It’s just the delete script that doesn’t work.

Jim

The problem has something to do with the parameters being passed to the DeleteDatastoreFile – the combination of the datastore and filename are not valid – wrong syntax or something.

Jim

LostFile FileSize Modification
——– ——– ————
[iSCSI-C_Drive] vCenterCBM/vmx-vCenterCBM-2622869734-2.vswp 126 9/23/2013 7:56:42 PM
[iSCSI-C_Drive] Win2K8R2/ViewSecurity-flat.vmdk 40,960 11/17/2012 7:12:51 PM
[iSCSI-C_Drive] Win2K8R2/ViewSecurity.vmdk 0 11/17/2012 7:23:15 PM
[iSCSI-C_Drive] Win2K8R2/ViewSecurity.nvram 0 11/17/2012 7:23:15 PM
[iSCSI-C_Drive] Win2K8R2/ViewSecurity.vmxf 0 11/17/2012 7:23:17 PM
[iSCSI-C_Drive] Win2K8R2/ViewSecurity.vmsd 0 11/17/2012 7:23:17 PM

The compare script works fine, and gave me this:

PowerCLI C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\Infrastructure\vSphere PowerCLI> compare -passthru -property path $(foreach ($ds in ((get-v
iew -ViewType datastore|sort name -unique|?{$_.summary.accessible}|%{(get-view $_.browser).SearchDatastoreSubFolders($(“[" + $_.Na
me + "]“),(New-Object VMware.Vim.HostDatastoreBrowserSearchSpec -property @{matchPattern=(“*zdump*”,”*.xml”,”*.vmsn”,”*.vmsd”,”*.v
swp*”, “*.vmx”,”*.vmdk”,”*.vmss”,”*.nvram”,”*.vmxf”); details=(New-Object VMware.Vim.FileQueryFlags -property @{filesize=$true;mod
ification=$true})}))})|?{$_.file})){foreach ($files in $ds.file){$files|?{$_.Path -notmatch “-ctk.vmdk|esxconsole.vmdk|esxconsole-
flat.vmdk”}|select @{n=”path”;e={$ds.FolderPath + $files.path|%{$_ -replace ” “,”"}}},FileSize,Modification|?{$_.path -notmatch “.
zfs|.snapshot|var/tmp/cache|/hostCache/”}}}) $(get-view -ViewType virtualmachine|?{$_.Runtime.ConnectionState -notmatch “invalid|o
rphaned”}|%{$_.layoutex.file}|?{$_.type -ne “log”}|%{$_.name}|%{$_ -replace ” “,”"}|sort -unique|select @{n=”path”;e={$_}})|?{$_.S
ideIndicator -eq ” foreach ($lost in (compare -passthru -property path $(fore
ach ($ds in ((get-view -ViewType datastore|sort name -unique|?{$_.summary.accessible}|%{(get-view $_.browser).SearchDatastoreSubFo
lders($(“[" + $_.Name + "]“),(New-Object VMware.Vim.HostDatastoreBrowserSearchSpec -property @{matchPattern=(“*zdump*”,”*.xml”,”*.
vmsn”,”*.vmsd”,”*.vswp*”, “*.vmx”,”*.vmdk”,”*.vmss”,”*.nvram”,”*.vmxf”); details=(New-Object VMware.Vim.FileQueryFlags -property @
{filesize=$true;modification=$true})}))})|?{$_.file})){foreach ($files in $ds.file){$files|?{$_.Path -notmatch “-ctk.vmdk|esxconso
le.vmdk|esxconsole-flat.vmdk”}|select @{n=”path”;e={$ds.FolderPath + $files.path|%{$_ -replace ” “,”"}}},FileSize,Modification|?{$
_.path -notmatch “.zfs|.snapshot|var/tmp/cache|/hostCache/”}}}) $(get-view -ViewType virtualmachine|?{$_.Runtime.ConnectionState -
notmatch “invalid|orphaned”}|%{$_.layoutex.file}|?{$_.type -ne “log”}|%{$_.name}|%{$_ -replace ” “,”"}|sort -unique|select @{n=”pa
th”;e={$_}})|?{$_.SideIndicator -eq “<="}|select @{n="LostFile";e={$_.Path -replace "]","] "}}, @{n="FileSize";e={"{0:N0}" -f ($_.
FileSize/1MB)}}, Modification|?{$_.lostfile -match "vswp"})){(get-view (Get-View ServiceInstance|select -first 1).content.filemana
ger|select -first 1).DeleteDatastoreFile($lost.LostFile,(Get-View -ViewType datacenter|?{$_.Datastore -match (get-datastore $lost.
LostFile.split("[]")[1]|get-view).moref}|select -first 1).moref)}
get-datastore : 8/27/2014 8:22:57 AM Get-Datastore Datastore with name 'iSCSI-C_Drive' was not found using the
specified filter(s).
At line:1 char:1339
+ … astore -match (get-datastore $lost.LostFile.split("[]")[1]|get-view).moref}|sele …
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (:) [Get-Datastore], VimException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Core_OutputHelper_WriteNotFoundError,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.GetDatastore

Exception calling "DeleteDatastoreFile" with "2" argument(s): "Invalid datastore path '[iSCSI-C_Drive]
vCenterCBM/vmx-vCenterCBM-2622869734-2.vswp'."
At line:1 char:1160
+ foreach ($lost in (compare -passthru -property path $(foreach ($ds in ((get-view …
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : VimException

Some kind of problem with the argument passed to the DeleteDatastoreFile.

Thanks,

Jim