New-EmcDatastore

Creates a new datastore.

Syntax

New-EmcDatastore -Name <String> -ScsiLun <ScsiLun> [-FileSystemVersion <VmfsVersion>] [-Silent] [<CommonParameters>]

Parameters

-Name <String>

Attributes: Required, Position: named

Specifies the name of the new datastore.

-ScsiLun <ScsiLun>

Attributes: Required, Position: named

Specifies the ESI SCSI LUN object, which you can get by using the ESI VMware system or ESI ESX host system objects, or by using Get-EmcScsiLun cmdlet.

-FileSystemVersion <VmfsVersion>

Attributes: Optional, Position: named

Specifies the version of the VMFS for the datastore. Valid values are VMFS_5 and VMFS_3. The default value is VMFS_5.

-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>$h = Get-EmcVcenterSystem

PS C:\> $h | Update-EmcSystem -Silent

PS C:\> $l = Get-EmcLun lun2

PS C:\> $sc = Get-EmcScsiLun -Lun $l

PS C:\> $sc.hostdiskidentifier

02000600006000097000019260541253303230443353594d4d4554

PS C:\> New-EmcDatastore -Name esi-ds-1 -ScsiLun $sc -Silent

Name                 : esi-ds-1

Type                 : VMFS5

Capacity             : 1.750 GB

FreeSpace            : 1.206 GB

Url                  : ds:///vmfs/volumes/50c3a51b-45835678-9840-a4badb394393/

Uuid                 : 50c3a51b-45835678-9840-a4badb394393

VcenterUuid          : e942d303-eff4-4098-a3cf-e249894bd63b

HostLunIdentifiers   : {Wwn=60:00:09:70:00:01:92:60:54:12:53:30:32:30:44:33}

CanonicalNames       : {naa.60000970000192605412533032304433}

EsxHosts             : {x.x.x.x, y.y.y.y }

This example creates a VMFS_5 datastore.

-------------- Example 2 --------------

C:\PS>$h = Get-EmcVcenterSystem

PS C:\> $h | Update-EmcSystem -Silent

PS C:\> $l = Get-EmcLun lun2

PS C:\> $sc = Get-EmcScsiLun -Lun $l

PS C:\> $sc.hostdiskidentifier

02000600006000097000019260541253303230443353594d4d4554

PS C:\> New-EmcDatastore -Name esi-ds-1 -ScsiLun $sc -FileSystemVersion vmfs_3 -Silent

Name                 : esi-ds-1

Type                 : VMFS3

Capacity             : 1.750 GB

FreeSpace            : 1.229 GB

Url                  : ds:///vmfs/volumes/50c3a81b-db1ccdf6-10da-a4badb394393/

Uuid                 : 50c3a81b-db1ccdf6-10da-a4badb394393

VcenterUuid          : e942d303-eff4-4098-a3cf-e249894bd63b

HostLunIdentifiers   : {Wwn=60:00:09:70:00:01:92:60:54:12:53:30:32:30:44:33}

CanonicalNames       : {naa.60000970000192605412533032304433}

EsxHosts             : {x.x.x.x}

This example creates a VMFS_3 datastore.