Expand-SCVirtualDiskDrive
Expands a virtual hard disk attached to a virtual disk drive object.
Syntax
Expand-SCVirtualDiskDrive
[-VirtualDiskDrive] <VirtualDiskDrive>
-VirtualHardDiskSizeGB <Int32>
[-JobGroup <Guid>]
[-RunAsynchronously]
[-PROTipID <Guid>]
[-JobVariable <String>]
[-OnBehalfOfUser <String>]
[-OnBehalfOfUserRole <UserRole>]
[<CommonParameters>]
Description
The Expand-SCVirtualDiskDrive cmdlet expands a virtual hard disk attached to a virtual disk drive object in order to increase the total capacity of the virtual hard disk. If the virtual disk file connects to a virtual machine's SCSI chain, you can resize the virtual disk while the virtual machine is online.
This cmdlet expands a Windows-based.vhd or .vhdx file attached to a virtual disk drive object on a virtual machine deployed on a Hyper-V host. You can also use this cmdlet to expand a VMware-based a .vmdk file on a virtual machine deployed on an ESX host. You cannot use this cmdlet to expand a virtual hard disk on a virtual machine deployed on a Citrix XenServer host.
Examples
Example 1: Expand a virtual hard disk
PS C:\> $VM = Get-SCVirtualMachine -Name "VM01"
PS C:\> $VirtDiskDrive = Get-SCVirtualDiskDrive -VM $VM | Where-Object {$_.Bus -Eq 0 -And $_.Lun -Eq 0}
PS C:\> Expand-SCVirtualDiskDrive -VirtualDiskDrive $VirtDiskDrive -VirtualHardDiskSizeGB 40
The first command gets the virtual machine object named VM01 by using the Get-SCVirtualMachine cmdlet. The command stores that object in the $VM variable.
The second command gets the virtual disk drive object located on the first controller ($.Bus -Eq 0) and first slot of that controller ($.Lun -Eq 0) of VM01, and stores that object in the $VirtDiskDrive variable.
The last command expands the size of the virtual hard disk attached to the virtual disk drive to 40 GB.
Parameters
-JobGroup
Specifies an identifier for a series of commands that run as a set just before the final command that includes the same job group identifier runs.
Type: | Guid |
Position: | Named |
Default value: | None |
Required: | False |
Accept pipeline input: | False |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-JobVariable
Specifies a variable in which job progress is tracked and stored.
Type: | String |
Position: | Named |
Default value: | None |
Required: | False |
Accept pipeline input: | False |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-OnBehalfOfUser
Specifies a user name. This cmdlet operates on behalf of the user that this parameter specifies.
Type: | String |
Position: | Named |
Default value: | None |
Required: | False |
Accept pipeline input: | False |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-OnBehalfOfUserRole
Specifies a user role. Specify this parameter and the OnBehalfOfUser parameter to remove permissions from a user role that belongs to an on behalf of user. To obtain a user role object, use the Get-SCUserRole cmdlet.
Type: | UserRole |
Position: | Named |
Default value: | None |
Required: | False |
Accept pipeline input: | False |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-PROTipID
Specifies the ID of the Performance and Resource Optimization tip (PRO tip) that triggered this action. This parameter lets you audit PRO tips.
Type: | Guid |
Position: | Named |
Default value: | None |
Required: | False |
Accept pipeline input: | False |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-RunAsynchronously
Indicates that the job runs asynchronously so that control returns to the command shell immediately.
Type: | SwitchParameter |
Position: | Named |
Default value: | None |
Required: | False |
Accept pipeline input: | False |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-VirtualDiskDrive
Specifies a virtual disk drive object. You can attach either a virtual hard disk or a pass-through disk to a virtual disk drive object.
Type: | VirtualDiskDrive |
Position: | 0 |
Default value: | None |
Required: | True |
Accept pipeline input: | True |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-VirtualHardDiskSizeGB
Specifies the size, in gigabytes (GB), to which a dynamically expanding virtual hard disk expands.
Type: | Int32 |
Aliases: | Size |
Position: | Named |
Default value: | None |
Required: | True |
Accept pipeline input: | False |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |
Outputs
VirtualHardDisk
This cmdlet returns a VirtualHardDisk object.
Notes
- This cmdlet requires a VMM virtual disk drive object, which can be retrieved by using the Get-SCVirtualDiskDrive cmdlet.