Get-VMDvdDrive

Gets the DVD drives attached to a virtual machine or snapshot.

Syntax

Get-VMDvdDrive
   [-VMName] <String[]>
   [-ComputerName <String[]>]
   [-ControllerLocation <Int32>]
   [-ControllerNumber <Int32>]
Get-VMDvdDrive
   [-VM] <VirtualMachine[]>
   [-ControllerLocation <Int32>]
   [-ControllerNumber <Int32>]
Get-VMDvdDrive
   [-VMSnapshot] <VMSnapshot>
   [-ControllerLocation <Int32>]
   [-ControllerNumber <Int32>]
Get-VMDvdDrive
   [-VMDriveController] <VMDriveController[]>
   [-ControllerLocation <Int32>]

Description

The Get-VMDvdDrive cmdlet gets the DVD drives attached to a virtual machine or snapshot. This cmdlet has no ControllerType parameter, as the Get-VMHardDiskDrive cmdlet does, because virtual DVD drives can be attached only to the IDE controller.

Examples

Example 1

PS C:\>Get-VMDvdDrive -VMName Test

Gets the virtual DVD drives from virtual machine Test.

Example 2

PS C:\>Get-VM -Name Test | Get-VMDvdDrive -ControllerNumber 1

Gets the virtual DVD drives from IDE controller 1 of virtual machine Test.

Example 3

PS C:\>Get-VMIdeController -VMName TestVM -ControllerNumber 1 -ComputerName Development | Get-VMDvdDrive

Gets the virtual DVD drives from IDE controller 1 of virtual machine TestVM located on Hyper-V server Development.

Example 4

PS C:\>Get-VMSnapshot -VMName TestVM -Name 'Before applying updates' | Get-VMDvdDrive

Gets the virtual DVD drives from snapshot Before applying updates of virtual machine TestVM.

Parameters

-ComputerName

Specifies one or more Hyper-V hosts from which the DVD drives are to be retrieved. NetBIOS names, IP addresses, and fully-qualified domain names are allowable. The default is the local computer - use "localhost" or a dot (".") to specify the local computer explicitly.

Type:String[]
Position:Named
Default value:.
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

-ControllerLocation

Specifies the number of the location on the controller from which the DVD drives are to be retrieved.

Type:Int32
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

-ControllerNumber

Specifies the number of the controller from which the DVD drives are to be retrieved.

Type:Int32
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

-VM

Specifies the virtual machine from which the DVD drives are to be retrieved.

Type:VirtualMachine[]
Position:1
Default value:None
Required:True
Accept pipeline input:True
Accept wildcard characters:False

-VMDriveController

Specifies the controller from which the DVD drives are to be retrieved.

Type:VMDriveController[]
Position:1
Default value:None
Required:True
Accept pipeline input:True
Accept wildcard characters:False

-VMName

Specifies the name of the virtual machine from which the DVD drives are to be retrieved.

Type:String[]
Position:1
Default value:None
Required:True
Accept pipeline input:True
Accept wildcard characters:False

-VMSnapshot

Specifies the virtual machine snapshot from which the DVD drives are to be retrieved.

Type:VMSnapshot
Position:1
Default value:None
Required:True
Accept pipeline input:True
Accept wildcard characters:False

Inputs

Microsoft.HyperV.PowerShell.VMDriveController[]

Microsoft.HyperV.PowerShell.VMSnapshot

Microsoft.HyperV.PowerShell.VirtualMachine[]

Outputs

Microsoft.Virtualization.Powershell.DvdDrive