Detaching VHD Files using PowerShell

Hi,
Does anybody know of any PowerShell scripts which I can use which will detach a VHD file from multiple VM's? I have a few hundred VM's that I need to detach a VHD from so could really do with a script!
Cheers
Neil

Hi,
Thanks for the response. Unfortunately we are running PowerShell v2.0 on Hyper-V 2008 R2 so we cannot use this as it is only applicable to Server 2012 R2 :(

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Hi,
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Thank you.
AA.

Hi,
According to your description, my understanding is that you want to you want to get document set property value in a SharePoint library and then export into a CSV file using PowerShell.
I suggest you can get the document sets properties like the PowerShell Command below:
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Hi Paul,
Here is the changed script, which will also include the size for the Config DB.
Please let me know if it worked:
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How to get DocSet property values in a SharePoint library into a CSV file using Powershell

Hi,
How to get DocSet property values in a SharePoint library into a CSV file using Powershell?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
AA.

Hi AOK,
Would you please post your current script and the issue for more effcient support.
In addition, to manage document set in sharepoint please refer to this script to start:
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3.{
4. Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell
5.}
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12.
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Hi.
I'm not a programmer and I have the task to split big .pptx file(>100 slides) to multiple .pptx files with 4 slides in each one and save them into SP library. It should be done on PowerShell.
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Hello
I have Windows 2008 Server with some GZ type files in a folder. I would like to script unzipping them using Powershell, can someone tell me if this is possible and how I would do it?
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POSTPROCESS success 0 Postprocessor: no error
CONFIRMATION success 2 No Confirm needed
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Trgt/Arch K:\barraeqr\aegis\qnt\gleqty
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TRANSFER success 1 Host success: files received
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#or
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#or
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Kazun,
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