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great information! thanks!

http://www.vmwarescripting.com/

Hugo

I assume you have Powershell and the VI Toolkit installed. Start the VI Toolkit console (which is essentially Powershell with the VI Toolkit snapin loaded). Connect to Virtual Center using “Connect-VIServer MYVCSERVER”.

Manually:
Copy and paste the functions into the window and press enter a few times. Then you can use the functions by typing the name and supplying two host names or a datastore name (see the second quotes for examples). When you close the window, the functions are forgotten.

Profile:
Add the functions to your profile in order to have them available every time you open the Powershell / VI Toolkit window. Read this for more info: http://www.peetersonline.nl/index.php/powershell/build-your-own-powershell-universe/

Hugo

How do I use these functions with the VI-Toolkit?

Hugo (very much a beginner with PowerShell)

I was expecting to get back all my datastores with the ones being equal having a == sign in the SideIndicator. But having read the help on compare-objectshow them.

thanks for that!

Paul

any idea why when i run this script i only get back my local datastores?

param([string]$host1,[string]$host2)
$a = Get-VMHost $host1 | Get-Datastore | %{$_.Name}
$b = Get-VMHost $host2 | Get-Datastore | %{$_.Name}
Compare-Object $a $b

but if i run
$a = Get-VMHost $host1 | Get-Datastore | %{$_.Name}
$a

i get all my datastores?

cheers