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Cool tool! Good one Andrew!
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Your awesome Andrew! Ok, so to confirm, using the tool. Under the 'Path' column, i see where the .VMX files are. So that is the path that the powered on VM is currently using, correct? Pic for clarification.<br />
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Your awesome Andrew! Ok, so to confirm, using the tool. Under the 'Path' column, i see where the .VMX files are. So that is the path that the powered on VM is currently using, correct? Pic for clarification.

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That is absolutely correct!
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Let this question slip for a while. Great tips guys, got me all fixed up. Many thanks!
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Let this question slip for a while. Great tips guys, got me all fixed up. Many thanks!

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ESXi 5.1 environment has multiple copies of VMDKs in multiple datastores. How do i discover which VMDKs are the actual ones my VMs are using? Pics attached
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ESXi 5.1 environment has multiple copies of VMDKs in multiple datastores. How do i discover which VMDKs are the actual ones my VMs are using? Pics attached

Multiple copies of VMs in ESXi datastores

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