Start-VsanWipeDisk Command | Vmware PowerCLI Reference

Start-VsanWipeDisk

This cmdlet starts the secure wipe of the specified host SCSI disks.

Syntax

Start-VsanWipeDisk
-CanonicalName < String[] >
-VMHost < VMHost >
[-ProgressAction < ActionPreference > ]
[-Server < VIServer[] > ]
[CommonParameters]

Parameters

Required Parameter Name Type Position Features Description
required
CanonicalName String[] named
  • pipeline
Specifies the canonical name of the host SCSI disk.
required
VMHost VMHost named
  • pipeline
  • wildcards
Specifies the host on which the disks belong.
optional ProgressAction ActionPreference named
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 the Connect-VIServer cmdlet.

Output

Examples

Example 1

Start-VsanWipeDisk -CanonicalName "DiskCanonicalName" -VMHost $host

Starts the secure wipe disk process of "DiskCanonicalName" from the $host host.

Related Commands

VsanWipeDisk

This cmdlet starts the secure wipe of the specified host SCSI disks.

This cmdlet stops the secure wipe of the specified host SCSI disks.

VsanWipeDiskStatus

This cmdlet retrieves a disk level information about securely wiping disks.