Add-PassthroughDevice
This cmdlet attaches pass-through devices to the specified virtual machine. Note that the value of the ControllerKey property of the returned device might not be up to date, if a new SCSI controller creation process is running in the background.
Syntax
[
-PassthroughDevice
]
< PassThroughDevice[] >
-VM
< VirtualMachine[] >
[-Server
< VIServer[] > ]
[CommonParameters]
Parameters
| Required | Parameter Name | Type | Position | Features | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| required
|
PassthroughDevice | PassThroughDevice[] | 1 |
|
Specifies the passthrough devices you want to add to the virtual machine. |
| required
|
VM | VirtualMachine[] | named |
|
Specifies the virtual machine to which you want to attach the passthrough devices. |
| optional | Server | VIServer[] | named |
|
Specifies the vCenter Server systems on which you want to run the cmdlet. If no value is provided or $null value is passed to this parameter, the command runs on the default servers. For more information about default servers, see the description of Connect-VIServer. |
Output
VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Types.V1.VirtualDevice.PassThroughDeviceExamples
Example 1
$scsiDeviceList = Get-PassthroughDevice -VMHost Host -Type Scsi Add-PassthroughDevice -VM $vm -PassthroughDevice $scsiDeviceList[0]
Adds the first SCSI passthrough device of the Host host to the $vm virtual machine.
Related Commands
PassthroughDevice
This cmdlet attaches pass-through devices to the specified virtual machine.
This cmdlet retrieves the pass-through devices available on the specified hosts, virtual machines, and templates.
This cmdlet removes the specified pass-through devices.