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dpmhv-getPhysDisks (Funclet) Command--Show all Physical Disks

The dpmhv-getPhysDisks command lists the physical disks to attach to virtual machines on a Hyper-V server. The physical disks should be displayed in offline status in Windows Disk Manager.

This command has the following format:

dpmhv-getPhysDisks 
-host hostname 
[-silent] 
[-retval] 
[-detail]

-host hostname

Specifies the name of the Hyper-V server host.

-retval

Returns a value for further processing.

-silent

Specifies not to direct the output to the screen.

-detail

(Optional) Displays the details of the physical disks attached to a virtual machine.

Return Value

The dpmhv-getPhysDisks command returns an array of objects representing the SCSI controllers of the specified virtual machine.

The properties returned in regular mode are:

• Caption
• DriveNumber
• ElementName
• Name
• Path
• StatusDescriptions

The properties returned in detail mode are:

• AdditionalAvailability
• Availability
• Capabilities
• CapabilityDescriptions
• Caption
• CompressionMethod
• CreationClassName
• DefaultBlockSize
• Description
• DeviceID
• DriveNumber
• ElementName
• EnabledDefault
• EnabledState
• ErrorCleared
• ErrorDescription
• ErrorMethodology
• HealthState
• IdentifyingDescriptions
• InstallDate
• LastCleaned
• LastErrorCode
• LoadTime
• LocationIndicator
• MaxAccessTime
• MaxBlockSize
• MaxMediaSize
• MaxQuiesceTime
• MaxUnitsBeforeCleaning
• MediaIsLocked
• MinBlockSize
• MountCount
• Name
• NeedsCleaning
• NumberOfMediaSupported
• OperationalStatus
• OtherEnabledState
• OtherIdentifyingInfo
• Path
• PowerManagementCapabilities
• PowerManagementSupported
• PowerOnHours
• RequestedState
• Security
• Status
• StatusDescriptions
• StatusInfo
• SystemCreationClassName
• SystemName
• TimeOfLastMount
• TimeOfLastStateChange
• TotalMountTime
• TotalPowerOnHours
• UncompressedDataRate
• UnitsDescription
• UnitsUsed
• UnloadTime

Example: Show all Physical Disks

This example displays the basic information about the physical disk attached to a virtual machine.

dpmhv-getPhysDisks -host hvserver