Get VMSS Files

VMSS files are suspended state files which store the state of a suspended VMware's virtual machine. Sometimes they linger on even when the VM has been resumed from suspension. They can take up a lot of space. This script will find those files and write them out to a file.

#clear screen
cls

#remove any lingering variables
Remove-Variable -Name * -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

$vCenters = 'vCenter1', 'vCenter2'
foreach ($vCenter in $vCenters)
{

 $VIServer = Connect-VIServer $vCenter
 foreach ($VM in (Get-View -ViewType VirtualMachine ))
  {
  $x = $VM.LayoutEx.File
  Foreach ($File in $x)
   {
   if ($File.Name -like '*.vmss')
    {
    $output = $File.Name
    $output
    $output | Out-File c:\vmss.txt -Append
    }
   }
  }
}