How can I tell that PC has a client device use or locked?

I searched the forums in many different ways and could not find a similar question, but perhaps my keywords are false.

vCenter 2.5.0 build 119598

VI Client 2.5.0 Build 119826

ESX 3.5u3 Build 143128

All our virtual machines have Device Type "Client" selected for the CDROM. If anyone has a connected to the local drive of their PC, the virtual machine cannot be VMotioned.

This record could have been mounted days ago. The employee could be out of the office. Of course, if we cannot VMotion where we need for this is bad.

First question, is there a log file somewhere (I searched everywhere under the ESX host and the VM log file and places I know on the vCenter server), which will be the list, perhaps by IP address or hostname, which mounted PC Player?

Second question. Once we find out who got the drive connected and if the person is released, what are our options? Hard to start their PC will release the lock in vmware? Is their something we can do in our own session VI Client to start them? It is grayed out, so it's not like we can turn it off or stop. I know that it's like a mount of unix, and sometimes the only thing you can do in these cases there is to restart. But there is no way we reboot the virtual machine or the host ESX, must wonder if a PC reboot would do the trick or if vmware is a solution aside server, or if this is a feature request. Certainly, I hope that my first question will not be a feature request, but in a large environment, I don't see why they would not have an easy way to see which machine currently connected client device...

Thank you!

You can run a powershell script to see if the cd-rom or floppy disks are connected and disconnect them.

What I'm not sure, if it would also break a lock for a client that has connected cd. I suspect it will

Search the vi toolkit, and there are several scripts for this

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