Data store and manage paths

Hello

I need the list of all data warehouses with manage path (alternate, most recently used and fixed). I search, but cannot find the correct command. I found an example but it is to change manage the path (http://communities.vmware.com/thread/154515).

Kind regards.

It has become very easy for PowerCLI v5.

You can do the following

Get-Datastore | Select Name, @{N="PathPolicy";E={(Get-ScsiLun -Datastore $_).MultipathPolicy}}

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What would be the easist way to add the total datastore size and remaining datastore size to the following.
I do emphasise, esasiest, since I'm as green as can be to powercli, powershell for that matter. I'm trying to learn in babysteps 
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The $_ represents the object that has been passed through pipeline (the ' |') of the previous cmdlet.

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In what is a Foreach-Object (alias is '%') who will send the name of the virtual machine (available in the variable $_) to the default output.

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* That I am connected through WiFi just turn it off without leaving the Web page that I want, connect the USB cable, copy the password to the Clipboard, unplug the USB, turn on WiFi, paste the password in and then copy from the boring text in the Clipboard to replace the password it.

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http://communities.VMware.com/docs/doc-6972

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