Adding a harddisk gets message: WARNING: Parameter 'VM' is obsolete. Passing multiple values to this parameter is obsolete.

[COS]

Here's my command...

Get-VM -Name yomama | New-HardDisk -CapacityGB 10

It will add the disk but I get the message below...

WARNING: Parameter 'VM' is obsolete. Passing multiple values to this parameter is obsolete.

What is the non obsoleting method to add a new disk to a VM?

Here's my PowerCLI version....

Name                           Value

----                           -----

PSVersion                      5.1.14393.1944

PSEdition                      Desktop

PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}

BuildVersion                   10.0.14393.1944

CLRVersion                     4.0.30319.42000

WSManStackVersion              3.0

PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3

SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1

Thanks

[LucD · Accepted solution]

This might be a bit confusing, but the VM parameter in itself is not deprecated, the option to pass more than 1 VM (an array) is deprecated.

Get-VM -Name VM1 | New-Harddisk -CapacityGB 10

will continue to work.

But the option to pass an array

$vms = Get-VM -Name VM1,VM2

New-Harddisk -VM $vms -CapacityGB 10

will disappear in one of the future PowerCLI releases.

Btw, that is your PowerShell version (from $PSVerstionTable).

To get your PowerCLI version do

Get-Module -Name VMware* -ListAvailable

[COS]

OK, cool, thanks!

There will be no array used for this purpose.

[LucD]

My example of passing an array was not correct.
I updated the example above.