Add-SCStorageProvider

Reference

Module:: VirtualMachineManager

Adds a storage provider to VMM.

Syntax

Add-SCStorageProvider
   [-Fabric]
   -Name <String>
   [-Description <String>]
   -RunAsAccount <RunAsAccount>
   -NetworkDeviceName <String>
   -TCPPort <UInt32>
   [-Certificate <ClientCertificate>]
   [-RunAsynchronously]
   [-PROTipID <Guid>]
   [-JobVariable <String>]
   [<CommonParameters>]

Add-SCStorageProvider
   -Name <String>
   [-Description <String>]
   -RunAsAccount <RunAsAccount>
   -ComputerName <String>
   [-AddSmisWmiProvider]
   [-RunAsynchronously]
   [-PROTipID <Guid>]
   [-JobVariable <String>]
   [<CommonParameters>]

Add-SCStorageProvider
   -Name <String>
   [-Description <String>]
   -RunAsAccount <RunAsAccount>
   -ComputerName <String>
   [-IsNonTrustedDomain]
   [-AddWindowsNativeWmiProvider]
   [-RunAsynchronously]
   [-PROTipID <Guid>]
   [-JobVariable <String>]
   [<CommonParameters>]

Description

The Add-SCStorageProvider cmdlet adds a storage provider to Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) by providing the connection information required to access the provider over the network.

VMM in System Center 2019 and later allows you to add a WMI SMI-S provider by using the AddSmisWmiProvider parameter.

Examples

Example 1: Add a storage provider by its Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN)

PS C:\> $RunAsAcct = Get-SCRunAsAccount -Name "RunAsAccount01"
PS C:\> Add-SCStorageProvider -NetworkDeviceName "http://StorProv01.Contoso.com" -TCPPort 5988 -Name "StorProv01.Contoso.com" -RunAsAccount $RunAsAcct

The first command gets the RunAs account named RunAsAccount01 and stores it in the $RunAsAcct variable.

The second command adds the storage provider named StorProv01.Contoso.com using the RunAs account stored in $RunAsAcct.

Example 2: Add a storage provider by its IP address

PS C:\> $RunAsAcct = Get-SCRunAsAccount -Name "RunAsAccount02"
PS C:\> Add-SCStorageProvider -NetworkDeviceName "http://10.10.12.23" -TCPPort 5988 -Name "StorProv02.Contoso.com" -RunAsAccount $RunAsAcct02

The first command gets the RunAs account named RunAsAccount02 and stores it in the $RunAsAcct variable.

The second command adds the storage provider with an IP address of 10.10.12.23 using the RunAsAccount stored in $RunAsAcct.

Example 3: Add a WMI SMI-S storage provider

PS C:\> $RunAsAccount = Get-SCRunAsAccount -Name "AdminRAA"
PS C:\> Add-SCStorageProvider -SmisWmi -Name "StorageProvider01" -RunAsAccount $RunAsAccount -ComputerName "StorageHost01.Contoso.com"

The first command gets the Run As account object named AdminRAA and stores the object in the $RunAsAccount variable.

The second command adds the storage provider with the name StorageProvider01 using the Run Account stored in $RunAsAccount. The SmisWmi parameter indicates that this is an SMI-S storage provider.

Parameters

-AddSmisWmiProvider

Indicates that the cmdlet adds an SMIS-based WMI provider.

Type:	SwitchParameter
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	True
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-AddWindowsNativeWmiProvider

Indicates that the cmdlet adds a Windows native WMI provider implementation.

Type:	SwitchParameter
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	True
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-Certificate

Specifies a security certificate object.

Type:	ClientCertificate
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-ComputerName

Specifies the name of a computer that VMM can uniquely identify on your network. Valid formats are:

FQDN (fully qualified domain name)
IPv4 or IPv6 address
NetBIOS name

Type:	String
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	True
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-Description

Specifies a description for the storage provider.

Type:	String
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-Fabric

Indicates Fibre Channel fabric.

Type:	SwitchParameter
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-IsNonTrustedDomain

Indicates that the domain is not a trusted Active Directory domain.

Type:	SwitchParameter
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-JobVariable

Specifies that job progress is tracked and stored in the variable named by this parameter.

Type:	String
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-Name

Specifies the name of a VMM object.

Type:	String
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	True
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-NetworkDeviceName

Specifies the name of a network device.

Type:	String
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	True
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-PROTipID

Specifies the ID of the Performance and Resource Optimization tip (PRO tip) that triggered this action. This parameter lets you audit PRO tips.

Type:	Guid
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-RunAsAccount

Specifies a Run As account that contains credentials with permission to perform this action.

Type:	RunAsAccount
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	True
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-RunAsynchronously

Indicates that the job runs asynchronously so that control returns to the command shell immediately.

Type:	SwitchParameter
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-TCPPort

Specifies a numeric value that represents a TCP port.

Type:	UInt32
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	True
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

Outputs

StorageProvider

This cmdlet returns a StorageProvider object.