Report unused VMDK files using PowerCLI

Hello,

searching the web, a found a nice script that reports orphaned/unused vmdk files:

Virtually Jason: Orphaned VMDK Files

It works so fine, but if do the bad praxis of having datastores with the same name in different vmware hosts, then it doesn't work.

I have modified the script to make it work in this kind of environments:

$report = @()

$arrUsedDisks = Get-View -ViewType VirtualMachine | % {$_.Layout} | % {$_.Disk} | % {$_.DiskFile}

$arrHost = Get-VMHost

foreach ($vmhost in $arrHost) {

$arrDS = Get-Datastore -VMHost $vmhost | Sort-Object -property Name

foreach ($strDatastore in $arrDS) {

#Write-Output "$($strDatastore.Name) in $host.Name Orphaned Disks:"

$ds = Get-Datastore -Name $strDatastore.Name -VMHost $vmhost | % {Get-View $_.Id}

$fileQueryFlags = New-Object VMware.Vim.FileQueryFlags

$fileQueryFlags.FileSize = $true

$fileQueryFlags.FileType = $true

$fileQueryFlags.Modification = $true

$searchSpec = New-Object VMware.Vim.HostDatastoreBrowserSearchSpec

$searchSpec.details = $fileQueryFlags

$searchSpec.matchPattern = "*.vmdk"

$searchSpec.sortFoldersFirst = $true

$dsBrowser = Get-View $ds.browser

$rootPath = "[" + $ds.Name + "]"

$searchResult = $dsBrowser.SearchDatastoreSubFolders($rootPath, $searchSpec)

foreach ($folder in $searchResult)

{

foreach ($fileResult in $folder.File)

{

if ($fileResult.Path)

{

$pathAsString = out-string -InputObject $FileResult.Path

if (-not ($arrUsedDisks -contains ($folder.FolderPath + $fileResult.Path))){

# Changed Black Tracking creates ctk.vmdk files that are not referenced in the VMX.  This prevents them from showing as false positives.

if (-not ($pathAsString.toLower().contains("-ctk.vmdk"))){

$row = "" | Select VMHost, DS, Path, File, SizeGB, ModDate

$row.VMHost = $vmhost.Name

$row.DS = $strDatastore.Name

$row.Path = $folder.FolderPath

$row.File = $fileResult.Path

$row.SizeGB = (($fileResult.FileSize/1024)/1024)/1024

$row.ModDate = $fileResult.Modification

$report += $row

#Write-Output "$($row.Path)$($row.File)"

}

}

}

}

}

}

}

$report

(Remember to use the Connect-VIServer cmdlet before!)

Have fun!

Best regards,
Pablo