Set-SCVirtualFloppyDisk

Changes the properties of a virtual floppy disk used in VMM.

Description

The Set-SCVirtualFloppyDisk cmdlet changes one or more properties of a virtual floppy disk used in a System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) environment. A virtual floppy disk file used in VMM is either a Windows-based .vfd file or a VMware-based .flp file.

Properties that you can change include:

- Description
- Enabled
- Name 
- Owner
- SharePath

You can store a virtual floppy disk file in the VMM library, or you can add the virtual floppy disk to a virtual machine.

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

Parameters

VirtualFloppyDisk

Required? true
Accept Pipeline Input? true (ByValue)
Position? 0 
Specifies a virtual floppy disk object.

Description

Required? false
Accept Pipeline Input? false
Position? named 
States a description for the specified object.

Enabled

Required? false
Accept Pipeline Input? false
Position? named 
Enables an object when set to $True, or disables an object when set to $False. For example, if you want to upgrade software on a virtual machine template, you can disable the template object in the VMM library to temporarily prevent users from using that object.

FamilyName

Required? false
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.

JobVariable

Required? false
Accept Pipeline Input? false
Position? named 
Specifies that job progress is tracked and stored in the variable named by this parameter.

Name

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

Owner

Required? false
Accept Pipeline Input? false
Position? named 
Specifies the owner of a VMM object in the form of a valid domain user account.

Example format: -Owner "Contoso\ReneeLo"
Example format: -Owner "ReneeLo@Contoso"

PROTipID

Required? false
Accept Pipeline Input? false
Position? named 
Specifies the ID of the PRO tip that triggered this action. This allows for auditing of PRO tips.

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.

RunAsynchronously

Required? false
Accept Pipeline Input? false
Position? named 
Indicates that the job runs asynchronously so that control returns to the command shell immediately.

SharePath

Required? false
Accept Pipeline Input? false
Position? named 
Specifies a path to a valid library share on an existing library server that uses a Universal Naming Convention (UNC) path. 

Example format: –SharePath "\\LibServer01\LibShare"

UserRole

Required? false
Accept Pipeline Input? false
Position? named 
Specifies a user role object.

VMMServer

Required? false
Accept Pipeline Input? false
Position? named 
Specifies a VMM server object.

VirtualFloppyDisks

Required? true
Accept Pipeline Input? true (ByValue)
Position? 0 
Specifies an array of floppy disk objects.

FamilyName

Required? false
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.

JobVariable

Required? false
Accept Pipeline Input? false
Position? named 
Specifies that job progress is tracked and stored in the variable named by this parameter.

PROTipID

Required? false
Accept Pipeline Input? false
Position? named 
Specifies the ID of the PRO tip that triggered this action. This allows for auditing of PRO tips.

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.

RunAsynchronously

Required? false
Accept Pipeline Input? false
Position? named 
Indicates that the job runs asynchronously so that control returns to the command shell immediately.

VMMServer

Required? false
Accept Pipeline Input? false
Position? named 
Specifies a VMM server object.

Requires a VMM virtual floppy disk object, which can be retrieved by using the Get-SCVirtualFloppyDisk cmdlet.

Examples

1: Change the description of a virtual floppy disk. 
PS C:\> $VFD = Get-SCVirtualFloppyDisk -VMMServer "VMMServer01.Contoso.com"  | where { $_.Name -eq “BootFloppy.vfd” -and $_.LibraryServer.Name -eq “LibraryServer01.Contoso.com” }
PS C:\> Set-SCVirtualFloppyDisk -VirtualFloppyDisk $VFD -Description “Latest Boot Floppy”

The first command gets the floppy disk object named BootFloppy.vfd from the VMM library on VMMServer01 whose file is stored on LibraryServer01, and then stores the object in the $VFD variable.

The second command changes the description of the virtual floppy disk object stored in $VFD to "Latest Boot Floppy".
2: Disable a virtual floppy disk. 
PS C:\> $VFD = Get-SCVirtualFloppyDisk -VMMServer "VMMServer01.Contoso.com" | where { $_.Name -eq “BootFloppy.vfd” -and $_.LibraryServer.Name -eq “LibraryServer01.Contoso.com” }
PS C:\> Set-SCVirtualFloppyDisk -VirtualFloppyDisk $VFD -Enabled $FALSE

The first command gets the virtual floppy disk object named BootFloppy.vfd whose file is stored on LibraryServer01, and then stores the object in the $VFD variable. 

The second command disables the virtual floppy disk object stored in $VFD.
3: Change the name of a VMware-based virtual floppy disk. 
PS C:\> $FLP = Get-SCVirtualFloppyDisk -VMMServer "VMMServer01.Contoso.com" | where { $_.Name -eq “ESXBootFloppy.flp” -and $_.LibraryServer.Name -eq “LibraryServer01.Contoso.com” }
PS C:\> Set-SCVirtualFloppyDisk -VirtualFloppyDisk $FLP -Name “ESXBootFloppy-Beta.flp”

The first command gets the floppy disk object named ESXBootFloppy.flp on LibraryServer01 and then stores the object in the $FLP variable.

The second command changes the name of the virtual floppy disk object stored in $FLP to ESXBootFloppy-Beta.flp. 

NOTE: By default, the name of a virtual floppy disk object in the library is the same name (including the extension) as the name of the actual virtual floppy disk file on the library share. Changing the name of the virtual floppy disk object in the library does not change the name of the actual virtual floppy disk file stored on the library server.
4: Specify an owner for all virtual floppy disks with an "Unknown" owner. 
PS C:\> Get-SCVirtualFloppyDisk -VMMServer "VMMServer01.Contoso.com" | where {$_.Owner -eq "Unknown"} | Set-SCVirtualFloppyDisk -Owner "Contoso\ReneeLo"

This command gets all virtual floppy disk objects from the VMM library whose owner is "Unknown", and then specifies an owner for each virtual floppy disk object.

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