VMware Cloud Community
TimPorreca
Contributor
Contributor
Jump to solution

How to traverse Datastore directories

I can get a list of my datastores with a get-datastore command, but for the life of me I cann figure out how to drill down into the folders and files below. I want to get a list of directories within each datastore and then the files within each folder. I'm a new Powershell scripter, so I'm sure I'm missing something simple. I also tried get-vmhoststorage, but (with a lot more effort) I get to the same data I get with get-datastore.

Thanks!

Tim

Reply
0 Kudos
1 Solution

Accepted Solutions
admin
Immortal
Immortal
Jump to solution

Hi Tim,

Check out the datastore provider, documented on page 21 of the VI Toolkit Administrator's Guide.

Brief rundown:

PS C:\> get-datastore

Name                               FreeSpaceMB      CapacityMB
----                               -----------      ----------
storage1                                 18100          132864
33GB_shared                               3040           68608
200GB_Shared                             19252          204544


PS C:\> $datastore = get-datastore storage1
PS C:\> new-psdrive -location $datastore -name ds -psprovider VimDatastore -Root
 '\'

Name       Provider      Root                                   CurrentLocation
----       --------      ----                                   ---------------
ds         VimDatastore  \Datastore\443@10.21.10.80\Datas...                  \


PS C:\> cd ds:
PS ds:\> dir


   Datastore path: [storage1]

            LastWriteTime            Type       Length Name
            -------------            ----       ------ ----
      8/22/2008   4:28 AM          Folder              Harvey-test
      8/20/2008   5:23 AM          Folder              DVM333
      8/20/2008   5:23 AM          Folder              Nworks
     10/22/2007  10:34 PM          Folder              Support
      8/20/2008   5:23 AM          Folder              SupportVM
      8/20/2008   5:23 AM          Folder              WinXPSP2-02
      2/24/2008   2:01 PM          Folder              linux
      8/20/2008   5:23 AM          Folder              SupportVM2
      8/20/2008   5:23 AM          Folder              Lifecycle Manager
      8/20/2008   5:23 AM          Folder              Windows 2003 VM 1
       6/4/2008  11:57 PM          Folder              vm10
      7/31/2008   1:05 AM          Folder              Win2k3 Template
      8/20/2008   5:23 AM          Folder              openfiler-2.3-x86
      8/20/2008   5:23 AM          Folder              nedko-clonetest
      8/20/2008   5:23 AM          Folder              nedko-xptest
      8/20/2008   5:23 AM          Folder              ε??α??στ?
      8/20/2008   5:23 AM          Folder              VC VM
      8/13/2008   4:54 AM FloppyImageFile      1474560 test.flp
      7/24/2008   5:42 AM            File    210892800 openfiler-2.3-x86.esx...

View solution in original post

Reply
0 Kudos
3 Replies
admin
Immortal
Immortal
Jump to solution

Hi Tim,

Check out the datastore provider, documented on page 21 of the VI Toolkit Administrator's Guide.

Brief rundown:

PS C:\> get-datastore

Name                               FreeSpaceMB      CapacityMB
----                               -----------      ----------
storage1                                 18100          132864
33GB_shared                               3040           68608
200GB_Shared                             19252          204544


PS C:\> $datastore = get-datastore storage1
PS C:\> new-psdrive -location $datastore -name ds -psprovider VimDatastore -Root
 '\'

Name       Provider      Root                                   CurrentLocation
----       --------      ----                                   ---------------
ds         VimDatastore  \Datastore\443@10.21.10.80\Datas...                  \


PS C:\> cd ds:
PS ds:\> dir


   Datastore path: [storage1]

            LastWriteTime            Type       Length Name
            -------------            ----       ------ ----
      8/22/2008   4:28 AM          Folder              Harvey-test
      8/20/2008   5:23 AM          Folder              DVM333
      8/20/2008   5:23 AM          Folder              Nworks
     10/22/2007  10:34 PM          Folder              Support
      8/20/2008   5:23 AM          Folder              SupportVM
      8/20/2008   5:23 AM          Folder              WinXPSP2-02
      2/24/2008   2:01 PM          Folder              linux
      8/20/2008   5:23 AM          Folder              SupportVM2
      8/20/2008   5:23 AM          Folder              Lifecycle Manager
      8/20/2008   5:23 AM          Folder              Windows 2003 VM 1
       6/4/2008  11:57 PM          Folder              vm10
      7/31/2008   1:05 AM          Folder              Win2k3 Template
      8/20/2008   5:23 AM          Folder              openfiler-2.3-x86
      8/20/2008   5:23 AM          Folder              nedko-clonetest
      8/20/2008   5:23 AM          Folder              nedko-xptest
      8/20/2008   5:23 AM          Folder              ε??α??στ?
      8/20/2008   5:23 AM          Folder              VC VM
      8/13/2008   4:54 AM FloppyImageFile      1474560 test.flp
      7/24/2008   5:42 AM            File    210892800 openfiler-2.3-x86.esx...

Reply
0 Kudos
TimPorreca
Contributor
Contributor
Jump to solution

Ahhh... RTFM error! I didn't even realize there was one until now. Thanks!

Tim

Reply
0 Kudos
halr9000
Commander
Commander
Jump to solution

Be forewarned that it's basically just for looks. You can traverse directories with 'cd', and you can get listings using 'dir' but that's about it at this point. Hopefully they'll enhance it in the future to allow for copy to/from and other file operations, and some capability to get at the VI SDK object.






Author of the upcoming book: Managing VMware Infrastructure with PowerShell

Co-Host, PowerScripting Podcast (http://powerscripting.net)

My signature used to be pretty, but then the forum software broked it. vExpert. Microsoft MVP (Windows PowerShell). Author, Podcaster, Speaker. I'm @halr9000
Reply
0 Kudos