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dpmhyperv CreateVirtFloppy Command--Create a Virtual Floppy Disk Image

The dpmhyperv CreateVirtFloppy command creates a virtual floppy disk image on a Hyper-V host.

This command has the following format:

dpmhyperv CreateVirtFloppy 
[-ws_user username] 
[-ws_password password] 
[-ws_encrypted_password] 
-hypervHost hostname 
-path location 
[-pre] 
[-post] 
[-locale iso639value]

-ws_user username

(Optional) Specifies the CA Virtual Assurance user name.

-ws_password password

(Optional) Specifies the CA Virtual Assurance user password.

-ws_encrypted_password

(Optional) Indicates whether the CA Virtual Assurance password is encrypted.

-hypervHost hostname

Specifies the name of the Hyper-V host.

-path location

Defines the full path of the virtual floppy image

-pre

(Optional) Generates an event before the operation is complete.

-post

(Optional) Generates an event after the operation is complete.

-locale iso639value

(Optional) Specifies an IS0 639_3166 combination to override the default English output, for example, fr_FR for French. To use the locale of the command prompt, specify "native".

Example: Creates a Virtual Floppy Disk image

This example creates a virtual floppy disk image on the Hyper-V host, "hvserver."

dpmhyperv CreateVirtFloppy -ws_user dcaadmin -ws_password #test# -hypervHost hvserver -path C:\data\Floppy\1.vfd