Register All VMs on a Datastore to an ESX/ESXi host
ESXi
Register all VMs on a single datastore.
~ # find /vmfs/volumes/<datastorename>/ -maxdepth 2 -name '*.vmx' -exec vim-cmd solo/registervm "{}" \;
Register all VMs on all datastores.
~ # find /vmfs/volumes/ -maxdepth 3 -name '*.vmx' -exec vim-cmd solo/registervm "{}" \;
ESX
Register all VMs on a single datastore.
~ # find /vmfs/volumes/<datastorename>/ -maxdepth 2 -name '*.vmx' -exec vmware-cmd -s register "{}" \;
Register all VMs on all datastores.
~ # find /vmfs/volumes/ -maxdepth 3 -name '*.vmx' -exec vmware-cmd -s register "{}" \;
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