Solved: using powercli to control limit disk iops - Page 2

AshuC · ‎01-25-2013

Hey there, I need to limit the iops of the disks connected to my virtual machines via powercli.

I am using the following command :

Get-VM 'vm_name' | Get-VMResourceConfiguration | Set-VMResourceconfiguration -configuration DiskResourceConfiguration -DiskLimitIOPerSecond 100

But this gives an error:

Set-VMResourceConfiguration : Cannot bind parameter 'Configuration'. Cannot convert the "DiskResourceConfiguration" value of type "System.String
" to type "VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Types.V1.VM.VMResourceConfiguration".
At line:1 char:86
+ Get-VM $vm | Get-VMResourceConfiguration | Set-VMResourceconfiguration -configuration <<<< DiskResourceConfiguration -DiskLimitIOPerSecond 10
0
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Set-VMResourceConfiguration], ParameterBindingException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CannotConvertArgumentNoMessage,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.SetVMResourceConfiguration

Can someone please suggest me, where am I going wrong ?

artsiom0 · ‎08-12-2016

if someone is interested, there is another way using Set-VMResourceconfiguration with the -DiskLimitIOPerSecond option:

$vm_config = Get-VMResourceConfiguration -VM $vm

$disks = Get-HardDisk -VM $vm

Set-VMResourceConfiguration -Configuration $vm_config -Disk $disks -DiskLimitIOPerSecond 300

So you need to pass the Disk option to change the limit IOPs value. If you don't pass, you get no errors and no change,