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    <title>topic Re: Unused VM's in VI: VMware ESX® 3.0 Discussions</title>
    <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VI-VMware-ESX-3-0-Discussions/Unused-VM-s/m-p/1058911#M13485</link>
    <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;For example with this command:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt; find /vmfs/volumes -name "*vmdk"  -type f -mtime +6  | awk -F "/" '{print $NF}' | sort | uniq &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt; You get all Disk, that has not been change in 6 days.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:18:30 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>termita_kaesar</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-08-13T13:18:30Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Unused VM's</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VI-VMware-ESX-3-0-Discussions/Unused-VM-s/m-p/1058910#M13484</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hi,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt; I work in an environment where I have quite a few VM's.  Due to storage shortages and resource restrictions I'm looking to find a quick and easy way of finding out which VM's have not been used for a certain period of time.  Is there anyway I can find this out in bulk?  &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt; Thank You :smileyblush:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:39:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>IT538332</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-08-13T12:39:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Unused VM's</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VI-VMware-ESX-3-0-Discussions/Unused-VM-s/m-p/1058911#M13485</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;For example with this command:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt; find /vmfs/volumes -name "*vmdk"  -type f -mtime +6  | awk -F "/" '{print $NF}' | sort | uniq &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt; You get all Disk, that has not been change in 6 days.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:18:30 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VI-VMware-ESX-3-0-Discussions/Unused-VM-s/m-p/1058911#M13485</guid>
      <dc:creator>termita_kaesar</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-08-13T13:18:30Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Unused VM's</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VI-VMware-ESX-3-0-Discussions/Unused-VM-s/m-p/1058912#M13486</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hi there,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Is there a powerCLI script to find the same?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;We would like to know which machines are dormant from past 30 days so that we can communicate with the users and delete them if not needed.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Regards,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;J&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 12:36:40 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VI-VMware-ESX-3-0-Discussions/Unused-VM-s/m-p/1058912#M13486</guid>
      <dc:creator>JayantKohli</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2012-04-02T12:36:40Z</dc:date>
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