I got a question about ISO feature on Technet forums today.
Jan Marek:
Ok. But I have 200 virtual machines and I want to create a new one and use iso for virtual dvd rom. It is not working because I already use it for another server. How can I find from which one I should disconnect this iso?
Really good question I think. Because as I know, you can’t find it with SCVMM console. Also checking all virtual machines one by one is a way but it could be a nightmare, if you have so many virtual machines.
I wrote a Powershell script for Jan. I want to share:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 | $all = Get-VM * foreach ($i in $all) { $iso = $i | Get-VirtualDVDDrive | Select-Object ISO if ($iso -like "*test*") { write-host VM: $i } } |
If your ISO name is “debian.iso”, just replace “test” with “debian”.
Also if you use just “Get-ISO”, you can see all iso images on all virtual machines.
You can reach that post from here:
If we can see them with SCVMM console, please let me know.
