diff --git a/_NDGOV_WindowsTeam/ITD.Infra-VMware.Administration/Scripts/Sync-ITDVMwareVMMetadataToSql.ps1 b/_NDGOV_WindowsTeam/ITD.Infra-VMware.Administration/Scripts/Sync-ITDVMwareVMMetadataToSql.ps1
index 9aadc02..ac8767f 100644
--- a/_NDGOV_WindowsTeam/ITD.Infra-VMware.Administration/Scripts/Sync-ITDVMwareVMMetadataToSql.ps1
+++ b/_NDGOV_WindowsTeam/ITD.Infra-VMware.Administration/Scripts/Sync-ITDVMwareVMMetadataToSql.ps1
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ Write-Verbose "Gathering VMs"
 
 # Include ALL VMs (SRM placeholders flagged via column, not excluded).
 # vCLS agent VMs are excluded -- they are vSphere internal and not customer workloads.
-$AllVMs = Get-VM | Where-Object { $_.Name -notlike 'vCLS*' }
+$AllVMs = Get-VM | Where-Object { $_.Name -notlike 'vCLS*' } | Sort-Object -Property Name
 
 #--- Pre-fetch all tag assignments in one API call (avoids per-VM Get-TagAssignment)
 Write-Verbose 'Pre-fetching VM tag assignments...'
@@ -139,6 +139,9 @@ Get-TagAssignment -Entity $AllVMs | ForEach-Object {
 Write-Verbose "Processing $($AllVMs.Count) VMs..."
 
 $Results = foreach ($VM in $AllVMs) {
+    Write-Verbose -Message ("Start " + $VM.Name) -Verbose
+    $StoragePlatforms = $null
+    $StoragePlatform = $null
 
     $Ext = $VM.ExtensionData  # single API object -- reuse for all fields