unmount cdrom from all vms in datastores and remount

[tdubb123]

I need to find out all vms in a datastore to what iso they are mapped to

get-datastore lunname | Get-VM | Get-CDDrive | select @{N="VM";E="Parent"

},IsoPath | where {$_.IsoPath -eq  "[lunname] ISO/isoname.iso"} | ft -auto

then I need to unmount the iso, move the folder and remount these iso to the same vms

whats best way to approach this?

I can dismount the the iso in one line, move the folder

but I will need to keep track of what vms needs to remount the iso to the new datastore path

[LucD]

Something like this ?

You could export the content of $isoVMs to a CSV before you unmount the ISO, just to be on the safe side

# Unmount ISO

$vms = Get-Datastore lunname | Get-VM

$isoVMs = $vms | Where {Get-CDDrive -VM $_ | where {$_.IsoPath -eq  "[lunname] ISO/isoname.iso"}}

$isoVMs | Get-CDDrive | Set-CDDrive -NoMedia -Confirm:$false

# ==> Do your stuff

# Mount ISO

$isoVMs | Set-CDDrive -IsoPath "[lunname] ISO/isoname.iso" -Connected -Confirm:$false

[tdubb123]

hi Lucd

If I want to add this line

get-datastore lunname | get-vm | move-vm -datastore destinationdatastore

after the disconnection of all cdroms, do you think I need to add a sleep line in there or wait for all that to finish before svmotion?

[LucD]

If you run the Move-VM without the RunAsync switch, there is no need to wait.