Location of the VM data store

Hi guys of

I tried to write a script that will display the name of a virtual machine and the data store located on. That's what I've written so far:

$cred = get-Credential
SE connect-VIServer xxx.domain.com - Credential $cred
$datastore = get-Datastore. Select name
foreach ($objitem to $datastore)
{
Get - VM | Select name
Write-Host ' turns on ' $objitem. Name
}
Disconnect-VIServer-confirm: $false

This script seems to be almost there but I'm not getting the name of the data store. Ideally, I would expect something like:

Name: VM1 Datasore: Lun01

Name: VM2 Datasore: Lun02

Name: VM3 Datasore: Lun03

If someone can advise?

Concerning

Mr G

It works for you?

Get - VM | Select Name,@{N="DS; E = {(Get-Datastore-VM $_ |)} Select - 1 first). Name}}

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