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How to see if DataStore supports Thin Provisioning via PowerCli(VMware)

When selecting storage during VM creation, we can see if this storage supports Thin Provisioning or not(Supported/Not supported). How can I show it via PowerCli for script perspective?

My command so far, only this column is missing: 

Get-Datastore -server xxx -name xxx | Select Name, Datacenter,CapacityGB,FreeSpaceGB,Type,
@{N="Provisioned (GB)"; E={[math]::round(($_.ExtensionData.Summary.Capacity - $_.ExtensionData.Summary.FreeSpace + $_.ExtensionData.Summary.Uncommitted)/1GB,2) }}

Output:

Name             : xxx
Datacenter       : xxx
CapacityGB       : 4654.75
FreeSpaceGB      : 3253.978515625
Provisioned (GB) : 2279.13
Type             : VMFS

Bonus question: how can I change the current output for horizontal view(table columns)?

Solution

  • You're looking for the 'PerFileThinProvisioningSupported' property, it's located: $ds.ExtensionData.Capability.PerFileThinProvisioningSupported

    Bonus question, pipe what you have to: Format-Table