Format Commands¶
This page contains details on Format commands.
Format-VMHostDiskPartition¶
- NAME
- Format-VMHostDiskPartition
- SYNOPSIS
- This cmdlet formats a new VMFS (Virtual Machine File System) on each of the specified host disk partitions.
- SYNTAX
- Format-VMHostDiskPartition [-VolumeName] <String> -VMHostDiskPartition <VMHostDiskPartition[]> [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]
- DESCRIPTION
- This cmdlet formats a new VMFS (Virtual Machine File System) on each of the specified host disk partitions.
- PARAMETERS
- -VolumeName <String>
- Specifies a name for the new VMFS.
- -VMHostDiskPartition <VMHostDiskPartition[]>
- Specifies the disk partitions on which you want to format a new VMFS.
-WhatIf Indicates that the cmdlet is run only to display the changes that would be made and actually no objects are modified. -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. - <CommonParameters>
- This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable, OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).
————– Example 1 ————–
C:PS>Get-VMHost Host | Get-VMHostDisk | Get-VMHostDiskPartition | ? {.Type -eq “Ntfs”} | Format-VMHostDiskPartition -VolumeName “NewStorage”
Formats the NTFS disk partitions of a host.
- REMARKS
- To see the examples, type: “get-help Format-VMHostDiskPartition -examples”. For more information, type: “get-help Format-VMHostDiskPartition -detailed”. For technical information, type: “get-help Format-VMHostDiskPartition -full”. For online help, type: “get-help Format-VMHostDiskPartition -online”