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Get-VvolUuidFromVmdk modification to return vVol UUid column name #55

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@jasemccarty

This function only returns the raw vVol UUID.

Example:

Get-VM -Name "VMNAME" | Get-HardDisk | Get-VvolUuidFromVmdk
rfc4122.64aa931f-77ef-4a6f-be66-c2ba421f3f20
rfc4122.7e40ca4d-ce3f-46f2-9da5-ff4bed469c23
rfc4122.71788eb4-5b02-43b1-8b91-4cb02316f408
rfc4122.833565c0-b7c8-429d-b266-456ffcfb3b22

Suggest creating a new PS Custom Object instead of directly adding to the variable $allUuids

Replace line 280
$allUuids += $vmdkDisk.ExtensionData.Backing.backingObjectId

with

          $item = [PSCustomObject]@{
              VvolUuid = $vmdkDisk.ExtensionData.Backing.backingObjectId
          }

          $allUuids += $item

Which would return:

Get-VM -Name "VMNAME" | Get-HardDisk | Get-VvolUuidFromVmdk
VvolUuid
--------
rfc4122.64aa931f-77ef-4a6f-be66-c2ba421f3f20
rfc4122.7e40ca4d-ce3f-46f2-9da5-ff4bed469c23
rfc4122.71788eb4-5b02-43b1-8b91-4cb02316f408
rfc4122.833565c0-b7c8-429d-b266-456ffcfb3b22

The output could then be passed to other cmdlets (possibly Get-PfaVolumeNameFromVvolUuid)

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