vmdk_duptes.ps1

vmdk_dupes.ps1

#https://blog.milla-online.de/duplicate-disk-uuids-and-how-to-get-rid-of-it-hopefully

# get all hard disks
Write-Host "Get all hard disks...  " -NoNewline
$alldisks = Get-VM | Get-HardDisk
Write-Host ("Found " + $alldisks.Count)
 
# filter disks for duplicate uuids and show the "disk.enableUUID" parameter
Write-Host "Filter for duplicate uuids...  " -NoNewline
$diskswithduplicateuuids = $alldisks | Select-Object -Property Parent,Name,@{N="Disk-Uuid";E={$_.ExtensionData.Backing.Uuid}} | Group-Object -Property Disk-Uuid | Where-Object -FilterScript { $_.Count -ne 1 } | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Group
Write-Host ("Found " + $diskswithduplicateuuids.Count)

$diskswithduplicateuuids