## PowerCLI Reference

# New-CDDrive

## Synopsis

This cmdlet creates a new virtual CD drive.

Syntax

New-CDDrive [-IsoPath <String>] [-HostDevice <String>] [-StartConnected] [-VM] <VirtualMachine> [-Server <VIServer[]>] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]
New-CDDrive -ContentLibraryIso <ContentLibraryItem> [-VM] <VirtualMachine> [-Server <VIServer[]>] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]

Related Commands

Online version
Get-CDDrive
Remove-CDDrive
Set-CDDrive

Detailed Description

This cmdlet creates a new virtual CD drive for each of the provided virtual machines. If an ISO location is provided, sets the CD to point to the ISO.

Parameters

Name | Type | Description | Required? | Pipeline Input | Default Value
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
VM | VirtualMachine | Specifies the virtual machine to which the new virtual CD drive belongs. Passing multiple values to this parameter is obsolete. | 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
ContentLibraryIso | ContentLibraryItem | Specifies the content library item of type ISO that you want to mount on the new CD drive. | true | false
HostDevice | String | Specifies the path to the CD drive on the virtual machine host that backs the virtual CD drive. Do not set this parameter if the ISOPath parameter is set. | false | false
IsoPath | String | Specifies the datastore path to the ISO (CD image) file that backs the virtual CD drive. Do not set this parameter if the HostDevice parameter is set. | 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
StartConnected | SwitchParameter | Indicates that the virtual CD drive starts connected when the virtual machine associated with it powers on. | 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 one or more newly created CDDrive objects

Notes

Examples

-------------- Example 1 --------------

    New-CDDrive -VM $vm -ISOPath "Path_to_ISO\test.iso"

Creates a CD drive on the specified virtual machine and attach an ISO image to it.

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