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New-VsanIscsiLun

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NAME New-VsanIscsiLun



SYNOPSIS

This cmdlet adds a new vSAN iSCSI LUN to a target.





SYNTAX

New-VsanIscsiLun -CapacityGB <Decimal> [-LunId <Int32>] [-Name <String>] [-RunAsync] [-Server <VIServer[]>]

[-StoragePolicy <SpbmStoragePolicy>] -Target <VsanIscsiTarget> [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [<CommonParameters>]





DESCRIPTION

This cmdlet adds a new vSAN iSCSI LUN to a target.





PARAMETERS

-CapacityGB <Decimal>

Specifies the capacity of the newly created vSAN iSCSI LUN in gigabytes (GB).



Required? true

Position? named

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-LunId <Int32>

Specifies the ID of the LUN. The value must be in the range from 0 to 255. If specified, the ID should be

unique within a target.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-Name <String>

Specifies the name of the newly created vSAN iSCSI LUN. The name can indicate additional information about the

LUN.



Required? false

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



-StoragePolicy <SpbmStoragePolicy>

Specifies the storage policy associated with the newly created vSAN iSCSI LUN. If not specified, the default

storage policy defined in the iSCSI service is used.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? true



-Target <VsanIscsiTarget>

Specifies the vSAN iSCSI target to which you want to add the LUN.



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 VsanIscsiLun object







NOTES









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



New-VsanIscsiLun -Name "FirstLun" -Target $target -LunId 3 -CapacityGB 2



Creates a new vSAN iSCSI LUN of capacity 2 GB named "FirstLun" in the $target iSCSI target and sets the value of

LunId to 3.



RELATED LINKS

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

Get-VsanIscsiLun

Remove-VsanIscsiLun

Set-VsanIscsiLun