NAME

Add-DcsVirtualDiskToGroup

SYNOPSIS

Adds a virtual disk to the specified virtual disk group.

SYNTAX

Add-DcsVirtualDiskToGroup   -Group <Object>   -VirtualDisk <Object>   [ -Connection <String> ]   [ -PipelineVariable <String> ]

DESCRIPTION

Adds a virtual disk to the specified virtual disk group.

PARAMETERS

-Group<Object>
VirtualDiskGroupData object, name, or ID of the virtual disk group.

Required: true
Position: named
Default value:
Accept pipeline input: false
Accept wildcard characters: false

-VirtualDisk<Object>
VirtualDiskData object, name or ID of the virtual disk to add to the group. The VirtualDiskData object can be obtained from Get-DcsVirtualDisk.

Required: true
Position: named
Default value:
Accept pipeline input: true (ByValue)
Accept wildcard characters: false

-Connection<String>
Alias of the connection to the server group. If not specified, the default connection is used.

Required: false
Position: named
Default value:
Accept pipeline input: false
Accept wildcard characters: false

-PipelineVariable<String>

Required: false
Position: named
Default value:
Accept pipeline input: false
Accept wildcard characters: false

INPUTS

VirtualDiskData : Object that identifies and describes the virtual disk.

OUTPUTS

VirtualDiskData : Object that identifies and describes the virtual disk.

NOTES

Also see Get-DcsVirtualDisk, Get-DcsVirtualDiskGroup, Add-DcsVirtualDiskGroup, Remove-DcsVirtualDiskfromGroup, Remove-DcsVirtualDiskGroup.

EXAMPLES


-------------- Example 1 Adds a virtual disk specified by name. --------------
Add-DcsVirtualDiskToGroup -Group "VD Group FTL" -VirtualDisk "Virtual disk 1"

The virtual disk named "Virtual disk 1" is added to the group named "VD Group FTL".

VirtualDiskGroupId:{ef015296-0fa8-4bec-80a9-e312547c94a9}
FirstHostId:D3D14D3A-67A2-4E5F-9FA4-262B812EFFA0
SecondHostId:431D049E-801E-4061-911E-1493A3F2ECC0
BackupHostId:
StorageProfileId:100469DF-0BE1-40DA-874E-9F1DA5A259E3
Alias:Virtual disk 1
Description:
Size:20.00 GiB
Type:MultiPathMirrored
DiskStatus:Online
InquiryData:DataCore Virtual Disk DCS
ScsiDeviceId:{96, 3, 13, 144...}
RemovableMedia:False
WriteThrough:False
Offline:False
DiskLayout:DataCore.Executive.PhysicalDiskLayout
PersistentReserveEnabled:True
RecoveryPriority:Regular
IsServed:False
Id:bd746e02eea248a2bedc66ed71c8eec7
Caption:Virtual disk 1
ExtendedCaption:Virtual disk 1 from Server Group
Internal:False
   

-------------- Example 2 Adds a specific kind of virtual disk to a new virtual disk group --------------
$NewVDgroup = Add-DcsVirtualDiskGroup -Name "VD Group FTL" -Description "Mail server backup for Ft. Lauderdale"
Get-DcsVirtualDisk -ServerGroup "Server Group FTL" -Kind Standard -OnlyWithReplications | Add-DcsVirtualDiskToGroup -Group $NewVDgroup

The cmdlet Add-DcsVirtualDiskGroup is invoked to create a group named "VD Group FTL" with a description of "Mail server backup for Ft. Lauderdale" for the default server group connection. The result is stored in the variable $NewVDgroup.