The Get-SCVirtualHardDisk cmdlet gets virtual hard disk objects from a virtual machine, from a template, or as a standalone file stored in the Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) library.
A virtual hard disk can be a Windows-based .vhd file, a Citrix XenServer-based .vhd file, or a VMware-based.vmdk file.
A virtual hard disk might be stored as a standalone object in the VMM library, attached to a virtual disk drive on a template, or attached to a virtual disk drive on a deployed or stored virtual machine.
Examples
Example 1: Get a virtual hard disk object from the library
The second command gets the virtual machine object named VM01, selects all virtual hard disks on VM01 whose name includes the string "DataDisk," and then stores the returned virtual hard disk objects in the $VHD variable.
Example 3: Get a virtual hard disk object from a specific template
This command gets the template object named Template01 from the library and displays all virtual hard disk objects on that template.
Parameters
-All
Indicates that this cmdlet gets all subordinate objects independent of the parent object.
For example, the command Get-SCVirtualDiskDrive -All gets all virtual disk drive objects regardless of the virtual machine object or template object that each virtual disk drive object is associated with.
Parameter properties
Type:
SwitchParameter
Default value:
None
Supports wildcards:
False
DontShow:
False
Parameter sets
All
Position:
Named
Mandatory:
False
Value from pipeline:
False
Value from pipeline by property name:
False
Value from remaining arguments:
False
-FamilyName
Specifies a family name for a physical resource in the VMM library.
This value is used in conjunction with Release, Namespace, and Type to establish equivalency among library resources.
Parameter properties
Type:
String
Default value:
None
Supports wildcards:
False
DontShow:
False
Parameter sets
EquivalentResourceParamSet
Position:
Named
Mandatory:
True
Value from pipeline:
False
Value from pipeline by property name:
False
Value from remaining arguments:
False
-ID
Specifies the numerical identifier as a globally unique identifier, or GUID, for a specific object.
Parameter properties
Type:
Guid
Default value:
None
Supports wildcards:
False
DontShow:
False
Parameter sets
ID
Position:
Named
Mandatory:
False
Value from pipeline:
False
Value from pipeline by property name:
False
Value from remaining arguments:
False
-Name
Specifies the name of a VMM object.
Parameter properties
Type:
String
Default value:
None
Supports wildcards:
False
DontShow:
False
Parameter sets
NameParamSet
Position:
Named
Mandatory:
True
Value from pipeline:
False
Value from pipeline by property name:
False
Value from remaining arguments:
False
-OnBehalfOfUser
Specifies a user name.
This cmdlet operates on behalf of the user that this parameter specifies.
Parameter properties
Type:
String
Default value:
None
Supports wildcards:
False
DontShow:
False
Parameter sets
(All)
Position:
Named
Mandatory:
False
Value from pipeline:
False
Value from pipeline by property name:
False
Value from remaining arguments:
False
-OnBehalfOfUserRole
Specifies a user role.
To obtain a user role, use the Get-SCUserRole cmdlet.
This cmdlet operates on behalf of the user role that this parameter specifies.
Parameter properties
Type:
UserRole
Default value:
None
Supports wildcards:
False
DontShow:
False
Parameter sets
(All)
Position:
Named
Mandatory:
False
Value from pipeline:
False
Value from pipeline by property name:
False
Value from remaining arguments:
False
-Release
Specifies a string that describes the release of a library resource.
VMM automatically creates a release value for every resource imported into the library.
After the resource has been imported, the string can be customized.
Parameter properties
Type:
String
Default value:
None
Supports wildcards:
False
DontShow:
False
Parameter sets
EquivalentResourceParamSet
Position:
Named
Mandatory:
False
Value from pipeline:
False
Value from pipeline by property name:
False
Value from remaining arguments:
False
-VM
Specifies a virtual machine object.
Parameter properties
Type:
VM
Default value:
None
Supports wildcards:
False
DontShow:
False
Parameter sets
VM
Position:
Named
Mandatory:
True
Value from pipeline:
True
Value from pipeline by property name:
False
Value from remaining arguments:
False
-VMMServer
Specifies a VMM server object.
Parameter properties
Type:
ServerConnection
Default value:
None
Supports wildcards:
False
DontShow:
False
Parameter sets
(All)
Position:
Named
Mandatory:
False
Value from pipeline:
True
Value from pipeline by property name:
False
Value from remaining arguments:
False
-VMTemplate
Specifies a VMM template object used to create virtual machines.
Parameter properties
Type:
Template
Default value:
None
Supports wildcards:
False
DontShow:
False
Aliases:
Template
Parameter sets
Template
Position:
Named
Mandatory:
True
Value from pipeline:
True
Value from pipeline by property name:
False
Value from remaining arguments:
False
CommonParameters
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable,
-InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutBuffer, -OutVariable, -PipelineVariable,
-ProgressAction, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see
about_CommonParameters.
Outputs
VirtualHardDisk
This cmdlet returns a VirtualHardDisk object.
Notes
Requires a VMM virtual machine object or a VMM template object, which can be retrieved by using the Get-SCVirtualMachine cmdlet, or the Get-SCVMTemplate cmdlet, respectively.