Comments on: Free Script: Find Orphaned Hyper-V VM Files https://www.altaro.com/hyper-v/free-script-find-orphaned-hyper-v-vm-files/ Hyper-V guides, how-tos, tips, and expert advice for system admins and IT professionals Wed, 31 Mar 2021 06:27:55 +0000 hourly 1 By: Eric Siron https://www.altaro.com/hyper-v/free-script-find-orphaned-hyper-v-vm-files/#comment-3190 Sat, 16 Mar 2019 15:39:00 +0000 http://www.altaro.com/hyper-v/?p=6167#comment-3190 In reply to Ronald Rossi.

It’s not yet updated for 2016/2019 so that might be it.

]]> By: Ronald Rossi https://www.altaro.com/hyper-v/free-script-find-orphaned-hyper-v-vm-files/#comment-3189 Sat, 16 Mar 2019 09:43:00 +0000 http://www.altaro.com/hyper-v/?p=6167#comment-3189 Could not get to run
I must be doing something wrong, I know I have one leftover checkpoint
I ran this command
.Get-VMOrphanedFiles -Path D:
as my hyper-v files are on the D drive
NO OUTPUT??
thank you
Ron

]]> By: Eric Siron https://www.altaro.com/hyper-v/free-script-find-orphaned-hyper-v-vm-files/#comment-2989 Mon, 27 Aug 2018 13:34:00 +0000 http://www.altaro.com/hyper-v/?p=6167#comment-2989 In reply to Stephan van Helden.

I’ll mark this for a feature update.

]]> By: Stephan van Helden https://www.altaro.com/hyper-v/free-script-find-orphaned-hyper-v-vm-files/#comment-2987 Sat, 25 Aug 2018 19:05:00 +0000 http://www.altaro.com/hyper-v/?p=6167#comment-2987 Worked perfectly for me, though it didn’t recognize Shared VHD sets (.VHDS). It considered the associated AVHDX files as orphaned.

]]> By: Jorge Limas https://www.altaro.com/hyper-v/free-script-find-orphaned-hyper-v-vm-files/#comment-2901 Thu, 14 Jun 2018 19:18:00 +0000 http://www.altaro.com/hyper-v/?p=6167#comment-2901 Perfect! Works in my Cluster 2012 R2 and all CSVs!

]]> By: Eric Siron https://www.altaro.com/hyper-v/free-script-find-orphaned-hyper-v-vm-files/#comment-2019 Fri, 05 May 2017 02:49:00 +0000 http://www.altaro.com/hyper-v/?p=6167#comment-2019 In reply to Tyler Rosolowski.

That’s why I didn’t allow this script to delete. I’m not confident that there’s ever going to be any way to be 100% certain, especially with VHDX files.
Best guess would be to use the -Verbose switch to verify that the VMs that own the false positives are being detected. If they are, then axreen cap that part and sent it to me and I’ll see if there’s some way to improve the detection.

]]> By: Tyler Rosolowski https://www.altaro.com/hyper-v/free-script-find-orphaned-hyper-v-vm-files/#comment-2018 Fri, 05 May 2017 00:53:00 +0000 http://www.altaro.com/hyper-v/?p=6167#comment-2018 I have the same problem with it listing a whole bunch of VHDX’s which are in use which it lists as orphaned on a 2012R2 cluster (8 nodes)

]]> By: Eric Siron https://www.altaro.com/hyper-v/free-script-find-orphaned-hyper-v-vm-files/#comment-859 Fri, 22 Jul 2016 17:54:00 +0000 http://www.altaro.com/hyper-v/?p=6167#comment-859 In reply to Matt Browne.

There is information on how to reach me in the little about blurb at the end of all of my posts.

]]> By: Matt Browne https://www.altaro.com/hyper-v/free-script-find-orphaned-hyper-v-vm-files/#comment-854 Thu, 21 Jul 2016 08:34:00 +0000 http://www.altaro.com/hyper-v/?p=6167#comment-854 In reply to Eric Siron.

Hi Eric,
Verbose doesn’t give any clues that I can see.
What’s your email and I will send you the output.
Would really like to get this script running as we have a real need for it and could help us a lot.

]]> By: Matt Browne https://www.altaro.com/hyper-v/free-script-find-orphaned-hyper-v-vm-files/#comment-2017 Thu, 21 Jul 2016 08:34:00 +0000 http://www.altaro.com/hyper-v/?p=6167#comment-2017 Hi Eric,
Verbose doesn’t give any clues that I can see.
What’s your email and I will send you the output.
Would really like to get this script running as we have a real need for it and could help us a lot.

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