Copy .vmdk file from one datastore to another

[BrianGordon84]

I need a script to be able to copy one .vmdk file from one datastore to another. I'm wanting to copy a block aligned formatted hd from a datastore to a newly created vm but I'm not wanting to do this manually everytime I create a vm. Any suggestions?

[LucD · Accepted solution]

You can use the Copy-DatastoreItem cmdlet for that.

Seems I forgot about the Copy-HardDisk cmdlet.

Makes it even easier

For example:

$newLocation = "[DS2] NewFolder"
$vmName = "PC1"
Get-VM $vmName | Get-HardDisk | %{
	Copy-HardDisk -HardDisk $_ -DestinationPath $newLocation
}

This will copy all hard disks on PC1 to the new datastore.

Note that you need to be connected to an ESX(i) server, not the vCenter.

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