Adds a virtual disk image (VDI) to a virtual machine hosted on a XenServer.
Syntax
Add-EmcXenServerVirtualDisk -VirtualDisk <VirtualDiskImage> -VirtualMachineConfiguration <VirtualMachineConfiguration> [-Silent] [<CommonParameters>]
Parameters
-VirtualDisk <VirtualDiskImage>
Attributes: Required, Position: named
Specifies the virtual disk image to be added or attached.
-VirtualMachineConfiguration <VirtualMachineConfiguration>
Attributes: Required, Position: named
Specifies which virtual machine gets the virtual disk image (VDI).
-Silent <SwitchParameter>
Attributes: Optional, Position: named
Turns off all the informational and verbose messages. However, it still displays errors.
<CommonParameters>
This cmdlet supports these common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable, OutBuffer, and OutVariable. Type get-help about_commonparameters for more details.
Examples
-------------- Example 1 --------------
C:\PS>$xs = Get-EmcXenServerSystem *183
C:\PS>$xs | Update-EmcSystem -Silent
C:\PS> $sr = Get-EmcXenServerStorageRepository test_sr –XenServer $xs
C:\PS>$vdi = New-EmcXenServerVirtualDiskImage –StorageRepository $sr –XenServer $xs –Size 2GB –Name test_vdi
C:\PS>$vms = Get-EmcVirtualMachineConfiguration –Hypervisor $xs
C:\PS>$vm = $vms[0]
C:\PS>Add-EmcXenServerVirtualDisk -VirtualDisk $vdi -VirtualMachineConfiguration $vm
This example adds the specified virtual disk image (VDI) to the specified virtual machine.