With the datastore and files workflows, you can delete a list of files, find unused files in a datastore, and so on.

To access these workflows, navigate to Library > Workflows and enter the vcenter and datastore_and_files tags in the workflow search box.

Workflow Name Description
Delete all files Deletes a list of files.
Delete all unused datastore files Searches all datastores in the vCenter Server environment and deletes all unused files.
Export unused datastore files Searches all datastores and creates an XML descriptor file that lists all unused files.
Find unused files in datastores Searches the vCenter Server environment for all unused disks (*.vmdk), virtual machines (*.vmx), and template (*.vmtx) files that are not associated with any vCenter Serverinstances registered with Orchestrator.
Get all configuration, template, and disk files from virtual machines Creates a list of all virtual machine descriptor files and a list of all virtual machine disk files, for all datastores.
Log all datastore files Creates a log for every virtual machine configuration file and every virtual machine file found in all datastores.
Log unused datastore files Searches the vCenter Server environment for unused files that are registered on virtual machines and exports a log of the files in a text file.
Upload file to datastore Uploads a file to an existing folder on a specific datastore. The uploaded file overwrites any existing file with the same name in the same destination folder.