Create New Disk

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The Create New Disk activity is used to create a new disk and add it to a virtual machine.

The activity publishes all the data from the required and optional properties into published data. The following tables list the required and optional properties and published data for this activity.

Create New Disk Required Properties

Element Description
Bus The IDE or SCSI bus to which to attach the disk. If you select <Auto>, then the first available value will be selected.
Bus Type IDE or SCSI
Disk Type Dynamic or Fixed
File Name The name of the VHD on which the new disk will be based
Logical Unit Number (LUN) The logical unit number (LUN) for the VHD object on an IDE or SCSI bus. If you select <Auto>, then the first available value will be selected.
Size (MB) The size of the Virtual Disk in megabytes (MB)
VM ID The unique identifier (GUID) of the virtual machine for which the disk was created

Create New Disk Optional Properties

Element Description
Boot Volume True or False. If True, the virtual machine is started from the disk.
System Volume True or False. If True, the disk contains the operating system for the virtual machine.

Create New Disk Published Data

Element Description
Accessibility Public or Internal
Added Time The date and time that the disk was added, in the format yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss AM or PM
Boot Volume True or False. If True, the virtual machine is started from the disk.
Bus The IDE or SCSI bus to which to attach the disk
Bus Type IDE or SCSI
Disk Type Dynamic or Fixed
Enabled True or False. If False, the virtual machine can't be started.
File Name The name of the VHD on which the new disk will be based
Is VHD True or False
LUN The logical unit number (LUN) for the VHD object on an IDE or SCSI bus
Modified Time The last modified date and time of the disk, in the format yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss AM or PM
Pass-through Disk A list of names of pass-through disks
Size (MB) The size of the Virtual Disk in MB
System Volume True or False. If True, the disk contains the operating system for the virtual machine.
Virtual Disk Drive Name The name of the virtual disk drive
Virtual Hard Disk Path The location of the VHD used to create the disk
VM ID The unique identifier (GUID) of the virtual machine for which the disk was created