A.44 edit PhysicalDisk

Edits a physical disk.

Syntax

edit PhysicalDisk instance [name=value] [shareable= { yes | no }] [size=value] [description=value] [extraInfo=value]

Where instance is:

{ id=id | name=name }

Description

This command edits a physical disk. Local storage and generic storage plug-ins are not supported with this command.

Although none of the options are mandatory, you must supply at least one option.

Options

The following table shows the available options for this command.

Option

Description

name=value

A name to identify the physical disk.

shareable= { yes | no }

Whether the physical disk is shareable. Shareable disks have read/write privileges in multiple virtual machines and should be used with caution.

size=value

The size of the physical disk in GiB.

description=value

Optional description for the physical disk.

extraInfo=value

{ id=id | name=name }

The instance of the object using either the id or name option, for example name=MyDisk.

Examples

Example A.58 Editing a physical disk

OVM> edit PhysicalDisk id=0004fb000018000034a2da375d08990e name=MyPhysicalDisk size=10

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