Add-DPMDisk
Adds a disk to a storage pool on a DPM server.
Parameter Set: Default
Add-DPMDisk [-DPMDisk] <Disk[]> [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [ <CommonParameters>]
The Add-DPMDisk cmdlet adds a disk to a storage pool on a System Center 2012 – Data Protection Manager (DPM) server. A storage pool on a DPM server consists of a set of disks where the server stores replicas, shadow copies, and transfer logs for protected data sources.
To get a list of all disks on a DPM server, use the Get-DPMDisk cmdlet.
Specifies an array of disks that this cmdlet adds to a storage pool.
Aliases |
none |
Required? |
true |
Position? |
1 |
Default Value |
none |
Accept Pipeline Input? |
true (ByValue) |
Accept Wildcard Characters? |
false |
Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.
Required? |
false |
Position? |
named |
Default Value |
false |
Accept Pipeline Input? |
false |
Accept Wildcard Characters? |
false |
Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs. The cmdlet is not run.
Required? |
false |
Position? |
named |
Default Value |
false |
Accept Pipeline Input? |
false |
Accept Wildcard Characters? |
false |
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Verbose, -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -OutBuffer, and -OutVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=113216).
The input type is the type of the objects that you can pipe to the cmdlet.
The output type is the type of the objects that the cmdlet emits.
- Disk
The first command uses the Get-DPMDisk cmdlet to the disks on the server named Contoso-DPMServer. This command stores the disks in the $DpmDisk variable.
The second command adds the disks in $DpmDisk to the server storage pool.
PS C:\> $DpmDisk = Get-DPMDisk -DPMServerName "Contoso-DPMServer"
PS C:\> Add-DPMDisk -DPMDisk $DpmDisk