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Oh i'm sorry, i'm not english speaker. My setup is stand alone in windows 2012 on test environment. I want create a new virtual disk in my storage, called "vSAN". This "vSAN" have 17 virtual disk working fine and i want add one more. When i ran the CreateImageFile.ps1 script, this script dettach all my virtual disks and then attach only the new one.hjgl wrote:Hi all,
I was searching how to attach a new disk to my existing storage in PS, but i can't find documentation about this. In PS examples files (CreateImageFile.ps1), when i run this script, this dettach all devices and then attach the new one.
Anybody can help me? Thanks in advance.
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import StarWindX
try
{
$server = New-SWServer -host 127.0.0.1 -port 3261 -user root -password starwind
$server.Connect()
#create image file
#size in megabytes
New-ImageFile -server $server -path "My Computer\D" -fileName "new_image_file_name" -size 1024
#create device
$device = Add-ImageDevice -server $server -path "My Computer\D" -fileName "img3" -sectorSize 512 -NumaNode 0
#create target
$target = New-Target -server $server -alias "your_existing_target_name" -devices $server.Devices[0].Name,$server.Devices[1].Name,$server.Devices[3].Name,$server.Devices[4].Name,$server.Devices[5].Name,$server.Devices[6].Name,$server.Devices[7].Name,$server.Devices[8].Name,$server.Devices[9].Name,$server.Devices[10].Name,$server.Devices[11].Name,$server.Devices[12].Name,$server.Devices[13].Name,$server.Devices[14].Name,$server.Devices[15].Name,$server.Devices[16].Name,$server.Devices[17].Name
}
catch
{
Write-Host $_ -foreground red
}
finally
{
$server.Disconnect()
}Thank you for your help. This have an issue: the $server.Devices[] array is empty, so i couldn't attach the disks again (neither the new one 18). I get your idea and it's good because is an experimental and dev environment, but have this issue.Boris (staff) wrote:Do you use a standalone setup?
If so, this script can help you:
Before running this script, I would recommend you disconnecting client iSCSI connections to all disks in that target, so that no I/O operations are processed at that time. Also, be aware this script is a workaround developed specifically for your case, but not an official sample to be used. The requested functionality is expected to be offered officially in one of the next builds.Code: Select all
import StarWindX try { $server = New-SWServer -host 127.0.0.1 -port 3261 -user root -password starwind $server.Connect() #create image file #size in megabytes New-ImageFile -server $server -path "My Computer\D" -fileName "new_image_file_name" -size 1024 #create device $device = Add-ImageDevice -server $server -path "My Computer\D" -fileName "img3" -sectorSize 512 -NumaNode 0 #create target $target = New-Target -server $server -alias "your_existing_target_name" -devices $server.Devices[0].Name,$server.Devices[1].Name,$server.Devices[3].Name,$server.Devices[4].Name,$server.Devices[5].Name,$server.Devices[6].Name,$server.Devices[7].Name,$server.Devices[8].Name,$server.Devices[9].Name,$server.Devices[10].Name,$server.Devices[11].Name,$server.Devices[12].Name,$server.Devices[13].Name,$server.Devices[14].Name,$server.Devices[15].Name,$server.Devices[16].Name,$server.Devices[17].Name } catch { Write-Host $_ -foreground red } finally { $server.Disconnect() }
Ready, thanks a lot! The workaround was set the device name hardcoded like imagefile1,imagefile2,etc and this work great. No shutdown or errors in the cluster manager during the script execution.hjgl wrote:Thank you for your help. This have an issue: the $server.Devices[] array is empty, so i couldn't attach the disks again (neither the new one 18). I get your idea and it's good because is an experimental and dev environment, but have this issue.Boris (staff) wrote:Do you use a standalone setup?
If so, this script can help you:
Before running this script, I would recommend you disconnecting client iSCSI connections to all disks in that target, so that no I/O operations are processed at that time. Also, be aware this script is a workaround developed specifically for your case, but not an official sample to be used. The requested functionality is expected to be offered officially in one of the next builds.Code: Select all
import StarWindX try { $server = New-SWServer -host 127.0.0.1 -port 3261 -user root -password starwind $server.Connect() #create image file #size in megabytes New-ImageFile -server $server -path "My Computer\D" -fileName "new_image_file_name" -size 1024 #create device $device = Add-ImageDevice -server $server -path "My Computer\D" -fileName "img3" -sectorSize 512 -NumaNode 0 #create target $target = New-Target -server $server -alias "your_existing_target_name" -devices $server.Devices[0].Name,$server.Devices[1].Name,$server.Devices[3].Name,$server.Devices[4].Name,$server.Devices[5].Name,$server.Devices[6].Name,$server.Devices[7].Name,$server.Devices[8].Name,$server.Devices[9].Name,$server.Devices[10].Name,$server.Devices[11].Name,$server.Devices[12].Name,$server.Devices[13].Name,$server.Devices[14].Name,$server.Devices[15].Name,$server.Devices[16].Name,$server.Devices[17].Name } catch { Write-Host $_ -foreground red } finally { $server.Disconnect() }