New-Datacenter
This cmdlet creates a new datacenter in the location that is specified by the Location parameter.
Syntax
Parameters
| Required | Parameter Name | Type | Position | Features | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| required
|
Location | VIContainer | 1 |
|
Specifies the location where you want to create the new datacenter. |
| required
|
Name | String | named |
|
Specifies a name for the new datacenter. |
| 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.Inventory.DatacenterExamples
Example 1
$folder = Get-Folder -NoRecursion | New-Folder -Name Folder New-Datacenter -Location $folder -Name Datacenter | fl
Gets the inventory root folder and create a new folder called Folder in it. Creates a new datacenter called Datacenter in the Folder folder. The result is pipelined to the fl command to retrieve a flat view of the new datacenter properties.
Related Commands
Datacenter
This cmdlet retrieves the datacenters available on a vCenter Server system.
This cmdlet moves a vCenter Server datacenter from one location to another.
This cmdlet creates a new datacenter.
This cmdlet removes the specified datacenters from their locations.
This cmdlet modifies the properties of the specified datacenter.