PowerCLI Reference

Move-HardDisk

Synopsis

This cmdlet moves a hard disk from one location to another.

Syntax

Move-HardDisk [-HardDisk] <HardDisk[]> [-Datastore] <Datastore> [-RunAsync] [-Server <VIServer[]>] [-StorageFormat <VirtualDiskStorageFormat>] [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [<CommonParameters>]

Related Commands

Online Version
Get-HardDisk
New-HardDisk
Remove-HardDisk
Set-HardDisk

Detailed Description

This cmdlet moves a hard disk from one location to another.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Required?	Pipeline Input
HardDisk	HardDisk[]	Specifies the hard disk that you want to move to another location.	true	True (ByValue)
Datastore	Datastore	Specifies a datastore where you want to place the hard disk.	true	False
Confirm	SwitchParameter	If the value is $true, indicates that the cmdlet asks for confirmation before running. If the value is $false, the cmdlet runs without asking for user confirmation.	false	False
RunAsync	SwitchParameter	Indicates that the command returns immediately without waiting for the task to complete. In this mode, the output of the cmdlet is a Task object. For more information about the RunAsync parameter run "help About_RunAsync" in the VMware PowerCLI console.	false	False
Server	VIServer[]	Specifies the vCenter Server systems on which you want to run the cmdlet. If no value is given to this parameter, the command runs on the default servers. For more information about default servers, see the description of Connect-VIServer.	false	False
StorageFormat	VirtualDiskStorageFormat	Specifies the storage format of the relocated hard disk. This parameter accepts Thin, Thick, and EagerZeroedThick values.	false	False
WhatIf	SwitchParameter	Indicates that the cmdlet is run only to display the changes that would be made and actually no objects are modified.	false	False

Return Type

Zero or more relocated HardDisk objects

Notes

Examples

-------------------------- Example 1 --------------------------

$myDatastore1 = Get-Datastore -Name 'MyDatastore1'
$myDisk = Get-VM -Name MyVm1 | Get-HardDisk
Move-HardDisk -HardDisk $myDisk -Datastore $myDatastore1

Moves the hard disk of a specified virtual machine to another datastore.

-------------------------- Example 2 --------------------------

$myDisk = Get-VM -Name 'MyVM1' | Get-HardDisk
$myDatastore1 = Get-Datastore -Name 'MyDatastore1'
Move-hardDisk - HardDisk $myDisk -Datastore $myDatastore1 - StorageFormat 'EagerZeroedThick'

Moves the hard disk of a specified virtual machine to another datastore and changes the storage format of the hard disk to EagerZeroedThick.