VMList to delete the "CD/Drive1" from VMs

[Jose Castro]

Hello All! I am a novice Powershell guy. Looking for efficient way to delete the "CD/Drive1" from a list of VMs.

I have a command below that removes a mounted ISO so just looking for the equivilant to delete the drive entirely

get-vm | get-CDDrive | Where {$_.IsoPath -ne $null} | Set-CDDrive -NoMedia -Confirm:$false.

Just looking for help around leverating the text file w/ the VMnames and this command equivilant to removal of the CD/Drive1 entirely. Thanks!

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[Ahmedkhalaf]

I used the following PowerShell script, try it:

# Prompt for credentials
$vcServer = "vcenter.yourdomain.local"
$vcUser   = "username"
$vcPass   = Read-Host -Prompt "Enter password for $vcUser" -AsSecureString

# Connect to vCenter
Connect-VIServer -Server $vcServer -User $vcUser -Password $vcPass

# Path to VM list text file (one VM name per line)
$vmListPath = "C:\Path\To\VMlist.txt"

# Remove CD/Drive1 from each VM in the list
Get-Content $vmListPath | ForEach-Object {
    $vmName = $_.Trim()
    if ($vmName) {
        $cdDrive = Get-VM -Name $vmName | Get-CDDrive
        if ($cdDrive) {
            Remove-CDDrive -CDDrive $cdDrive -Confirm:$false
            Write-Host "Removed CD/Drive from VM: $vmName"
        } else {
            Write-Host "No CD drive found for VM: $vmName" -ForegroundColor Yellow
        }
    }
}

# Disconnect from vCenter
Disconnect-VIServer -Server $vcServer -Confirm:$false

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