Using Remove-VM

[allanclark]

I am trrying to run a scheduled job to delete a cloned VM.

Every time I run Get-VM <..........VM Name...........> | remove-vm -deletefromdisk -confirm:$false

But the VM goes Orphaned - files are deleted from the disks.

also tried 

Get-VM <.....VM Name...........> | Remove-VM -DeletePermanently -Confirm:$false

gives same results.

[LucD]

That must mean you are connected to the ESXi server and not the vCenter.

You could check/display the contents of the $global:defaultviservers variable to verify.

[allanclark]

Yes logged onto ESXi rather than vCentre, with root credentials.

So take it needs to be a connect-viserver to vCentre?

[Sreejesh_D]

yes, to get it cleaned from the vCenter DB we've to connect to the vCenter and perform delete.