If you only want the total size of the files in the folders that can be done.
Try this
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
.EXAMPLE
PS> Get-Datastore ds* | Remove-OrphanedData
.EXAMPLE
PS> Remove-OrphanedData -Datastore $ds -Delete
#>
[CmdletBinding()]
param(
[parameter(ValueFromPipeline=$true)]
[PSObject[]]$Datastore,
[switch]$Delete
)
begin{
$fldList = @{}
$hdList = @{}
$fileMgr = Get-View FileManager
}
process{
if(!$Datastore){
$Datastore = Get-Datastore
}
foreach($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){
$dsBrowser.DeleteFile($folder.FolderPath + $file.Path)
}
}
}
}
elseif($folder.File | where {"cos.vmdk","esxconsole.vmdk" -notcontains $_.Path}){
New-Object PSObject -Property @{
Folder = $folder.FolderPath
Name = $null
Size = &{
$dsName,$folderName = $Folder.FolderPath.Split(']')
$dsName = $dsName.Trim('[ ')
$folderName = $folderName.Trim(' ')
New-PSDrive -Name DSTemp -PSProvider VimDatastore -Root "\" -Datastore (Get-Datastore -Name $dsName) | Out-Null
Push-Location -Path "DSTemp:\$folderName"
Get-ChildItem -Recurse | Measure-Object -Property Length -Sum |
Select -ExpandProperty Sum
Pop-Location
Remove-PSDrive -Name DSTemp -Confirm:$false | Out-Null
}
CapacityKB = $null
Thin = $null
Extents = $null
}
if($Delete){
$fileMgr.DeleteDatastoreFile($folder.FolderPath,$dc.MoRef)
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
Remove-OrphanedData -Datastore MyDS
