Script for Deleting a Folder with its contents from a Datastore (vSAN or VMFS )

[jooshilaig]

Hi Friends

Looking for a script to delete folders with its contents from a Datastore , I tried to do it with below Managed object  , but not able to find a method that can be used for deleting a folder

Appreciate if anyone can help with it

SearchDatastoreSubFolders_Task(searchSubFolders)

Thanks

Jooshil

[LucD · Accepted solution]

You need the FileManager for that.

Try like this, it will delete the folder and all its content.

$file = '[MyDS] TestFolder'

$dcName = 'MyDC'

$dc = Get-Datacenter -Name $dcName

$si = Get-View ServiceInstance

$fileMgr = Get-View -Id $si.Content.FileManager

$fileMgr.DeleteDatastoreFile($file, $dc.ExtensionData.MoRef)

[jooshilaig]

Thanks Luc

That works

[jlkumar07]

HI LUC,

                    is there any script to Delete the Empty folders in Data stores.

[LucD]

This will also delete an empty folder.

[jlkumar07]

Great, please need a script to delete the ONLY empty folders in Datastore. we don't want touch any other folders.