Add-AzureDisk
Add-AzureDisk
Parameter Set: Default Add-AzureDisk [-DiskName] <String> [-MediaLocation] <String> [-Label <String> ] [-OS <String> ] [ <CommonParameters>]
The Add-AzureDisk cmdlet adds a new disk to the Windows Azure disk repository in the current subscription. This disk is bootable if the optional –OS parameter is specified. If not specified, the disk is a data disk.
The required parameters are DiskName and MediaLocation.
-DiskName<String>
Specifies the name of the disk.
Aliases | none |
Required? | true |
Position? | 1 |
Default Value | none |
Accept Pipeline Input? | true (ByPropertyName) |
Accept Wildcard Characters? | false |
-Label<String>
Specifies a disk label.
Aliases | none |
Required? | false |
Position? | named |
Default Value | Disk name |
Accept Pipeline Input? | true (ByPropertyName) |
Accept Wildcard Characters? | false |
-MediaLocation<String>
Specifies the physical location of the disk in Windows Azure storage. This link refers to a blob page in the current subscription and storage account.
Aliases | none |
Required? | true |
Position? | 2 |
Default Value | none |
Accept Pipeline Input? | true (ByPropertyName) |
Accept Wildcard Characters? | false |
-OS<String>
If specified, the disk is bootable. The OS parameter accepts either "Windows" or "Linux" values.
Aliases | none |
Required? | false |
Position? | named |
Default Value | none |
Accept Pipeline Input? | true (ByPropertyName) |
Accept Wildcard Characters? | false |
<CommonParameters>
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Verbose, -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -OutBuffer, and -OutVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=113216).
Inputs
The input type is the type of the objects that you can pipe to the cmdlet.
Outputs
The output type is the type of the objects that the cmdlet emits.
- DiskContext
-------------- Example 1 --------------
This example adds a new, bootable Windows disk.
C:\PS>Add-AzureDisk -DiskName "MyWinDisk" -MediaLocation "http://yourstorageaccount.blob.core.azure.com/vhds/winserver-system.vhd" -Label "BootDisk" -OS "Windows"
-------------- Example 2 --------------
This example adds a new data disk.
C:\PS>Add-AzureDisk -DiskName "MyDataDisk" -MediaLocation "http://yourstorageaccount.blob.core.azure.com/vhds/winserver-data.vhd" -Label "DataDisk"
-------------- Example 3 --------------
This example adds a new Linux boot disk. The disk name and label are the same.
C:\PS>Add-AzureDisk -DiskName "MyLinuxDisk" -MediaLocation "http://yourstorageaccount.blob.core.azure.com/vhds/linuxsys.vhd" -OS "Linux"
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