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    <title>topic Re: Find VMs which are missing .vmdk descriptor file in VMware PowerCLI Discussions</title>
    <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Find-VMs-which-are-missing-vmdk-descriptor-file/m-p/927804#M27357</link>
    <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks for your kind support Guru&lt;img id="smileyhappy" class="emoticon emoticon-smileyhappy" src="https://communities.vmware.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-happy.png" alt="Smiley Happy" title="Smiley Happy" /&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;As of now I will use this code to fetch missing .vmdk details.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 24 Sep 2016 10:18:47 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>vin01</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2016-09-24T10:18:47Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Find VMs which are missing .vmdk descriptor file</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Find-VMs-which-are-missing-vmdk-descriptor-file/m-p/927798#M27351</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hello&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;In a environment where there are multiple VM's which are missing descriptor file and its very hard to find which hard disk vmdk file is missing.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;1. VM's are in powered on State.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;2. Need to find VM's whose harddisk doesn't consists of .vmdk file.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;My idea is to list all VM's and there harddisk with corresponding .vmdk file(descriptor file) . There we find the VM's with no vmdk file will show blank in csv file.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I tried to execute below code but its trimming the harddisk file name and showing vmdk path.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Can some one direct me on correct path please?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;PRE __default_attr="plain" __jive_macro_name="code" class="jive_macro_code jive_text_macro _jivemacro_uid_14744690241294414" jivemacro_uid="_14744690241294414"&gt;
&lt;P&gt;foreach ($VM in (Get-VM 'log1' | Sort-Object -Property Name)) {&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;foreach ($HardDisk in ($VM | Get-HardDisk | Sort-Object -Property Name)){&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;$ds = Get-Datastore -Name $HardDisk.Filename.Split(']')[0].TrimStart('[')&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;$vmdkPath = $HardDisk.Filename.Split(']')[1].TrimStart(' ')&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;""| select @{N="VM";E={$VM.Name}},&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;@{N="Hard Disk";E={$HardDisk.Name}},&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;@{N="Datastore";E={$ds.Name}},&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;@{N="VMDKpath";E={$vmdkPath}},&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;@{N="VMDK Size";E={($VM.extensiondata.layoutex.file|?{$_.name -contains $HardDisk.filename.replace(".","-flat.")}).size/1GB}},&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;@{N="Drive Size";E={$HardDisk.CapacityGB}}&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;}&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;}&lt;/P&gt;
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      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2016 14:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Find-VMs-which-are-missing-vmdk-descriptor-file/m-p/927798#M27351</guid>
      <dc:creator>vin01</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2016-09-21T14:46:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Find VMs which are missing .vmdk descriptor file</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Find-VMs-which-are-missing-vmdk-descriptor-file/m-p/927799#M27352</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Did you already try to list the files via the VimDatastore PSDrive?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2016 16:04:55 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Find-VMs-which-are-missing-vmdk-descriptor-file/m-p/927799#M27352</guid>
      <dc:creator>LucD</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2016-09-21T16:04:55Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Find VMs which are missing .vmdk descriptor file</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Find-VMs-which-are-missing-vmdk-descriptor-file/m-p/927800#M27353</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;‌no LucD. Can you please direct me to list the files using vimDatastore PSDrive. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2016 16:21:46 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Find-VMs-which-are-missing-vmdk-descriptor-file/m-p/927800#M27353</guid>
      <dc:creator>vin01</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2016-09-21T16:21:46Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Find VMs which are missing .vmdk descriptor file</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Find-VMs-which-are-missing-vmdk-descriptor-file/m-p/927801#M27354</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Sure, there is a sample script in &lt;STRONG&gt; &lt;A _jive_internal="true" class="font-color-meta-light" href="https://communities.vmware.com/message/2611979#2611979" name="&amp;amp;amp;lpos=apps_scodevmw : 60" title="Link to reply #1"&gt;1.&lt;/A&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;A _jive_internal="true" class="font-color-meta-light" href="https://communities.vmware.com/message/2611979#2611979" name="&amp;amp;amp;lpos=apps_scodevmw : 61"&gt;Re: DataStore Folder &amp;amp; Size Details&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hope that helps.&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2016 19:36:50 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Find-VMs-which-are-missing-vmdk-descriptor-file/m-p/927801#M27354</guid>
      <dc:creator>LucD</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2016-09-21T19:36:50Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Find VMs which are missing .vmdk descriptor file</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Find-VMs-which-are-missing-vmdk-descriptor-file/m-p/927802#M27355</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks for your 'VMX Raiders Revisited' Script. With the help of that script I tried this variation and tested on single VM. It worked.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Any modifications will be helpful for faster and accurate output.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;PRE __default_attr="plain" __jive_macro_name="code" class="jive_macro_code _jivemacro_uid_14745472234763686 jive_text_macro" jivemacro_uid="_14745472234763686"&gt;
&lt;P&gt;foreach ($VM in (Get-VM 'log1' | Sort-Object -Property Name)) {&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;foreach ($HardDisk in ($VM | Get-HardDisk | Sort-Object -Property Name)){&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;$ds = Get-Datastore -Name $HardDisk.Filename.Split(']')[0].TrimStart('[')&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;$vmdkPath = $HardDisk.Filename.Split(']')[1].TrimStart(' ')&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;$vmdkPathtrim =$vmdkPath.split('/')[1].trimstart('/')&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;# Set up Search for .VMDK Files in Datastore&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;New-PSDrive -Name TgtDS -Location $ds -PSProvider VimDatastore -Root '\' | Out-Null&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;$vmdksearch = @(Get-ChildItem -Path TgtDS: -Recurse | `&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;where {$_.FolderPath -notmatch ".snapshot" -and $_.Name -like "$vmdkPathtrim"})&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Remove-PSDrive -Name TgtDS&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;""| select @{N="VM";E={$VM.Name}},&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;@{N="Hard Disk";E={$HardDisk.Name}},&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;@{N="Datastore";E={$ds.Name}},&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;@{N="VMDKpath";E={$vmdkPath}},&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;@{N="VMDK Size";E={($VM.extensiondata.layoutex.file|?{$_.name -contains $HardDisk.filename.replace(".","-flat.")}).size/1GB}},&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;@{N="Drive Size";E={$HardDisk.CapacityGB}},&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;@{N="VMDK Exist In Datastore";E={$vmdksearch}}&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;}&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;}&lt;/P&gt;
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      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2016 12:27:59 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Find-VMs-which-are-missing-vmdk-descriptor-file/m-p/927802#M27355</guid>
      <dc:creator>vin01</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2016-09-22T12:27:59Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Find VMs which are missing .vmdk descriptor file</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Find-VMs-which-are-missing-vmdk-descriptor-file/m-p/927803#M27356</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Using the VimDatastore provider is not the fastest process I'm afraid.&lt;BR /&gt;Had a look at your script, but can't see major improvements.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2016 16:58:01 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Find-VMs-which-are-missing-vmdk-descriptor-file/m-p/927803#M27356</guid>
      <dc:creator>LucD</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2016-09-22T16:58:01Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Find VMs which are missing .vmdk descriptor file</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Find-VMs-which-are-missing-vmdk-descriptor-file/m-p/927804#M27357</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks for your kind support Guru&lt;img id="smileyhappy" class="emoticon emoticon-smileyhappy" src="https://communities.vmware.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-happy.png" alt="Smiley Happy" title="Smiley Happy" /&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;As of now I will use this code to fetch missing .vmdk details.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 24 Sep 2016 10:18:47 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Find-VMs-which-are-missing-vmdk-descriptor-file/m-p/927804#M27357</guid>
      <dc:creator>vin01</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2016-09-24T10:18:47Z</dc:date>
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