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Move-Datastore

Sun Jan 19, 2020 6:57 pm

NAME Move-Datastore



SYNOPSIS

This cmdlet moves datastores from one location to another.





SYNTAX

Move-Datastore [-Datastore] <Datastore[]> [-Destination] <VIObject> [-Server <VIServer[]>] [-Confirm] [-WhatIf]

[<CommonParameters>]





DESCRIPTION

This cmdlet moves datastores from one location to another.





PARAMETERS

-Datastore <Datastore[]>

Specifies the datastore that you want to move.



Required? true

Position? 1

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? True (ByValue)

Accept wildcard characters? false



-Destination <VIObject>

Specifies a datastore cluster, folder, or datacenter where you want to place the datastore.



Required? true

Position? 2

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-Server <VIServer[]>

Specifies the vCenter Server systems on which you want to run the cmdlet. If no value is given 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? false



-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 False

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 relocated Datastore objects







NOTES









-------------------------- Example 1 --------------------------



Move-Datastore "MyDatastore" -Destination "MyDatastoreFolder"



Moves the MyDatastore datastore to the specified folder.

-------------------------- Example 2 --------------------------



$myDatastoreCluster = Get-DatastoreCluster -Name "MyDatatoreCluster"

Get-Datastore "MyDatastore1", "MyDatastore2" | Move-Datstore -Destination $myDatastoreCluster



Moves two datastores to a specified datastore cluster.



RELATED LINKS

Online Version: https://code.vmware.com/doc/preview?id= ... store.html

New-Datastore

Get-Datastore

Remove-Datastore

Set-Datastore