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Get-VMHardDiskDrive



This is the built-in help made by Microsoft for the command 'Get-VMHardDiskDrive', in PowerShell version 5 - as retrieved from Windows version 'Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard' PowerShell help files on 2016-06-23.

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SYNOPSIS

Gets the virtual hard disk drives attached to one or more virtual machines.

SYNTAX


Get-VMHardDiskDrive [-VMName] <String[]> [-ComputerName <String[]>] [-ControllerLocation <Int32>] [-ControllerNumber <Int32>] [-ControllerType <ControllerType>]
[<CommonParameters>]
Get-VMHardDiskDrive [-VMSnapshot] <VMSnapshot> [-ControllerLocation <Int32>] [-ControllerNumber <Int32>] [-ControllerType <ControllerType>] [<CommonParameters>]
Get-VMHardDiskDrive [-VM] <VirtualMachine[]> [-ControllerLocation <Int32>] [-ControllerNumber <Int32>] [-ControllerType <ControllerType>] [<CommonParameters>]
Get-VMHardDiskDrive [-VMDriveController] <VMDriveController[]> [-ControllerLocation <Int32>] [<CommonParameters>]



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DESCRIPTION


The Get-VMHardDiskDrive cmdlet gets the virtual hard disk drives attached to one or more virtual machines.



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Examples


Example 1

PS C:\>Get-VMHardDiskDrive –VMName TestVM



Gets the virtual hard drives from virtual machine TestVM.




Example 2

PS C:\>Get-VM –Name TestVM | Get-VMHardDiskDrive –ControllerType IDE –ControllerNumber 1



Gets the virtual hard drives from IDE controller 1 of virtual machine TestVM.




Example 3

PS C:\>Get-VMIdeController –VMName TestVM –ControllerNumber 1 –ComputerName Development | Get-VMHardDiskDrive



Gets the virtual hard drives from IDE controller 1 of virtual machine TestVM located on Hyper-V host Development.




Example 4

PS C:\>Get-VMSnapshot –VMName Test –Name 'Before applying updates' | Get-VMHardDrive



Gets the virtual hard drives from snapshot Before applying updates of virtual machine TestVM.