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Erwin_Zavala
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How do i thin provision the hd of a vm that is running

how do I re-write this code to on a power vm be able

1. to move hd to another datastore and thin provision it

2. reloate that vm to the new datastore

Connect-VIServer -Server xxx -User xxx -Password xxx;

#Varialble

$vms = Get-VM -Name xxxx;

$datastore = Get-Datastore -Name "VM4"

foreach ($vm in $vms) {

#thin provisions HD on new datastore

Get-VM -Name "$vm" | Get-HardDisk | Set-HardDisk -Datastore $datastore

-StorageFormat Thin;

#move the rest of vm to new store

Move-VM -VM $vm -Datastore $datastore;

}

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LucD
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Have a go with the Move-VmThin function on PoshCode.

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