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New-VsanFaultDomain

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NAME New-VsanFaultDomain



SYNOPSIS

This cmdlet creates a new vSAN fault domain in a cluster with specified virtual machine hosts.





SYNTAX

New-VsanFaultDomain -Name <String> [-RunAsync] [-Server <VIServer[]>] -VMHost <VMHost[]> [-Confirm] [-WhatIf]

[<CommonParameters>]





DESCRIPTION

This cmdlet creates a new vSAN fault domain in a cluster with specified virtual machine hosts.





PARAMETERS

-Name <String>

Specifies the name of the new vSAN fault domain. The name should be unique within a cluster. The length of

fault domain name should not exceed 256 characters.



Required? true

Position? named

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-RunAsync [<SwitchParameter>]

Indicates that the command returns immediately without waiting for the task to complete. In this mode, the

output of the cmdlet is a Task object. For more information about the RunAsync parameter run "help

About_RunAsync" in the VMware PowerCLI console.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value False

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? true



-VMHost <VMHost[]>

Specifies the list of virtual machine hosts to become part of the fault domain. These hosts should be in same

cluster.



Required? true

Position? named

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? False

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 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

The newly created VsanFaultDomain object







NOTES









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



New-VsanFaultDomain -VMHost $vmHost1, $vmHost2 -Name "MyFaultDomainName"



Creates a new vSAN fault domain named "MyFaultDomainName", which has virtual machine hosts $vmHost1 and $vmHost2.



RELATED LINKS

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

Get-VsanFaultDomain

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