## PowerCLI Reference

# New-Datacenter

## Synopsis

This cmdlet creates a new datacenter.

Syntax

New-Datacenter [-Location] <VIContainer> [-Name] <String> [-Server <VIServer[]>] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]

Related Commands

Online version
Get-Datacenter
Move-Datacenter
Remove-Datacenter
Set-Datacenter

Detailed Description

This cmdlet creates a new datacenter in the location that is specified by the Location parameter.

Parameters

Name | Type | Description | Required? | Pipeline Input | Default Value
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Name | String | Specifies a name for the new datacenter. | true | false
Location | VIContainer | Specifies the location where you want to create the new datacenter. | true | true (ByValue)
Confirm | SwitchParameter | If the value is $true, indicates that the cmdlet asks for confirmation before running. If the value is $false, the cmdlet runs without asking for user confirmation. | false | false
Server | VIServer[] | Specifies the vCenter Server systems on which you want to run the cmdlet. If no 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. | false | false
WhatIf | SwitchParameter | Indicates that the cmdlet is run only to display the changes that would be made and actually no objects are modified. | false | false

Return Type

The newly created Datacenter object

Notes

Examples

-------------- 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.

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