Set-SCVirtualFloppyDrive
Applies To: System Center 2012 - Virtual Machine Manager
Set-SCVirtualFloppyDrive
Changes properties of a virtual floppy drive associated with a virtual machine, virtual nmachine template, or hardware profile used in VMM.
Syntax
Parameter Set: NoMedia
Set-SCVirtualFloppyDrive [[-VirtualFloppyDrive] <VirtualFloppyDrive> ] -NoMedia [-JobGroup <Guid> ] [-JobVariable <String> ] [-PROTipID <Guid> ] [-RunAsynchronously] [-VMMServer <ServerConnection> ] [ <CommonParameters>]
Parameter Set: VirtualFloppyDisk
Set-SCVirtualFloppyDrive [[-VirtualFloppyDrive] <VirtualFloppyDrive> ] -VirtualFloppyDisk <VirtualFloppyDisk> [-JobGroup <Guid> ] [-JobVariable <String> ] [-PROTipID <Guid> ] [-RunAsynchronously] [-VMMServer <ServerConnection> ] [ <CommonParameters>]
Detailed Description
The Set-SCVirtualFloppyDrive cmdlet changes one or more properties of a virtual floppy drive associated with a virtual machine, virtual machine template, or hardware profile used in a System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) environment.
You can use the Set-VirtualFloppyDrive cmdlet to configure the virtual floppy drive to use a physical floppy drive (typically, drive A:) to read physical floppy disks, to read an existing virtual floppy disk, or to disconnect the virtual floppy disk.
For more information about Set-SCVirtualFloppyDrive, type: "Get-Help Set-SCVirtualFloppyDrive -online".
Parameters
-JobGroup<Guid>
Specifies an identifier for a series of commands that will run as a set just before the final command that includes the same job group identifier runs.
Aliases |
none |
Required? |
false |
Position? |
named |
Default Value |
none |
Accept Pipeline Input? |
false |
Accept Wildcard Characters? |
false |
-JobVariable<String>
Specifies that job progress is tracked and stored in the variable named by this parameter.
Aliases |
none |
Required? |
false |
Position? |
named |
Default Value |
none |
Accept Pipeline Input? |
false |
Accept Wildcard Characters? |
false |
-NoMedia
Disconnects a virtual DVD drive from the host drive or ISO to which it was connected, or disconnects a virtual floppy drive from the host drive or virtual floppy disk to which it was connected.
Aliases |
none |
Required? |
true |
Position? |
named |
Default Value |
none |
Accept Pipeline Input? |
false |
Accept Wildcard Characters? |
false |
-PROTipID<Guid>
Specifies the ID of the PRO tip that triggered this action. This allows for auditing of PRO tips.
Aliases |
none |
Required? |
false |
Position? |
named |
Default Value |
none |
Accept Pipeline Input? |
false |
Accept Wildcard Characters? |
false |
-RunAsynchronously
Indicates that the job runs asynchronously so that control returns to the command shell immediately.
Aliases |
none |
Required? |
false |
Position? |
named |
Default Value |
none |
Accept Pipeline Input? |
false |
Accept Wildcard Characters? |
false |
-VirtualFloppyDisk<VirtualFloppyDisk>
Specifies a virtual floppy disk object.
Aliases |
none |
Required? |
true |
Position? |
named |
Default Value |
none |
Accept Pipeline Input? |
false |
Accept Wildcard Characters? |
false |
-VirtualFloppyDrive<VirtualFloppyDrive>
Specifies a virtual floppy drive object.
Aliases |
none |
Required? |
false |
Position? |
1 |
Default Value |
none |
Accept Pipeline Input? |
true (ByValue) |
Accept Wildcard Characters? |
false |
-VMMServer<ServerConnection>
Specifies a VMM server object.
Aliases |
none |
Required? |
false |
Position? |
named |
Default Value |
none |
Accept Pipeline Input? |
true (ByValue) |
Accept Wildcard Characters? |
false |
<CommonParameters>
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Verbose, -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -OutBuffer, and -OutVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.
Inputs
The input type is the type of the objects that you can pipe to the cmdlet.
Outputs
The output type is the type of the objects that the cmdlet emits.
- VirtualFloppyDrive
Notes
- Requires a VMM virtual floppy drive object, which can be retrieved by using the Get-SCVirtualFloppyDrive cmdlet.
Examples
1: Connect a virtual floppy drive to a virtual floppy disk.
The first command gets the virtual floppy disk object named BootDisk.vfd from VMMServer01 and stores the object in the $FloppyDisk variable.
The second command gets the virtual machine object named VM01 and stores the object in the $VM variable.
The third command gets the virtual floppy drive object on VM01 and stores the virtual floppy drive object in the $FloppyDrive object array (in the event there is more than one virtual floppy drive object, the array will store all of the objects).
The last command connects the virtual floppy disk stored in $FloppyDisk (BootDisk.vfd) to the first virtual floppy drive on VM01.
PS C:\> $FloppyDisk = Get-SCVirtualFloppyDisk -VMMServer "VMMServer01.Contoso.com" | where {$_.Name -eq "BootDisk.vfd"}
PS C:\> $VM = Get-SCVirtualMachine -Name "VM01"
PS C:\> $FloppyDrive = @(Get-SCVirtualFloppyDrive -VM $VM)
PS C:\> Set-SCVirtualFloppyDrive -VirtualFloppyDrive $FloppyDrive[0] -VirtualFloppyDisk $FloppyDisk
2: Disconnect a virtual floppy drive.
The first command gets the virtual machine object named VM02 and stores the object in the $VM variable.
The second command gets the virtual floppy drive object on VM02 and stores the object in $FloppyDrive.
The last command disconnects the virtual floppy drive object stored in $FloppyDrive from any host drive or virtual floppy disk to which it was connected by specifying the NoMedia parameter. This command also deletes any virtual floppy disk that the virtual floppy drive used earlier if no other virtual machine currently uses that virtual floppy disk.
PS C:\> $VM = Get-SCVirtualMachine -Name "VM02"
PS C:\> $FloppyDrive = @(Get-SCVirtualFloppyDrive -VM $VM)
PS C:\> Set-SCVirtualFloppyDrive -VirtualFloppyDrive $FloppyDrive[0] -NoMedia