Expands the size of a file-based disk.
Syntax
Expand-EmcFileBasedDisk -Size <UInt64> -VirtualMachineConfiguration <VirtualMachineConfiguration> -Location <UInt32> [-ScsiControllerId <String>] [-ScsiControllerIndex <Int32>] [-Silent] [<CommonParameters>]
Parameters
-Size <UInt64>
Attributes: Required, Position: named
Specifies the size of the file-based disk.
-VirtualMachineConfiguration <VirtualMachineConfiguration>
Attributes: Required, Position: named
Specifies the ESI Virtual Machine Configuration object, which you can get from the ESI hypervisor host system object VirtualMachinesConfigurations parameter or by using the Get-EmcVirtualMachineConfiguration cmdlet. The cmdlets encapsulate VM configuration information, including status, MAC addresses, GUID, attached file-based disks, pass-through disks, and other disks.
-Location <UInt32>
Attributes: Required, Position: named
Specifies the available location or LUN number of the specified SCSI controller for adding the file-based disk. You can get the available SCSI controller location from the VM hypervisor object or by using the Get-EmcAvailableScsiControllerLocation cmdlet.
-ScsiControllerId <String>
Attributes: Optional, Position: named
Specifies the SCSI controller ID for adding to the specified file-based disk. You can get the ID from the ESI hypervisor object or by using the Get-EmcVirtualMachineScsiController cmdlet.
-ScsiControllerIndex <Int32>
Attributes: Optional, Position: named
Specifies the SCSI controller zero-based index to add or attach to a specified file-based disk. You can get SCSI controller information for a virtual machine from the ESI hypervisor object or by using the Get-EmcVirtualMachineScsiController cmdlet.
-Silent <SwitchParameter>
Attributes: Optional, Position: named
An optional parameter to turn 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>$h = Get-EmcVcenterSystem
C:\PS>$h | update-emcsystem
C:\PS>$h.VirtualMachinesConfigurations | select name
C:\PS>$vmconfig = $h.VirtualMachinesConfigurations[0]
C:\PS>$scsicontroller = Get-EmcVirtualMachineScsiController –VirtualMachineConfiguration $vmconfig
C:\PS>$locations = Get-EmcAvailableScsiControllerLocation -VirtualMachineConfiguration $vmconfig -ScsiControllerId $scsicontroller.ScsiControllerId
C:\PS>$Expand-EmcFileBasedDisk -Size 2GB -VirtualMachineConfiguration $vmconfig -Location $location[0] -ScsiControllerIndex $scsicontroller.ScsiControllerIndex
This example expands the size of a file-based disk.