Get-SCVirtualHardDisk

Gets virtual hard disk objects from a virtual machine, from a template, or as a standalone file stored in the VMM library.

Description

The Get-SCVirtualHardDisk gets virtual hard disk objects from a virtual machine, from a template, or as a standalone file stored in the System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) library.

A virtual hard disk can be a Windows-based .vhd file, a Citrix XenServer-based .vhd file, or a VMware-based.vmdk file. A virtual hard disk might be stored as a standalone object in the VMM library, attached to a virtual disk drive on a template, or attached to a virtual disk drive on a deployed or stored virtual machine. 

For more information about Get-SCVirtualHardDisk, type: "Get-Help Get-SCVirtualHardDisk -online".

Parameters

All

Required? false
Accept Pipeline Input? false
Position? named
Retrieves a full list of all subordinate objects independent of the parent object. For example, the command Get-SCVirtualDiskDrive -All retrieves all virtual disk drive objects regardless of the virtual machine object or template object that each virtual disk drive object is associated with.

VMMServer

Required? false
Accept Pipeline Input? true (ByValue)
Position? named
Specifies a VMM server object.

FamilyName

Required? true
Accept Pipeline Input? false
Position? named
Specifies a family name for a physical resource in the VMM library. This value is used in conjunction with Release, Namespace, and Type to establish equivalency among library resources.

Release

Required? false
Accept Pipeline Input? false
Position? named
Specifies a string that describes the release of a library resource. VMM automatically creates a release value for every resource imported into the library. After the resource has been imported, the string can be customized.

VMMServer

Required? false
Accept Pipeline Input? true (ByValue)
Position? named
Specifies a VMM server object.

ID

Required? false
Accept Pipeline Input? false
Position? named
Specifies the numerical identifier (as a globally unique identifier, or GUID) for a specific object.

VMMServer

Required? false
Accept Pipeline Input? true (ByValue)
Position? named
Specifies a VMM server object.

Name

Required? true
Accept Pipeline Input? false
Position? named
Specifies the name of a VMM object.

VMMServer

Required? false
Accept Pipeline Input? true (ByValue)
Position? named
Specifies a VMM server object.

VMTemplate

Required? true
Accept Pipeline Input? true (ByValue)
Position? named
Specifies a VMM template object used to create virtual machines.

VMMServer

Required? false
Accept Pipeline Input? true (ByValue)
Position? named
Specifies a VMM server object.

VM

Required? true
Accept Pipeline Input? true (ByValue)
Position? named
Specifies a virtual machine object.

VMMServer

Required? false
Accept Pipeline Input? true (ByValue)
Position? named
Specifies a VMM server object.
Requires a VMM virtual machine object or a VMM template object, which can be retrieved by using the Get-SCVirtualMachine cmdlet, or the Get-SCVMTemplate cmdlet, respectively.

Examples

1: Get a virtual hard disk object from the library.
PS C:\> $VHD = Get-SCVirtualHardDisk -VMMServer "VMMServer01.Contoso.com" | where { $_.Name -eq “VHD01.vhd” -and $_.LibraryServer.Name -eq "LibraryServer01.Contoso.com” }
This command gets the virtual hard disk object named VHD01.vhd stored on LibraryServer01 and then stores the object in the $VHD variable.
2: Get a virtual hard disk object from a virtual machine.
PS C:\> Get-SCVMMServer -ComputerName "VMMServer01.Contoso.com"
PS C:\> $VHD = Get-SCVirtualMachine -Name "VM01" | Get-SCVirtualHardDisk | where { $_.Name -match "DataDisk" }
The first command connects to VMMServer01. 

The second command gets the virtual machine object named VM01, selects all virtual hard disks on VM01 whose name includes the string "DataDisk," and then stores the returned virtual hard disk objects in the $VHD variable.
3: Get a virtual hard disk object from a specific template.
PS C:\> Get-SCVMTemplate -VMMServer "VMMServer01.Contoso.com" | where {$_.Name -eq "Template01"} | Get-SCVirtualHardDisk
This command gets the template object named Template01 from the library and displays all virtual hard disk objects on that template to the user.

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