Get-VHD

Gets the virtual hard disk object associated with a virtual hard disk.

Syntax

Get-VHD
   [-Path] <String[]>
   [-ComputerName <String[]>]
Get-VHD
   [-DiskNumber] <UInt32>
   [-ComputerName <String[]>]
Get-VHD
   [-VMId] <Guid[]>
   [-ComputerName <String[]>]

Description

The Get-VHD cmdlet gets the virtual hard disk object associated with a virtual hard disk.

Note

When the VHD is in use (for example by a VM or mounted in the OS) and it is on shared storage, the Get-VHD cmdlet can only access it from the host that is using it. Any other server trying to run the Get-VHD cmdlet will get an error that it is in use.

Examples

Example 1

PS C:\> Get-VHD -Path C:\test\testvhdx.vhdx

Gets the virtual hard disk where the path to the virtual hard disk file is C:\test\testvhdx.vhdx.

Example 2

PS C:\> Get-VHD -DiskNumber 6

Gets the virtual hard disk attached to the system with disk number 6.

Example 3

PS C:\> Get-VM -VMName TestVM | Select-Object -Property VMId | Get-VHD

Gets the virtual hard disk objects associated with virtual machine TestVM, using the pipeline feature for the VMId parameter.

Example 4

PS C:\> Get-VM -VMName TestVM | Select-Object -Property VMId | Get-VHD

Gets the virtual hard disk objects associated with virtual machine TestVM using the pipeline feature for the path parameter.

Example 5

PS C:\> Get-ChildItem -Path C:\test -Recurse -Include *.vhd, *.vhdx, *.vhds, *.avhd, *.avhdx | Get-VHD

Gets the virtual hard disk object for all the virtual hard disk files that are contained in the specified directory and its subdirectories.

Parameters

-ComputerName

Specifies one or more Hyper-V hosts on which a virtual hard disk is 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

-DiskNumber

Specifies the disk number associated with the virtual hard disk to be retrieved.

Type:UInt32
Position:1
Default value:None
Required:True
Accept pipeline input:True
Accept wildcard characters:False

-Path

Specifies the path to the virtual hard disk file of the virtual hard disk to be retrieved. If a filename or relative path is specified, the path is calculated relative to the current working directory.

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

-VMId

Specifies the virtual machine identifier of the virtual machine whose virtual hard disks are to be retrieved.

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

Outputs

VHDObject[]