Just to confirm if the script that you created will not delete anything yet unless it is used with -Delete switch? Is it possible to list the result in .CSV file ?
function Remove-OrphanedData {
<#
.SYNOPSIS Remove orphaned folders and VMDK files
.DESCRIPTION The function searches orphaned folders and VMDK files
on one or more datastores and reports its findings.
Optionally the function removes the orphaned folders and VMDK files
.NOTES Author: Luc Dekens
.PARAMETER Datastore
One or more datastores.
The default is to investigate all shared VMFS datastores
.PARAMETER Delete
A switch that indicates if you want to remove the folders
and VMDK files
.EXAMPLE
PS> Remove-OrphanedData -Datastore ds1
.EXAMPLE
PS> Get-Datastore ds* | Remove-OrphanedData
.EXAMPLE
PS> Remove-OrphanedData -Datastore $ds -Delete
#>
[CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess=$true)]
param(
[parameter(Mandatory=$true,ValueFromPipeline=$true)]
[PSObject[]]$Datastore,
[switch]$Delete
)
begin{
$fldList = @{}
$hdList = @{}
$fileMgr = Get-View FileManager
}
process{
foreach($ds in $Datastore){
if($ds.GetType().Name -eq "String"){
$ds = Get-Datastore -Name $ds
}
if($ds.Type -eq "VMFS" -and $ds.ExtensionData.Summary.MultipleHostAccess){
Get-VM -Datastore $ds | %{
$_.Extensiondata.LayoutEx.File | where{"diskDescriptor","diskExtent" -contains $_.Type} | %{
$fldList[$_.Name.Split('/')[0]] = $_.Name
$hdList[$_.Name] = $_.Name
}
}
Get-Template | where {$_.DatastoreIdList -contains $ds.Id} | %{
$_.Extensiondata.LayoutEx.File | where{"diskDescriptor","diskExtent" -contains $_.Type} | %{
$fldList[$_.Name.Split('/')[0]] = $_.Name
$hdList[$_.Name] = $_.Name
}
}
$dc = $ds.Datacenter.Extensiondata
$flags = New-Object VMware.Vim.FileQueryFlags
$flags.FileSize = $true
$flags.FileType = $true
$disk = New-Object VMware.Vim.VmDiskFileQuery
$disk.details = New-Object VMware.Vim.VmDiskFileQueryFlags
$disk.details.capacityKb = $true
$disk.details.diskExtents = $true
$disk.details.diskType = $true
$disk.details.thin = $true
$searchSpec = New-Object VMware.Vim.HostDatastoreBrowserSearchSpec
$searchSpec.details = $flags
$searchSpec.Query += $disk
$searchSpec.sortFoldersFirst = $true
$dsBrowser = Get-View $ds.ExtensionData.browser
$rootPath = "[" + $ds.Name + "]"
$searchResult = $dsBrowser.SearchDatastoreSubFolders($rootPath, $searchSpec)
foreach($folder in $searchResult){
if($fldList.ContainsKey($folder.FolderPath.TrimEnd('/'))){
foreach ($file in $folder.File){
if(!$hdList.ContainsKey($folder.FolderPath + $file.Path)){
New-Object PSObject -Property @{
Folder = $folder.FolderPath
Name = $file.Path
Size = $file.FileSize
CapacityKB = $file.CapacityKb
Thin = $file.Thin
Extents = [string]::Join(',',($file.DiskExtents))
}
if($Delete){
If ($PSCmdlet.ShouldProcess(($folder.FolderPath + " " + $file.Path),"Remove VMDK")){
$dsBrowser.DeleteFile($folder.FolderPath + $file.Path)
}
}
}
}
}
elseif($folder.File | where {"cos.vmdk","esxconsole.vmdk" -notcontains $_.Path}){
$folder.File | %{
New-Object PSObject -Property @{
Folder = $folder.FolderPath
Name = $_.Path
Size = $_.FileSize
CapacityKB = $_.CapacityKB
Thin = $_.Thin
Extents = [String]::Join(',',($_.DiskExtents))
}
}
if($Delete){
if($folder.FolderPath -eq $rootPath){
$folder.File | %{
If ($PSCmdlet.ShouldProcess(($folder.FolderPath + " " + $_.Path),"Remove VMDK")){
$dsBrowser.DeleteFile($folder.FolderPath + $_.Path)
}
}
}
else{
If ($PSCmdlet.ShouldProcess($folder.FolderPath,"Remove Folder")){
$fileMgr.DeleteDatastoreFile($folder.FolderPath,$dc.MoRef)
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
Thanks in advance.
/* Please feel free to provide any comments or input you may have. */
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