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Create New Disk from VHD

Applies To: System Center 2012 - Orchestrator, System Center 2012 R2 Orchestrator, System Center 2012 SP1 - Orchestrator

The Create New Disk from VHD activity is used to create a new disk from a VHD and add the disk to an existing virtual machine.

The activity publishes all of the data from the required and optional properties into published data. The following tables list the required and optional properties and published data for this activity.

Create New Disk from VHD Required Properties

Element

Description

Valid Values

Bus

The IDE or SCSI bus to which to attach the disk. If you select <Auto>, the first available value will be selected.

 

Bus Type

IDE or SCSI

 

File Name

The name of the VHD on which the new disk will be based. If you select <Auto>, the name will be generated based on the name of the virtual machine to which the disk will be added together with a unique identifier.

 

Logical Unit Number (LUN)

The logical unit number (LUN) for the VHD object on an IDE or SCSI bus. If you select <Auto>, the first available value will be selected.

 

Virtual Hard Disk Path

The location of the VHD used to create the disk

 

VM ID

The unique identifier (GUID) of the virtual machine to which the disk will be added

 

Create New Disk from VHD Optional Properties

Element

Description

Valid Values

Boot Volume

True or False. If True, the virtual machine is started from the disk.

 

System Volume

True or False. If True, the disk contains the operating system for the virtual machine.

 

Create New Disk from VHD Published Data

Element

Description

Valid Values

Accessibility

Public or Internal

 

Added Time

The date and time that the disk was added, in the format yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss AM or PM

 

Boot Volume

True or False. If True, the virtual machine is started from the disk.

 

Bus

The IDE or SCSI bus to which to attach the disk

 

Bus Type

IDE or SCSI

 

Description

An alphanumeric description of the disk

 

Enabled

True or False. If False, the virtual machine cannot be started.

 

File Name

The name of the VHD on which the new disk will be based

 

Is VHD

True or False

 

LUN

The logical unit number (LUN) for the VHD object on an IDE or SCSI bus

 

Modified Time

The last modified date and time of the virtual disk, in the format yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss AM or PM

 

Pass-through Disk

A list of names of pass-through disks

 

System Volume

True or False. If True, the disk contains the operating system for the virtual machine.

 

Virtual Disk Drive ID

The unique identifier (GUID) of the virtual disk drive

 

Virtual Disk Drive Name

The name of the virtual disk drive

 

Virtual Hard Disk Path

The location of the VHD used to create the disk

 

VM ID

The unique identifier (GUID) of the virtual machine for which the disk was created

 

See Also

Concepts

System Center Virtual Machine Manager Activities
System Center Integration Pack for System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager