Use following script for finding orphaned files in your vmware env…
#
# Purpose : List all orphaned vmdk on all datastores in all VC's
# Version: 1.1
# Author : HJA van Bokhoven
# Modifications: LucD
$arrayVC = @(“server”)
$report = @()
foreach ($strVC in $arrayVC)
{
Connect-VIServer $strVC
$arrUsedDisks = Get-View -ViewType VirtualMachine | % {$_.Layout} | % {$_.Disk} | % {$_.DiskFile}
$arrDS = Get-Datastore | Sort-Object -property Name
foreach ($strDatastore in $arrDS)
{
Write-Host $strDatastore.Name
$ds = Get-Datastore -Name $strDatastore.Name | % {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.summary.Name+"]"
#Workaround for vSphere 4 fileOwner bug
if ($dsBrowser.Client.Version -eq "Vim4") {
$searchSpec = [VMware.Vim.VIConvert]::ToVim4($searchSpec)
$searchSpec.details.fileOwnerSpecified = $true
$dsBrowserMoRef = [VMware.Vim.VIConvert]::ToVim4($dsBrowser.MoRef);
$searchTaskMoRef = $dsBrowser.Client.VimService.SearchDatastoreSubFolders_Task($dsBrowserMoRef, $rootPath, $searchSpec)
$searchResult = [VMware.Vim.VIConvert]::ToVim($dsBrowser.WaitForTask([VMware.Vim.VIConvert]::ToVim($searchTaskMoRef)))
} else {
$searchResult = $dsBrowser.SearchDatastoreSubFolders($rootPath, $searchSpec)
}
foreach ($folder in $searchResult)
{
foreach ($fileResult in $folder.File)
{
if ($fileResult.Path)
{
if (-not ($arrUsedDisks -contains ($folder.FolderPath + $fileResult.Path))){
$row = "" | Select DS, Path, File, Size, ModDate, Host
$row.DS = $strDatastore.Name
$row.Path = $folder.FolderPath
$row.File = $fileResult.Path
$row.Size = $fileResult.FileSize
$row.ModDate = $fileResult.Modification
$row.Host = (Get-View $ds.Host[0].Key).Name
$report += $row
}
}
}
}
}
# Disconnect session from VC
disconnect-viserver -confirm:$false
}
$report | Export-Csv "C:\VMDK-orphaned.csv" -noTypeInformation