vmrename.sh

#!/bin/sh
VERSION=1.2
AUTHOR="Branislav Vartik"
OLD=$1
NEW=$2
if [ -n "$2" ] ; then
    if vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms | grep -q "$OLD/$OLD.vmx" ; then
        echo "ERROR: VM must NOT be in invertory"
    elif [ -e "$OLD/$OLD.vmsd" ] && grep snapshot.numSnapshots "$OLD/$OLD.vmsd" ; then
        echo "ERROR: Snapshot must NOT exist"
    elif [ ! -e "$OLD/$OLD.vmx" ] ; then
        echo "ERROR: $OLD/$OLD.vmx not found"
    else
        echo "Modifying $OLD/$OLD.vmxf"
        cp -a "$OLD/$OLD.vmxf" "$OLD/$OLD.vmxf.bak"
        sed -ri "s/(>)$OLD(\.vmx<)/\1$NEW\2/" "$OLD/$OLD.vmxf"
        echo "Modifying $OLD/$OLD.vmx"
        cp -a "$OLD/$OLD.vmx" "$OLD/$OLD.vmx.bak"
        sed -ri "s/^(displayName = \")$OLD(\".*)$/\1$NEW\2/g" "$OLD/$OLD.vmx"
        sed -ri "s/^((nvram|extendedConfigFile|(ide|scsi)[0-9]+:[0-9]+\.fileName) = \")$OLD((_[^\-]+|)(\.\w+)\".*)$/\1$NEW\4/g" "$OLD/$OLD.vmx"
        for i in vmx vmxf nvram vmsd ; do
            if [ -e "$OLD/$OLD.$i" ] ; then
                echo "Renaming file $OLD/$OLD.$i to $OLD/$NEW.$i"
                mv "$OLD/$OLD.$i" "$OLD/$NEW.$i"
            fi
        done
        ls "$OLD"/*.vmdk | egrep "^$OLD/$OLD(_[^\-]+|).vmdk$" | while read i ; do
            j=$(echo $i | sed -r "s/^$OLD\/$OLD((_[^\-]+|)\.vmdk)$/$OLD\/$NEW\1/")
            echo "Renaming disk $i to $j"
            vmkfstools -E "$i" "$j"
        done
        echo Renaming folder "$OLD" to "$NEW"
        mv "$OLD" "$NEW"
    fi
else
    echo "VMrename v$VERSION"
    echo "Author: $AUTHOR"
    echo
    echo "Usage: $0 <oldname> <newname>"
    echo
    echo "Limitations:"
    echo "- processes only VMDK files in VMX folder"
    echo "- modifies only IDE/SCSI fileNames without absolute/relative path"
    echo "- VM must NOT be in ESXi inventory"
    echo "- VM must NOT have any snapshot"
fi