Show-VirtualDisk

Show-VirtualDisk

Makes a virtual disk available to a host.

Syntax

Parameter Set: ByFriendlyName
Show-VirtualDisk [-FriendlyName] <String[]> [-AsJob] [-CimSession <CimSession[]> ] [-HostType <HostType> ] [-InitiatorAddress <String> ] [-PassThru] [-TargetPortAddresses <String[]> ] [-ThrottleLimit <Int32> ] [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [ <CommonParameters>]

Parameter Set: ByName
Show-VirtualDisk -Name <String[]> [-AsJob] [-CimSession <CimSession[]> ] [-HostType <HostType> ] [-InitiatorAddress <String> ] [-PassThru] [-TargetPortAddresses <String[]> ] [-ThrottleLimit <Int32> ] [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [ <CommonParameters>]

Parameter Set: ByUniqueId
Show-VirtualDisk -UniqueId <String[]> [-AsJob] [-CimSession <CimSession[]> ] [-HostType <HostType> ] [-InitiatorAddress <String> ] [-PassThru] [-TargetPortAddresses <String[]> ] [-ThrottleLimit <Int32> ] [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [ <CommonParameters>]

Parameter Set: InputObject (cdxml)
Show-VirtualDisk -InputObject <CimInstance[]> [-AsJob] [-CimSession <CimSession[]> ] [-HostType <HostType> ] [-InitiatorAddress <String> ] [-PassThru] [-TargetPortAddresses <String[]> ] [-ThrottleLimit <Int32> ] [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [ <CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

The Show-VirtualDisk cmdlet makes a virtual disk available to a host (by initiator and target ports). This cmdlet is equivalent to a VDS unmask operation.

Parameters

-AsJob

Aliases

none

Required?

false

Position?

named

Default Value

none

Accept Pipeline Input?

false

Accept Wildcard Characters?

false

-CimSession<CimSession[]>

Runs the cmdlet in a remote session or on a remote computer. Enter a computer name or a session object, such as the output of a New-CimSession or Get-CimSession cmdlet. The default is the current session on the local computer.

Aliases

Session

Required?

false

Position?

named

Default Value

none

Accept Pipeline Input?

false

Accept Wildcard Characters?

false

-FriendlyName<String[]>

Specifies the friendly name of the virtual disk to make available to the specified hosts.

Aliases

none

Required?

true

Position?

1

Default Value

none

Accept Pipeline Input?

True (ByPropertyName)

Accept Wildcard Characters?

false

-HostType<HostType>

Specifies the operating system of the host computer.

Aliases

none

Required?

false

Position?

named

Default Value

none

Accept Pipeline Input?

false

Accept Wildcard Characters?

false

-InitiatorAddress<String>

Specifies the address for an initiator to which the virtual disk should be unmasked.

Aliases

none

Required?

false

Position?

named

Default Value

none

Accept Pipeline Input?

false

Accept Wildcard Characters?

false

-InputObject<CimInstance[]>

Accepts an object from the pipeline as input.

Aliases

none

Required?

true

Position?

named

Default Value

none

Accept Pipeline Input?

True (ByValue)

Accept Wildcard Characters?

false

-Name<String[]>

Specifies the name of the virtual disk to make available to the specified hosts.

Aliases

none

Required?

true

Position?

named

Default Value

none

Accept Pipeline Input?

True (ByPropertyName)

Accept Wildcard Characters?

false

-PassThru

Specifies that the cmdlet should output an object representing the virtual disk it unmasked. By default, this cmdlet does not generate any output.

Aliases

none

Required?

false

Position?

named

Default Value

none

Accept Pipeline Input?

false

Accept Wildcard Characters?

false

-TargetPortAddresses<String[]>

Specifies one or more target port addresses to which the virtual disk should be unmasked.

Aliases

none

Required?

false

Position?

named

Default Value

none

Accept Pipeline Input?

false

Accept Wildcard Characters?

false

-ThrottleLimit<Int32>

Specifies the maximum number of concurrent operations that can be established to run the cmdlet. If this parameter is omitted or a value of 0 is entered, then Windows PowerShell® calculates an optimum throttle limit for the cmdlet based on the number of CIM cmdlets that are running on the computer. The throttle limit applies only to the current cmdlet, not to the session or to the computer.

Aliases

none

Required?

false

Position?

named

Default Value

none

Accept Pipeline Input?

false

Accept Wildcard Characters?

false

-UniqueId<String[]>

Specifies the UniqueID of the virtual disk to make available to the specified host.

Aliases

Id

Required?

true

Position?

named

Default Value

none

Accept Pipeline Input?

True (ByPropertyName)

Accept Wildcard Characters?

false

-Confirm

Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.

Required?

false

Position?

named

Default Value

false

Accept Pipeline Input?

false

Accept Wildcard Characters?

false

-WhatIf

Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs. The cmdlet is not run.

Required?

false

Position?

named

Default Value

false

Accept Pipeline Input?

false

Accept Wildcard Characters?

false

<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Verbose, -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -OutBuffer, and -OutVariable. For more information, see    about_CommonParameters (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=113216).

Inputs

The input type is the type of the objects that you can pipe to the cmdlet.

  • Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.CimInstance#ROOT/Microsoft/Windows/Storage/MSFT_VirtualDisk

    You can pipe an MSFT_VirtualDisk object to the InputObject parameter.

Outputs

The output type is the type of the objects that the cmdlet emits.

  • Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.CimInstance#ROOT/Microsoft/Windows/Storage/MSFT_VirtualDisk

    If you specify the Passthru parameter, this cmdlet outputs an object representing the virtual disk you made available to a host computer.

Notes

  • The Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.CimInstance object is a wrapper class that displays Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) objects. The path after the pound sign (#) provides the namespace and class name for the underlying WMI object.

Examples

Example 1: Make a virtual disk available to the local computer

This example makes the "SQLData_27a" virtual disk available to all initiators and target ports of the local computer.

PS C:\> $initaddress = (Get-InitiatorPort)
PS C:\> $tarport = (Get-TargetPort)
PS C:\> Show-VirtualDisk -FriendlyName "SQLData_27a" -TargetPortAddresses $tarport.NodeAddress -InitiatorAddress $initaddress.NodeAddress

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