How to create a Virtual Disk using PowerShell

In a previous post I showed you how to create a storage pool, today I want to show you how to use PowerShell to create a virtual disk in your Storage Pool.

New-VirtualDisk `
    -FriendlyName <String> `
    -StoragePoolFriendlyName <String[]> `
    -Size <UInt64> `
    -ProvisioningType Thin | Fixed `
    -PhysicalDiskRedundancy <UInt16>

-StoragePoolFriendyName Parameter #

To obtain the correct designations for the storage pool, use the cmdlet: Get-StoragePool.

Get-StoragePool

-ProvisioningType Parameter #

Use Thin except when using storage spaces that use storage levels or a clustered storage group in that case use Fixed.

-PhysicalDiskRedundancy Parameter #

This value represents how many failed physical disks can tolerate the virtual disk without data loss.

Create the New Virtual Disk #

Run the following PowerShell commands as administrator.

New-VirtualDisk `
    -FriendlyName 'NewVirtualDisk'  `
    -StoragePoolFriendlyName "StoragePool-01" `
    -Size 10GB `
    -ProvisioningType Thin `
    -PhysicalDiskRedundancy 2

Initialize the Virtual Disk #

The following command initializes a Disk object with the GPT partition style

Get-VirtualDisk `
    -FriendlyName 'NewVirtualDisk' `
    |Initialize-Disk -PartitionStyle GPT `
    -PassThru

Partition the Virtual Disk #

The following command creates a new partition on disk 10, using the maximum available space, and assigning the letter E.

New-Partition `
    -DiskNumber 10 `
    -DriveLetter 'E' `
    -UseMaximumSize

Format the Virtual Disk #

The following cmdlet performs a full format of the E volume using the NTFS file system.

Format-Volume `
    -DriveLetter 'E' `
    -FileSystem NTFS `
    -AllocationUnitSize 65536 `
    -Confirm:$false `
    -Force

Checking #

The following cmdlet returns a list of Virtual Disk objects, across all storage pools.

Get-VirtualDisk

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If you want to know more about the New-VirtualDisk cmdlet, check out this link.