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# Get-ProvVirtualDisk

Gets any Virtual Disks that are known to the Machine Creation Service.

Syntax

Get-ProvVirtualDisk [-VirtualDiskId <Guid>] [-StorageId <Guid>] [-HostingUnitUid <Guid>] [-ReturnTotalRecordCount] [-MaxRecordCount <Int32>] [-Skip <Int32>] [-SortBy <String>] [-Filter <String>] [-AdminAddress <String>] [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

Provides the ability to obtain a list of the Virtual Disks that are known to the Machine Creation Service and their locations on the storage.

Parameters

Name Description Required? Pipeline Input Default Value
VirtualDiskId The identifier for the virtual disk. false true (ByPropertyName)
StorageId The identifier for the storage location on which the virtual disk is located. false false
HostingUnitUid The identifier for the hosting unit used for the provisioning scheme. false true (ByPropertyName)
ReturnTotalRecordCount See about_Prov_Filtering for details. false false false
MaxRecordCount See about_Prov_Filtering for details. false false false
Skip See about_Prov_Filtering for details. false false 0
SortBy See about_Prov_Filtering for details. false false
Filter See about_Prov_Filtering for details. false false
AdminAddress Specifies the address of a XenDesktop controller that the PowerShell snap-in connects to. You can provide this as a host name or an IP address. false false localhost. Once a value is provided by any cmdlet, this value becomes the default.

Input Type

Return Values

Citrix.MachineCreation.Sdk.VirtualDisk

The object has the following properties:
VirtualDiskId
The unique identifier for the virtual disk
HostingUnitUid
The unique identifier for the hosting unit
VirtualDiskType
A value indicating the type of the virtual disk (e.g. AppDisk)
VirtualDiskLocations
An array of objects, with each giving the location of the virtual disk on a storage location of the hosting unit
AllowAutomaticReplication
A value indicating whether the virtual disk will be replicated automatically to all storage locations defined within the hosting unit## Notes In the case of failure, the following errors can result.
Error Codes
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PartialData
Only a subset of the available data was returned.
CouldNotQueryDatabase
The query required to get the database was not defined.
PermissionDenied
The user does not have administrative rights to perform this operation.
ConfigurationLoggingError
The operation could not be performed because of a configuration logging error
CommunicationError
An error occurred while communicating with the service.
DatabaseNotConfigured
The operation could not be completed because the database for the service is not configured.
InvalidFilter
A filtering expression was supplied that could not be interpreted for this cmdlet.
ExceptionThrown
An unexpected error occurred. To locate more details, see the Windows event logs on the controller being used or examine the XenDesktop logs.

Examples

EXAMPLE 1

PS C:\> Get-ProvVirtualDisk

          AllowAutomaticReplication : False
          HighPriority              : False
          HostingUnitUid            : e22036f7-1026-467e-a8af-fad81f8eddf8
          VirtualDiskId             : 51a55b3a-a713-4692-ae57-15aa0c050486
          VirtualDiskLocations      : {a0788335-c0d6-428c-8168-fad6bdb48010}
          VirtualDiskType           : ControlDisk

          AllowAutomaticReplication : True
          HighPriority              : False
          HostingUnitUid            : e22036f7-1026-467e-a8af-fad81f8eddf8
          VirtualDiskId             : 2677e07f-b53d-4b4b-afbb-94af6461b9b1
          VirtualDiskLocations      : {21cd1a35-a5b9-4c86-81f8-f90d0c76b352}
          VirtualDiskType           : AppDisk

          AllowAutomaticReplication : False
          HighPriority              : False
          HostingUnitUid            : 98636b1f-eab8-419f-80ce-8e41740bc251
          VirtualDiskId             : 1b213058-f33c-40bb-85e9-b4a3cc5cb1de
          VirtualDiskLocations      : {Version=2,LsiLogicScsi,-1,,[Shared] AppDisk-VirtualDiskId-1b213058-f33c-40bb-85e9-b4a3cc5cb1de/01 Jan 2016 00-01-02.9567Z.vmdk,resgroup-116,Vmfs}
          VirtualDiskType           : AppDisk

Description
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Gets all virtual disks known to MCS.

EXAMPLE 2

PS C:\> Get-ProvVirtualDisk -HostingUnitUid e22036f7-1026-467e-a8af-fad81f8eddf8

          AllowAutomaticReplication : False
          HighPriority              : False
          HostingUnitUid            : e22036f7-1026-467e-a8af-fad81f8eddf8
          VirtualDiskId             : 51a55b3a-a713-4692-ae57-15aa0c050486
          VirtualDiskLocations      : {a0788335-c0d6-428c-8168-fad6bdb48010}
          VirtualDiskType           : ControlDisk

          AllowAutomaticReplication : True
          HighPriority              : False
          HostingUnitUid            : e22036f7-1026-467e-a8af-fad81f8eddf8
          VirtualDiskId             : 2677e07f-b53d-4b4b-afbb-94af6461b9b1
          VirtualDiskLocations      : {21cd1a35-a5b9-4c86-81f8-f90d0c76b352}
          VirtualDiskType           : AppDisk

Description
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Gets all virtual disks associated with the given hosting unit.