Reload all invalid virtual machines on a single host

From time to time VMs can show in an invalid state in vCenter. It can be difficult to get them back to a normal state. This is a useful command that i found at the end of this KB https://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1003742

for a in $(vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms 2>&1 |grep invalid |awk '{print $4}'|cut -d \' -f2);do vim-cmd vmsvc/reload $a;done

If you get an Unexpected token error when running the above command it is probaby due to wordpress messing up the ‘ characters so either replace them or copy the command from the KB!