PowerCLi: remove orphaned VM’s from vCenter inventory

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Run the below to get the list of orphaned VM

$allVMs=Get-VM
foreach ($vm in $allVMs) {
 if ($vm.ExtensionData.Runtime.ConnectionState -eq "orphaned") {$vm.name}
}

Run the below to remove orphaned VM

foreach ($vm in $allVMs) {
 if ($vm.ExtensionData.Runtime.ConnectionState -eq "orphaned") {$vm | Remove-VM}
}