NAME

Enable-DcsSequentialStorage

SYNOPSIS

Enables the sequential storage setting for a virtual disk or Members in a virtual disk group.

SYNTAX

Enable-DcsSequentialStorage   -VirtualDisk <Object>   [ -Connection <String> ]   [ -PipelineVariable <String> ]

Enable-DcsSequentialStorage   -VirtualDiskGroup <Object>   [ -Connection <String> ]   [ -PipelineVariable <String> ]

DESCRIPTION

Enables the sequential storage setting for a virtual disk or Members in a virtual disk group. NOTE: In order to enable this feature at the group level, all group Members must be eligible for sequential storage and not already be enabled; otherwise, Members must be enabled individually.

PARAMETERS

-VirtualDisk<Object>
VirtualDiskData object, name, or ID that identifies the virtual disk.

Required: true
Position: 1
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 will be 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

-VirtualDiskGroup<Object>
VirtualDiskGroupData object, name or ID that identifies a virtual disk group. Use this parameter to enable sequential storage for all eligible virtual disks in the virtual disk group. The VirtualDiskGroupData object can be obtained with Get-DcsVirtualDiskGroup.

Required: true
Position: 2
Default value:
Accept pipeline input: false
Accept wildcard characters: false

INPUTS

VirtualDiskData : Object that identifies and describes the virtual disk.

OUTPUTS

VirtualDiskData or VirtualDiskGroupData : Object that identifies and describes the virtual disk or virtual disk group.

NOTES

Also see Disable-DcsSequentialStorage, Get-DcsVirtualDisk, Get-DcsVirtualDiskGroup

EXAMPLES


-------------- Example 1 Enables sequential storage for a specified virtual disk --------------
Enable-DcsSequentialStorage -VirtualDisk "Virtual disk 1"
		

The sequential storage setting is enabled for the virtual disk named "Virtual disk 1".

VirtualDiskGroupId:
FirstHostId:BB3877BA-4FC9-4429-8D1F-D57D23808ED6
SecondHostId:D4DB7B7A-67F5-4ECB-8350-166057170F7D
BackupHostId:
StorageProfileId:100469DF-0BE1-40DA-874E-9F1DA5A259E3
SnapshotPoolId:
Alias:Virtual disk 1
Description:
Size:20 GiB
Type:MultiPathMirrored
DiskStatus:Online
InquiryData:DataCore Virtual Disk DCS dc1df97ee1454f3482a54c456ebc209a
ScsiDeviceId:{96, 3, 13, 144...}
ScsiDeviceIdString:60030D90B5F1CE06C7E2F4F65FE4CE85
RemovableMedia:False
WriteThrough:False
Offline:False
Disabled:False
ManualRecovery:False
DiskLayout:DataCore.Executive.PhysicalDiskLayout
PersistentReserveEnabled:True
RecoveryPriority:Regular
IsServed:False
Sequencenumber:3194
Id:dc1df97ee1454f3482a54c456ebc209a
Caption:Virtual disk 1
ExtendedCaption:Virtual disk 1 from Group1
Internal:False
   

-------------- Example 2 Enables sequential storage for virtual disks in a group --------------
Enable-DcsSequentialStorage -VirtualDiskGroup "VD Group 1"
		

The sequential storage setting is enabled for the eligible virtual disks in the group named "VD Group 1". The object VirtualDiskGroupData is returned.

TotalCapacity:40 GiB
Alias:VD Group 1
Description:
Sequencenumber:3357
Id:{c76830b5-5f1d-4991-97a5-4c0961f0096a}
Caption:VD Group 1
ExtendedCaption:VD Group 1
Internal:False