PowerCLI Reference

Move-VDisk

Synopsis

This cmdlet moves the specified VDisk objects to the specified datastore.

Syntax

Move-VDisk [-VDisk] <VDisk[]> [-StorageFormat <VDiskStorageFormat>] [-Datastore] <Datastore> [-RunAsync] [-Server <VIServer[]>] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]

Move-VDisk [-VDisk] <VDisk[]> [-Datastore] <Datastore> -ScsiLun <ScsiLun> [-RunAsync] [-Server <VIServer[]>] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]

Related Commands

Online version
Copy-VDisk
Get-VDisk
New-VDisk
Remove-VDisk
Set-VDisk

Detailed Description

This cmdlet moves the specified VDisk objects to the specified datastore. For RDM (RawVDisk), only one VDisk object can be moved at once, and only moving from VMFS to VMFS is supported.

Parameters

NameTypeDescriptionRequired?Pipeline InputDefault Value
VDiskVDisk[]Specifies the VDisk objects you want to move.truetrue (ByValue)
DatastoreDatastoreSpecifies the datastore to which you want to move the metadata of the VDisk object. For flat disk, the contents of the disk are also moved to the specified datastore.truefalse
ConfirmSwitchParameterIf 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.falsefalse
RunAsyncSwitchParameterIndicates 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.falsefalse
ScsiLunScsiLunSpecifies the new backing SCSI LUN for the RDM VDisk object that is moved.truefalse
ServerVIServer[]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.falsefalse
StorageFormatVDiskStorageFormatSpecifies the new storage format of the flat VDisk object that is moved.falsefalse
WhatIfSwitchParameterIndicates that the cmdlet is run only to display the changes that would be made and actually no objects are modified.falsefalse

Return Type

The moved VDisk objects

Notes

Examples

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

Move-VDisk -VDisk $vDisk -Datastore $ds

Moves the flat VDisk object $vDisk to the $ds datastore.

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

Move-VDisk -VDisk $vDisk -ScsiLun $scsiLun -Datastore $ds

Moves the raw VDisk object $vDisk on the $scsiLun SCSI LUN and stores metadata of this object on the $ds datastore.


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