Move-Datastore Command | Vmware PowerCLI Reference

Move-Datastore

This cmdlet moves datastores from one location to another.

Syntax

Move-Datastore
[ -Destination ] < VIObject >
-Datastore < Datastore[] >
[-ProgressAction < ActionPreference > ]
[-Server < VIServer[] > ]
[CommonParameters]

Parameters

Required Parameter Name Type Position Features Description
required
Destination VIObject 1
Specifies a datastore cluster, folder, or datacenter where you want to place the datastore.
required
Datastore Datastore[] named
  • pipeline
Specifies the datastore that you want to move.
optional ProgressAction ActionPreference named
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.DatastoreManagement.Datastore

Examples

Example 1

Move-Datastore "MyDatastore" -Destination "MyDatastoreFolder"

Moves the MyDatastore datastore to the specified folder.

Example 2

$myDatastoreCluster = Get-DatastoreCluster -Name "MyDatatoreCluster"
Get-Datastore "MyDatastore1", "MyDatastore2" | Move-Datastore -Destination $myDatastoreCluster

Moves two datastores to a specified datastore cluster.

Related Commands

Datastore

This cmdlet retrieves the datastores available on a vCenter Server system.

This cmdlet moves datastores from one location to another.

This cmdlet creates a new datastore.

This cmdlet removes the specified datastores from their locations.

This cmdlet modifies the properties of the specified datastore.

DatastoreCluster

This cmdlet retrieves datastore clusters.

This cmdlet creates a new datastore cluster.

This cmdlet deletes the specified datastore clusters.

This cmdlet modifies the configuration of the specified datastore cluster.

DatastoreItem

This cmdlet copies items between datastores and between a datastore and a local file system provider.