Script to List Thin provisioned virtual disks with disk size Info
It is very useful script for system admins to generate list of virtual machines having thin disks with details to CSV format .
Connect-VIServer (MyvCenter) -User (My Username)-Password (My Password)
$report = @()
foreach ($vm in Get-VM){
$view = Get-View $vm
if ($view.config.hardware.Device.Backing.ThinProvisioned -eq $true){
$row = ” | select Name, Provisioned, Total, Used, VMDKs, VMDKsize, DiskUsed, Thin
$row.Name = $vm.Name
$row.Provisioned = [math]::round($vm.ProvisionedSpaceGB , 2)
$row.Total = [math]::round(($view.config.hardware.Device | Measure-Object CapacityInKB -Sum).sum/1048576 , 2)
$row.Used = [math]::round($vm.UsedSpaceGB , 2)
$row.VMDKs = $view.config.hardware.Device.Backing.Filename | Out-String
$row.VMDKsize = $view.config.hardware.Device | where {$_.GetType().name -eq ‘VirtualDisk’} | ForEach-Object {($_.capacityinKB)/1048576} | Out-String
$row.DiskUsed = $vm.Extensiondata.Guest.Disk | ForEach-Object {[math]::round( ($_.Capacity – $_.FreeSpace)/1048576/1024, 2 )} | Out-String
$row.Thin = $view.config.hardware.Device.Backing.ThinProvisioned | Out-String
$report += $row
}}
$report | Sort Name | Export-Csv “C:\diskinfo.csv”
Out Put
Name | Provisioned | Total | Used | VMDKs | VMDKsize | DiskUsed | Thin |
VM | 86.19 | 70 | 68.65 | [DS-01] VM/VM.vmdk | 70 | 52.56 | TRUE |