# encoding: ascii
# api: powershell
# title: Balance-Datastores.ps1
# description: Requires mGet-DatastoreList.ps1
# version: 0.1
# type: script
# author: monahancj
# license: CC0
# x-poshcode-id: 2449
# x-archived: 2015-05-08T21:08:44
# x-published: 2011-01-07T12:28:00
#
# Balances datastores by picking a VM from the most full datastore and svMotioning it to the least full datastore. It runs once, so you have to run it as many times as you feel necessary, either manually or in a loop with some sort of exit condition. The exit condition could be 10 times, most full % is with 10% of the least full %, until it’s Tuesday, or something else.
#
#Parameter- Name of the VMware cluster to work in
param($cluster)
Write-Output "`n$(Get-Date)- Script started`n"
# Validate parameter input
$IsClusterNameInvalid = $true
Get-Cluster | % { If ($_.Name -eq $Cluster) {$IsClusterNameInvalid = $false} }
If ($IsClusterNameInvalid) {
Write-Host "Error- Invalid Cluster Name" -Background Yellow -Foreground Red
Write-Host "Valid cluster names for this Virtual Center server."
Write-Host "---------------------------------------------------"
Get-Cluster | Sort
break
}
# Prep
$ScriptDir = "\\vmscripthost201\repo"
. $ScriptDir\mGet-DataStoreList.ps1
# Get the list of valid datastores and pick the one with the least free space.
$DSTs = mGet-DataStoreList $Cluster
$DSTInfo = $DSTs | Select-Object Name,@{n="CapacityGB";e={[math]::round(($_.CapacityMB/1024))}},@{n="FreeSpaceGB";e={[math]::round(($_.FreeSpaceMB/1024))}},@{n="FreeSpacePercent";e={[math]::round(($_.FreeSpaceMB/$_.CapacityMB*100))}} | Sort-Object FreeSpacePercent
$DSTLeastFree = $DSTInfo | Select-Object -first 1
$DSTMostFree = $DSTInfo | Select-Object -last 1
# Get all the VMs on the datastore with the least free space.
$SourceVMsInitial = Get-VM -Datastore $DSTLeastFree.Name
# Remove any VMs that are in the exclusions text file.
$SourceVMsNotExcludeded = $SourceVMsInitial | ForEach-Object {
$vmtemp = $_.Name
$match = $false
Get-Content $ScriptDir\StaticInfo\sVMotion_Exclude.txt | ForEach-Object {
If ($vmtemp -eq $_) { $match = $true }
}
If ($match -eq $false) { $vmtemp }
}
# Remove any VMs with more than 8GB of RAM (takes longer to svMotion, greater chance of failure).
$SourceVMs = $SourceVMsNotExcludeded | Where-Object { $_.MemoryMB -le 8192 }
# Pick the VM
$SourceVMCount = ($SourceVMs | Measure-Object).Count
$SourceVMIndex = [math]::round($SourceVMCount/2)
$SourceVMToMove = $SourceVMs[$SourceVMIndex]
# Output reference info
Get-VM $SourceVMToMove | Format-Table -AutoSize
$DSTLeastFree | Format-Table -AutoSize
$DSTMostFree | Format-Table -AutoSize
Write-Output "`n $(Get-Date)- Moving $($SourceVMToMove) from $(($DSTLeastFree).Name) to $(($DSTMostFree).Name)`n"
# svMotion the VM
Move-VM -VM $SourceVMToMove -Datastore ($DSTMostFree).Name -Confirm:$false
Write-Output "`n$(Get-Date)- Script finished`n"