PowerCLI Reference

New-VsanDisk

This cmdlet adds a host SCSI disk to a vSAN disk group.

Syntax

New-VsanDisk -VsanDiskGroup <VsanDiskGroup> -CanonicalName <String> [-RunAsync] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]

Related Commands

Detailed Description

This cmdlet adds a host SCSI disk to a vSAN disk group.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Required?	Pipeline Input
CanonicalName	String	Specifies the canonical name of the host SCSI disk that is added to the group.	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
VsanDiskGroup	VsanDiskGroup	Specifies the disk group that the disk is added to.	true	true (ByValue)
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

The newly created VsanDisk object

Notes

Works only with vCenter Server 5.5 or later.

Examples

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New-VsanDisk -CanonicalName "DiskCanonicalName" -VsanDiskGroup $vsanDiskGroup

Creates a new vSAN disk and adds the disk to the $vsanDiskGroup vSAN disk group.