PowerCLI Reference

Set-VDisk

Synopsis

This cmdlet renames, inflates, or extends the size of the specified VDisk object.

Syntax

Set-VDisk [-VDisk] <VDisk[]> [-Name <String>] [-Inflate] [-CapacityGB <Decimal>] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]

Related Commands

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

Detailed Description

This cmdlet renames, inflates, or extends the size of the specified VDisk object. If multiple options are specified, they are performed in the following order.
1. Rename
2. Inflate
3. Extend the size

VDisk objects cannot be extended to a size that is smaller than or equal to the existing size.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Required?	Pipeline Input
VDisk	VDisk[]	Specifies the VDisk objects you want to modify.	true	true (ByValue)
CapacityGB	Decimal	Specifies the new capacity of the VDisk object in gigabytes (GB).	false	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
Inflate	SwitchParameter	Indicates to inflate the specified VDisk object. Inflating is supported only on thin-provisioned VDisk objects.	false	false
Name	String	Specifies the new name you want to set for the VDisk object.	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

The modified VDisk objects

Notes

Examples

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

Set-VDisk -VDisk $vDisk -Name 'NewName' -CapacityGB 2

Renames $vDisk VDisk object to 'NewName' and sets its capacity to 2 GB.

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

Set-VDisk -VDisk $vDisk -Inflate

Inflates the $vDisk VDisk object.