Set-VMResourcePool

Set-VMResourcePool

Sets the parent resource pool for a selected resource pool.

Syntax

Parameter Set: Default
Set-VMResourcePool [-Name] <String[]> [-ResourcePoolType] <VMResourcePoolType> [-ParentName] <String[]> [-ComputerName <String[]> ] [-Passthru] [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [ <CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

The Set-VMResourcePool cmdlet sets a parent resource pool for a selected resource pool. (To remove a parent from a resource pool, set the primordial pool of the resource pool’s type as its parent.)

Parameters

-ComputerName<String[]>

Specifies one or more Hyper-V hosts on which a resource pool’s parent is to be set. NetBIOS names, IP addresses, and fully-qualified domain names are allowable. The default is the local computer — use “localhost” or a dot (“.”) to specify the local computer explicitly.

Aliases	none
Required?	false
Position?	named
Default Value	.
Accept Pipeline Input?	True (ByPropertyName)
Accept Wildcard Characters?	false

-Name<String[]>

Specifies the resource pool whose parent resource pool is to be set.

Aliases	none
Required?	true
Position?	1
Default Value	none
Accept Pipeline Input?	True (ByPropertyName)
Accept Wildcard Characters?	false

-ParentName<String[]>

Specifies the name of the resource pool to be set as a parent.

Aliases	none
Required?	true
Position?	3
Default Value	none
Accept Pipeline Input?	false
Accept Wildcard Characters?	false

-Passthru

Specifies that a VMResourcePool object is to be passed through to the pipeline representing the resource pool whose parent is to be set.

Aliases	none
Required?	false
Position?	named
Default Value	none
Accept Pipeline Input?	false
Accept Wildcard Characters?	false

-ResourcePoolType<VMResourcePoolType>

Specifies the type of the resource pool whose parent is to be set.

Aliases	none
Required?	true
Position?	2
Default Value	none
Accept Pipeline Input?	True (ByPropertyName)
Accept Wildcard Characters?	false

-Confirm

Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.

Required?	false
Position?	named
Default Value	false
Accept Pipeline Input?	false
Accept Wildcard Characters?	false

-WhatIf

Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs. The cmdlet is not run.

Required?	false
Position?	named
Default Value	false
Accept Pipeline Input?	false
Accept Wildcard Characters?	false

<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Verbose, -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -OutBuffer, and -OutVariable. For more information, see    about_CommonParameters (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=113216).

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.

• None by default; VMResourcePool if –PassThru is specified.

Examples

Example 1

Set a virtual hard drive resource pool ParentPool as the parent of virtual hard drive resource pool ChildPool.

PS C:\> Set-VMResourcePool ChildPool VHD ParentPool

Example 2

Remove the parent resource pool from virtual hard drive resource pool ChildPool.

PS C:\> Set-VMResourcePool ChildPool VHD Primordial