vSphere PowerCLI Cmdlets Reference

New-Datastore

Synopsis

Creates a new datastore.

Syntax

New-Datastore [-Server <VIServer[]>] [-VMHost] <VMHost[]> [-Name] <String> -Path <String> -NfsHost <String> [-ReadOnly] [-Cifs] -Username <String> -Password <String> [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]
New-Datastore [-Server <VIServer[]>] [-VMHost] <VMHost[]> [-Name] <String> -Path <String> [-Local] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]
New-Datastore [-Server <VIServer[]>] [-VMHost] <VMHost[]> [-Name] <String> -Path <String> [-Nfs] -NfsHost <String> [-ReadOnly] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]
New-Datastore [-Server <VIServer[]>] [-VMHost] <VMHost[]> [-Name] <String> -Path <String> [-Vmfs] [-BlockSizeMB <Int32>] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]

Related Commands

Online version
Get-Datastore
Remove-Datastore
Set-Datastore

Detailed Description

Creates a new datastore based on the provided parameters. The following characters cannor be used in a datastore name: slash (/), backslash (\), and percent (%).

Parameters

Name	Description	Required?	Pipeline Input	Default Value
Server	Specify the vSphere servers 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
VMHost	Specify a host where you want to create the new datastore.	true	true (ByValue)
Name	Specify a name for the new datastore.	true	false
Path	If you want to create a local datastore, specify the file path to the directory where the virtual machine data is stored. If you want to create a NFS/CIFS datastore, specify the remote path of the NFS mount point. If you want to create a VMFS datastore, specify the canonical name of the SCSI logical unit that will contain new VMFS datastores.	true	false
NfsHost	Specify the NFS host where you want to create the new datastore.	true	false
ReadOnly	Indicate that the access mode for the mount point is ReadOnly. The default access mode is ReadWrite.	false	false
Cifs	Indicate that you want to create a CIFS datastore.	false	false
Username	Specify the username you want to use for authentication with the CIFS server.	true	false
Password	Specify the password you want to use for authentication with the CIFS server.	true	false
WhatIf	Indicate that the cmdlet is run only to display the changes that would be made and actually no objects are modified.	false	false
Confirm	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	$true
Local	Indicate that you want to create a Local datastore.	false	false
Nfs	Indicate that you want to create a NFS datastore.	false	false
Vmfs	Indicate that you want to create a VMFS datastore.	false	false
BlockSizeMB	Specify the maximum file size of VMFS in megabytes (MB). If no value is given, the maximum file size for the current system platform is used.	false	false

Return Type

Datastore

Notes

Examples

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

New-Datastore -Nfs -VMHost 10.23.112.345 -Name Datastore -Path $remotePath -NfsHost $remoteHost

Creates a new Nfs datastore named Datastore on the virtual machine host with IP address 10.23.112.345 with the specified parameters.

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

Get-VMHost | New-Datastore -Nfs -Name NFS1 -Path "/mnt/nfs1/nfs11/test1" -NfsHost 10.91.246.21

Adds a NFS storage across multiple hosts.