New-VsanDirectDisk
This cmdlet creates a vSAN Direct disk from a specified hard disk that is not a part of any existing vSAN disk group. You can use vSAN Direct disk for direct access from cloud-native applications that require stateful storage. This cmdlet is not supported in a vSAN ESA enabled cluster. You can use this cmdlet starting from vSAN 7.0 Update 1.
Syntax
Parameters
| Required | Parameter Name | Type | Position | Features | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| required
|
DiskCanonicalName | String | named |
|
Specifies the canonical name of a hard disk from which to create a vSAN direct disk. |
| required
|
VMHost | VMHost | named |
|
Specifies the VMHost from which to create vSAN Direct disks. |
| optional | ProgressAction | ActionPreference | named |
|
|
| optional | RunAsync | SwitchParameter | named |
|
Indicates that the command returns immediately without waiting for the task to complete. In this mode, the output of the cmdlet is a Task object. For more information about the RunAsync parameter run "help About_RunAsync" in the vSphere PowerCLI console. |
| 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.Storage.Types.V1.Vsan.VsanDirectDiskExamples
Example 1
New-VsanDirectDisk -diskcanonicalname "mpx.vmhba0:C0:T1:L0" -vmhost "10.161.138.179"
Creates a new vSAN Direct disk with the specified canonical name on the specified host.
Related Commands
VsanDirectDisk
This cmdlet retrieves vSAN Direct disks based on the specified filters.
This cmdlet creates a vSAN Direct disk from a specified hard disk.
This cmdlet removes vSAN Direct disks from a vSAN cluster.