As previously mentioned, I want to run a virtual SOFS in my lab using Storage Spaces.\u00a0 This is completely unsupported, but it\u2019s fine for my lab.\u00a0 In the real world, the SOFS with Storage Spaces features physical servers with a JBOD.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m lazy, and I don\u2019t want to be creating VHDX files, adding disks by hand, configuring sharing, and repeating for each and every VHDX on each and every VM.<\/p>\n
First up: creating the VHDX files.\u00a0 This snippet will create a 1 GB witness and 8 * 100 GB data disks:<\/p>\n
$Folder = “E:Shared VHDXDemo-FSC1”<\/em><\/p>\n New-VHD -Path “$FolderDemo-FSC1 Witness Disk.vhdx” -Dynamic -SizeBytes 1GB<\/em><\/p>\n for ($DiskNumber = 2; $DiskNumber -lt 9; $DiskNumber++) The next snippet will (a) attach the VHDX files to the default SCSI controller of the VMs, and (b) enable Shared VHDX (Persistent Reservations):<\/p>\n $VMName = “Demo-FS1.demo-internal”<\/em><\/p>\n Add-VMHardDiskDrive $VMName -ControllerType SCSI -ControllerNumber 0 -ControllerLocation 0 -Path “E:Shared VHDXDemo-FSC1Demo-FSC1 Witness Disk.vhdx” -SupportPersistentReservations <\/em><\/p>\n for ($DiskNumber = 1; $DiskNumber -lt 9; $DiskNumber++) And there\u2019s the power of PowerShell.\u00a0 In just a few minutes, I figured this out, and saved myself some boredom, and then sped up my job. With a bit more crafting, I could script a hell of a lot more in this:<\/p>\n Note: You might want to consider adding more SCSI controllers to the VMs, especially if you have plenty of vCPUs to spare.\u00a0 And yes, I did use Dynamic VHDX because this is a lab<\/em>.<\/p>\n As previously mentioned, I want to run a virtual SOFS in my lab using Storage Spaces.\u00a0 This is completely unsupported, but it\u2019s fine for my lab.\u00a0 In the real world, the SOFS with Storage Spaces features physical servers with a JBOD. I\u2019m lazy, and I don\u2019t want to be creating VHDX files, adding disks by … Continue reading “Creating & Adding Lots Of Shared VHDX Files To VMs Using PowerShell”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[181,87,189,99,195,120],"class_list":["post-15174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hyper-v","tag-hyper-v","tag-powershell","tag-scripting","tag-storage","tag-virtualisation","tag-windows-server-2012-r2"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t
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\nNew-VHD -Path “$FolderDemo-FSC1 Data Disk$DiskNumber.vhdx” -Dynamic -SizeBytes 100GB
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\nAdd-VMHardDiskDrive $VMName -ControllerType SCSI -ControllerNumber 0 -ControllerLocation $DiskNumber -Path “E:Shared VHDXDemo-FSC1Demo-FSC1 Data Disk$DiskNumber.vhdx” -SupportPersistentReservations
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