< Back
Add-PassthroughDevice
Post
NAME Add-PassthroughDevice
SYNOPSIS
This cmdlet attaches pass-through devices to the specified virtual machine.
SYNTAX
Add-PassthroughDevice [-VM] <VirtualMachine[]> [-PassthroughDevice] <PassThroughDevice[]> [-Server <VIServer[]>]
[-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [<CommonParameters>]
DESCRIPTION
This cmdlet attaches pass-through devices to the specified virtual machine. Note that the value of the
ControllerKey property of the returned device might not be up to date, if a new SCSI controller creation process
is running in the background.
PARAMETERS
-PassthroughDevice <PassThroughDevice[]>
Specifies the passthrough devices you want to add to the virtual machine.
Required? true
Position? 2
Default value None
Accept pipeline input? True (ByValue)
Accept wildcard characters? false
-Server <VIServer[]>
Specifies the vCenter Server systems on which you want to run the cmdlet. If no value is passed to this
parameter, the command runs on the default servers. For more information about default servers, see the
description of Connect-VIServer.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value None
Accept pipeline input? False
Accept wildcard characters? true
-VM <VirtualMachine[]>
Specifies the virtual machine to which you want to attach the passthrough devices.
Required? true
Position? 1
Default value None
Accept pipeline input? True (ByValue)
Accept wildcard characters? true
-Confirm [<SwitchParameter>]
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.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value $true
Accept pipeline input? False
Accept wildcard characters? false
-WhatIf [<SwitchParameter>]
Indicates that the cmdlet is run only to display the changes that would be made and actually no objects are
modified.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value False
Accept pipeline input? False
Accept wildcard characters? false
<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).
INPUTS
OUTPUTS
Zero or more newly added PassthroughDevice objects
NOTES
Passing PciPassthroughDevice objects to the Device parameter is supported only on servers that are vCenter
Server 4.1 and ESX 4.1, and later.
-------------------------- Example 1 --------------------------
$scsiDeviceList = Get-PassthroughDevice -VMHost Host -Type Scsi
Add-PassthroughDevice -VM $vm -PassthroughDevice $scsiDeviceList[0]
Adds the first SCSI passthrough device of the Host host to the $vm virtual machine.
RELATED LINKS
Online Version: https://code.vmware.com/doc/preview?id= ... evice.html
Get-PassthroughDevice
Remove-PassthroughDevice
Unknown
SYNOPSIS
This cmdlet attaches pass-through devices to the specified virtual machine.
SYNTAX
Add-PassthroughDevice [-VM] <VirtualMachine[]> [-PassthroughDevice] <PassThroughDevice[]> [-Server <VIServer[]>]
[-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [<CommonParameters>]
DESCRIPTION
This cmdlet attaches pass-through devices to the specified virtual machine. Note that the value of the
ControllerKey property of the returned device might not be up to date, if a new SCSI controller creation process
is running in the background.
PARAMETERS
-PassthroughDevice <PassThroughDevice[]>
Specifies the passthrough devices you want to add to the virtual machine.
Required? true
Position? 2
Default value None
Accept pipeline input? True (ByValue)
Accept wildcard characters? false
-Server <VIServer[]>
Specifies the vCenter Server systems on which you want to run the cmdlet. If no value is passed to this
parameter, the command runs on the default servers. For more information about default servers, see the
description of Connect-VIServer.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value None
Accept pipeline input? False
Accept wildcard characters? true
-VM <VirtualMachine[]>
Specifies the virtual machine to which you want to attach the passthrough devices.
Required? true
Position? 1
Default value None
Accept pipeline input? True (ByValue)
Accept wildcard characters? true
-Confirm [<SwitchParameter>]
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.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value $true
Accept pipeline input? False
Accept wildcard characters? false
-WhatIf [<SwitchParameter>]
Indicates that the cmdlet is run only to display the changes that would be made and actually no objects are
modified.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value False
Accept pipeline input? False
Accept wildcard characters? false
<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).
INPUTS
OUTPUTS
Zero or more newly added PassthroughDevice objects
NOTES
Passing PciPassthroughDevice objects to the Device parameter is supported only on servers that are vCenter
Server 4.1 and ESX 4.1, and later.
-------------------------- Example 1 --------------------------
$scsiDeviceList = Get-PassthroughDevice -VMHost Host -Type Scsi
Add-PassthroughDevice -VM $vm -PassthroughDevice $scsiDeviceList[0]
Adds the first SCSI passthrough device of the Host host to the $vm virtual machine.
RELATED LINKS
Online Version: https://code.vmware.com/doc/preview?id= ... evice.html
Get-PassthroughDevice
Remove-PassthroughDevice
Unknown