vSphere PowerCLI Reference

Get-VMHostDiskPartition

Synopsis

This cmdlet retrieves the partitions of a host disk (LUN).

Syntax

Get-VMHostDiskPartition [[-VMHostDisk] <VMHostDisk[]>] [<CommonParameters>]
Get-VMHostDiskPartition -Id <String[]> [-Server <VIServer[]>] [<CommonParameters>]

Related Commands

Online version
Get-VMHostDisk
Format-VMHostDiskPartition

Detailed Description

This cmdlet retrieves the partitions of a host disk (LUN).

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Required?	Pipeline Input
VMHostDisk	VMHostDisk[]	Specifies the host disk for which you want to retrieve the partitions.	false	true (ByValue)
Id	String[]	Specifies the IDs of the host disk partitions that you want to retrieve.	true	false
Server	VIServer[]	Specifies the vCenter Server systems on which you want to run the cmdlet. If no value is passed to this parameter, the command runs on the default servers. For more information about default servers, see the description of Connect-VIServer.	false	false

Return Type

Zero or more VMHostDiskPartition objects

Notes

Examples

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

Get-VMHost Host | Get-VMHostDisk | Get-VMHostDiskPartition | ? {.Type -eq "Ntfs"} | Format-VMHostDiskPartition -VolumeName "NewStorage"

Formats the NTFS disk partitions of a host.