Replacing virtual machine disk UUID

ReplaceUUID.ps1

<#
.SYNOPSIS
   This script allows to create replica seeds for vSphere Replication without powering off the source VM and keeping identical UUID
.NOTES
   File Name  : xMove-VM.ps1
   Author     : Askar Kopbayev - @akopbayev
   Version    : 1.0
.LINK
    http://vmnomad.blogspot.com/creatingreplicaseedsforpoweredOnVMs.html
.LINK
   https://github.com/vmnomad
 #>

$vdm = get-view -id (get-view serviceinstance).content.virtualdiskmanager

# Get Datatcenter
$dc=get-datacenter

# Get Original VM
$sourceVM = get-folder -name Source | get-VM -name TestVM

# Get VM Clone
$destVM = get-folder -Name Clone | get-VM -name $SourceVM.Name

# Get  VM disks
$SourceHDs = $SourceVM | Get-HardDisk
$DestHDs = $DestVM | Get-HardDisk

# replace destination disk UUID
for($i=0; $i -lt $sourceHDs.count; $i++) {
    # retrieve UUID of the original disk
    $SourceUUID = $vdm.queryvirtualdiskuuid($SourceHDs[$i].filename , $dc.id)
    
    # Assigning original UUID to the cloned disk
    $vdm.setVirtualDiskUuid($DestHDS[$i].filename, $dc.id, $SourceUUID)
    }