Hi,
How can I attach multiple (existing) hard drives to a VM and change their Sharing to "Multiwriter" with ReconfigVM_Task method?
settings.csv contains:
vmdk,scsi
[datastore] VM/VM.vmdk,2
I cannot figure out how to add multiple changes to $spec.deviceChange:
$vm = Get-VM "MyVM"
$items = Import-Csv c:\settings.csv
$spec = New-Object VMware.Vim.VirtualMachineConfigSpec
$spec.deviceChange = New-Object VMware.Vim.VirtualDeviceConfigSpec
$count = 0
$items | ForEach-Object {
$vmdk = $_.vmdk
$scsi_controller = $_.scsi
$vm | New-HardDisk -DiskPath "$vmdk" `
-Persistence IndependentPersistent `
-Controller "SCSI controller $($scsi_controller)" `
-OutVariable hd
$diskDevice = $hd.ExtensionData
$diskDeviceBaking = $hd.ExtensionData.backing
$spec.deviceChange[$count].operation = 'edit'
$spec.deviceChange[$count].device = New-Object VMware.Vim.VirtualDisk
$spec.deviceChange[$count].device = $diskDevice
$spec.DeviceChange[$count].device.backing = New-Object VMware.Vim.VirtualDiskFlatVer2BackingInfo
$spec.DeviceChange[$count].device.backing = $diskDeviceBaking
$spec.DeviceChange[$count].device.Backing.Sharing = "sharingMultiWriter"
$count++
}
Write-Host "`nEnabling Multiwriter flag on on VMDK:" $hd.Name "for VM:" $vm.name
$task = $vm.ExtensionData.ReconfigVM_Task($spec)
$task1 = Get-Task -Id ("Task-$($task.value)")
$task1 | Wait-Task
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Thanks, yes. That previous post isn't clear on the question asked. I am not sure how to delete it.
I hope current post makes things clearer as to what I am asking