This is the built-in help made by Microsoft for the command 'New-VirtualDiskClone', in PowerShell version 3 - as retrieved from
Windows version 'Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Standard' PowerShell help files on 2016-06-23.
For PowerShell version 3 and up, where you have Update-Help, this command was run just before creating the web pages from the help files.
Creates a new clone of a specified virtual disk.
New-VirtualDiskClone [-AsJob [<SwitchParameter>]] [-CimSession <CimSession[]>] [-TargetStoragePoolName <String>] [-ThrottleLimit <Int32>]
-FriendlyName <String> -InputObject <CimInstance[]> [<CommonParameters>]
New-VirtualDiskClone [-AsJob [<SwitchParameter>]] [-CimSession <CimSession[]>] [-TargetStoragePoolName <String>] [-ThrottleLimit <Int32>]
-FriendlyName <String> -VirtualDiskUniqueId <String[]> [<CommonParameters>]
New-VirtualDiskClone [-AsJob [<SwitchParameter>]] [-CimSession <CimSession[]>] [-TargetStoragePoolName <String>] [-ThrottleLimit <Int32>]
-FriendlyName <String> -VirtualDiskName <String[]> [<CommonParameters>]
New-VirtualDiskClone [-VirtualDiskFriendlyName] <String[]> [-AsJob [<SwitchParameter>]] [-CimSession <CimSession[]>] [-TargetStoragePoolName
<String>] [-ThrottleLimit <Int32>] -FriendlyName <String> [<CommonParameters>]
The New-VirtualDiskClone cmdlet creates a new clone of a specified virtual disk.
This cmdlet is not needed when using the Storage Spaces subsystem.
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EXAMPLE 1
PS C:\> New-VirtualDiskClone -VirtualDiskFriendlyName "SQLData5" -TargetVirtualDiskName "SQLData5Clone" -TargetStoragePoolName "ClonePool"
This example creates a full clone of the specified Virtual Disk object. Note: This cmdlet requires support from the Storage Management
Provider. This cmdlet returns the Virtual Disk object for the newly clone.