vRo scriptable task to return the top level folder for a VM

Have you been nesting your virtual machines deep into folders.  If you want to return only the top level folder you can do it with this simple javascript function.  It can also be turned into a action if you would rather:

function return_top_folder(vm)

{

                //get the parent object for vm

                var parent = vm.parent;

                //create array to hold data

                var parentNames = new Array();

                var vmPathName = "";

                //create an array of VcFolder

                while (parent instanceof VcFolder){

                                //push folder names on top of array

                                parentNames.push(parent.name);

                                parent = parent.parent;

                }

                //get length of array

                j = parentNames.length;

                //Identify top level folder

                vmPathName = parentNames[j-2];

                //Identify vm's at root of vCenter

                if (vmPathName == null)

                {

                                vmPathName = "root no folder";

                }

                //Return folder name or root no folder

                return vmPathName;

}

 

 

Execute it by calling :

folder = return_top_folder(vm);

The vm must be an object of VCVirtualMachine.  Enjoy the scriptable task. You can download it here: topfolder