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Add-VMHardDiskDrive
Adds a hard disk drive to a virtual machine. Windows Server PowerShell reference
From the Windows Server PowerShell reference 22 parameters Its page in the reference
Parameters
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-AllowUnverifiedPathsSpecifies that no error is to be thrown if the specified path is not verified as accessible by the cluster.-CimSessionRuns the cmdlet in a remote session or on a remote computer.-ComputerName, -PSComputerNameSpecifies one or more Hyper-V hosts that run this cmdlet.-Confirm, -cfPrompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.-ControllerLocationSpecifies the number of the location on the controller at which the hard disk drive is to be added.-ControllerNumberSpecifies the number of the controller to which the hard disk drive is to be added.-ControllerTypeSpecifies the type of the controller to which the hard disk drive is to be added.-CredentialSpecifies one or more user accounts that have permission to perform this action.-DiskNumber, -NumberSpecifies the disk number of the offline physical hard drive to be connected as a passthrough disk.-MaximumIOPSSpecifies the maximum normalized I/O operations per second (IOPS) for the hard disk.-MinimumIOPSSpecifies the minimum normalized I/O operations per second (IOPS) for the hard disk.-OverrideCacheAttributes-PassthruPasses the added Microsoft.HyperV.PowerShell.HardDiskDrive object through to the pipeline.-PathSpecifies the full path of the hard disk drive file to be added.-QoSPolicySpecifies the name of the storage Quality of Service (QoS) policy that this cmdlet associates with the hard disk drive.-QoSPolicyIDSpecifies the unique ID for a storage QoS policy that this cmdlet associates with the hard disk drive.-ResourcePoolNameSpecifies the friendly name of the ISO resource pool to which this virtual hard disk is to be associated.-SupportPersistentReservations, -ShareVirtualDiskIndicates that the hard disk supports SCSI persistent reservation semantics.-VMSpecifies the virtual machine to which the hard disk drive is to be added.-VMDriveControllerSpecifies the controller to which the hard disk drive is to be added.-VMNameSpecifies the name of the virtual machine to which the hard disk drive is to be added.-WhatIf, -wiShows what would happen if the cmdlet runs.