to have the command run asynchronously, and be able to have it output the progress of each transfer? I thought about putting it inside a job, but I don't see how I can retrieve the progress.

$fileName = 'F:\VM1_disk1.vmdk'

$tgtFolder = 'VM1'

$ds = Get-VMHost -Name "host1.com" | Get-Datastore "DS-LUN01"

New-PSDrive -Location $ds -Name DS -PSProvider VimDatastore -Root "\" > $null

if(!(Test-Path -Path "DS:/$($tgtFolder)")){

    New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path "DS:/$($tgtFolder)" > $null

}

Copy-DatastoreItem -Item $fileName -Destination "DS:/$($tgtFolder)"

$fileName = 'F:\VM2_disk1.vmdk'

$tgtFolder = 'VM2'

$ds = Get-VMHost -Name "host1.com" | Get-Datastore "DS-LUN01"

New-PSDrive -Location $ds -Name DS -PSProvider VimDatastore -Root "\" > $null

if(!(Test-Path -Path "DS:/$($tgtFolder)")){

    New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path "DS:/$($tgtFolder)" > $null

}

Copy-DatastoreItem -Item $fileName -Destination "DS:/$($tgtFolder)"

Remove-PSDrive -Name DS -Confirm:$false

[LucD]

The problem might be that you can't really find out how long such a copy job might take.
So even inside one such job, how could you determine a 'percent complete'?

[alpha_76]

Hey LucD,

The Copy-DatastoreItem command does display a percentage when it's running, so was thinking of putting it within a hashtable and calling the key to get the state.

Or even within the job itself having it output to a file I could then read.

But, not sure if it's possible as the command doesn't seem to allow it to be run as async

[LucD]

Afaik, the Progress Bar the cmdlet shows is internal to the cmdlet.

I don't think you can read out that value easily from a PS script and store it somewhere.
There seems to be a possibility via an event handler, but I haven't played with that.See Reading PowerShell Progress Bar output in C#

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/34814719/reading-powershell-progress-bar-output-in-c-sharp

[alpha_76]

Thanks, will take a look.