The following script gives an overview of the VMX location and swap file location for each VM.
foreach($vm in Get-VM){
$vm | Select Name,@{N='VMX';E={$vm.ExtensionData.Config.Files.VmPathName.Split('/')[0]}},
@{N='Swap';E={
switch($vm.ExtensionData.Config.SwapPlacement){
'inherit' {
$parent = Get-View $vm.ExtensionData.ResourcePool -Property Name,Parent
while($parent -isnot [VMware.Vim.ClusterComputeResource]){
$parent = Get-View $parent.Parent -Property Name,Parent
}
$parent = Get-View $parent.MoRef -Property ConfigurationEx.VmSwapPlacement
switch($parent.ConfigurationEx.VmSwapPlacement){
'hostLocal' {
$esx = Get-View $vm.ExtensionData.Runtime.Host -Property Config.Local.SwapDatastore
$swapLocation = Get-View $esx.Config.LocalSwapDatastore -Property Name
}
'vmDirectory' {
$swapLocation = $vm.ExtensionData.Config.Files.VmPathName.Split('/')[0]
}
}
}
'hostLocal' {
$esx = Get-View $vm.ExtensionData.Runtime.Host -Property Config.Local.SwapDatastore
$swapLocation = Get-View $esx.Config.LocalSwapDatastore -Property Name
}
'vmDirectory' {
$swapLocation = $vm.ExtensionData.Config.Files.VmPathName.Split('/')[0]
}
}
$swapLocation
}}}
