Get Datastore and DatastoreCluster information

[Greg86]

I was trying to find out if it is possible using a PowerCLI cmd or Script to get a list of all datastores and which datastore cluster they belong too. 

[LucD]

You could tackle this in reverse, something like

foreach($dsc in Get-DatastoreCluster){

  Get-Datastore -Location $dsc |

  Select Name,@{N='DatastoreCluster';E={$dsc.Name}}

}

This assumes all datastores belong to a datastorecluster

[Greg86]

Thanks for the quick reply LucD! We have a few datastores that are not part of a cluster, will the script just return a null value? or would it error out?

[LucD · Accepted solution]

No error, but it will not list the datastores that are not part of a datastorecluster.

If you want all datastores, you could do

Get-Datastore |

Select Name,@{N='DatastoreCluster';E={Get-DatastoreCluster -Datastore $_ | Select -ExpandProperty Name}}

[Greg86]

This CMD ran but did not display any results in the datastorecluster column.

[LucD]

Which PowerCLI version are you running ?

Do a

Get-PowerCLIVersion

[Greg86]

PowerCLI 5.0

[LucD]

That explains, the Get-DatastoreCluster cmdlet isn't available in that version.

Can you upgrade ?