Get vSphere Datastore by name

getDatastoreByName.js

// VMware vRealize Orchestrator action sample

// Searches a vCenter or all known vCenters for a Datastore
// 
// ensures the search only matches one Datastore
//
//Action Inputs:
// vCenter  -  VC:SdkConnection (Optional)
// datastoreName - String
//
//Return type: VC:StoragePod


var found;
if (vCenter) {
	found = vCenter.getAllDatastores(null, "xpath:info/name[matches(.,'" + datastoreName + "')]");
} else {
	found = VcPlugin.getAllDatastores(null, "xpath:info/name[matches(.,'" + datastoreName + "')]");
}
if (found.length > 1) {
	throw(datastoreName+" matched more than one datastore");
}
if (found.length == 0) {
	throw(datastoreName+" datastore does not exist");
}
return found[0];