## PowerCLI Reference

# Move-VDisk

## Synopsis

This cmdlet moves the specified VDisk objects to the specified datastore.

Syntax

Move-VDisk [-VDisk] <VDisk[]> [-StorageFormat <VDiskStorageFormat>] [-Datastore] <Datastore> [-RunAsync] [-Server <VIServer[]>] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]
Move-VDisk [-VDisk] <VDisk[]> [-Datastore] <Datastore> -ScsiLun <ScsiLun> [-RunAsync] [-Server <VIServer[]>] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]

Related Commands

Online version
Copy-VDisk
Get-VDisk
New-VDisk
Remove-VDisk
Set-VDisk

Detailed Description

This cmdlet moves the specified VDisk objects to the specified datastore. For RDM (RawVDisk), only one VDisk object can be moved at once, and only moving from VMFS to VMFS is supported.

Parameters

Name | Type | Description | Required? | Pipeline Input | Default Value
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
VDisk | VDisk[] | Specifies the VDisk objects you want to move. | true | true (ByValue)
Datastore | Datastore | Specifies the datastore to which you want to move the metadata of the VDisk object. For flat disk, the contents of the disk are also moved to the specified datastore. | true | false
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
RunAsync | SwitchParameter | 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. | false | false
ScsiLun | ScsiLun | Specifies the new backing SCSI LUN for the RDM VDisk object that is moved. | true | false
Server | VIServer[] | Specifies the vCenter Server systems on which you want to run the cmdlet. If no value is given to this parameter, the command runs on the default servers. For more information about default servers, see the description of Connect-VIServer. | false | false
StorageFormat | VDiskStorageFormat | Specifies the new storage format of the flat VDisk object that is moved. | 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 moved VDisk objects

Notes

Examples

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

    Move-VDisk -VDisk $vDisk -Datastore $ds

Moves the flat VDisk object $vDisk to the $ds datastore.

-------------- Example 2 --------------

    Move-VDisk -VDisk $vDisk -ScsiLun $scsiLun -Datastore $ds

Moves the raw VDisk object $vDisk on the $scsiLun SCSI LUN and stores metadata of this object on the $ds datastore.

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