New-VsanFaultDomain Command | Vmware PowerCLI Reference

New-VsanFaultDomain

This cmdlet creates a new vSAN fault domain in a cluster with specified virtual machine hosts.

Syntax

New-VsanFaultDomain
-Name < String >
-VMHost < VMHost[] >
[-RunAsync ]
[-Server < VIServer[] > ]
[CommonParameters]

Parameters

Required Parameter Name Type Position Features Description
required
Name String named
Specifies the name of the new vSAN fault domain. The name should be unique within a cluster. The length of fault domain name should not exceed 256 characters.
required
VMHost VMHost[] named
  • wildcards
Specifies the list of virtual machine hosts to become part of the fault domain. These hosts should be in same cluster.
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 VMware PowerCLI console.
optional Server VIServer[] named
  • wildcards
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.VsanFaultDomain

Examples

Example 1

New-VsanFaultDomain -VMHost $vmHost1, $vmHost2 -Name "MyFaultDomainName"

Creates a new vSAN fault domain named "MyFaultDomainName", which has virtual machine hosts $vmHost1 and $vmHost2.

Related Commands

VsanFaultDomain

This cmdlet retrieves vSAN fault domains based on name or ID filter.

This cmdlet creates a new vSAN fault domain in a cluster with specified virtual machine hosts.

This cmdlet removes vSAN fault domains.

This cmdlet changes the configuration of a specified vSAN fault domain.