DataStore Functions

Overview

Functions that deal with VMWare Datastores.

Functions

Get-VMWareOrphanedFile
Get-VMWareDataStoreSIOC
Get-VMWareDataStoreSIOC

Get-Get-VMWareOrphanedFile

.SYNOPSIS
Find orphaned files on a datastore

    .DESCRIPTION
        This function will scan the complete content of a datastore.
        It will then verify all registered VMs and Templates on that
        datastore, and compare those files with the datastore list.
        Files that are not present in a VM or Template are considered
        orphaned

.PARAMETER Datastore
The datastore that needs to be scanned

.EXAMPLE
PS> Get-VMWareOrphanedFiles -Datastore DS1

.EXAMPLE
PS> Get-Datastore -Name DS* | Get-VMWareOrphanedFiles

.EXAMPLE
Count files by datastore and used space.

Get-DataStore | Get-VMWareOrphanedFiles | group-object -Property datastore | foreach-object { New-object PSObject -Property @{ datastore=$_.name;Count=$_.count;Total=($_.group | measure-object -Property size -sum).sum/1TB} }

.Link
http://www.lucd.info/2016/09/13/orphaned-files-revisited/

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