A.23 create PhysicalDisk

A.23 create PhysicalDisk
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Creates a physical disk on a volume group.

Syntax

create PhysicalDisk size=value [extraInfo=value] shareable= { yes | no } [thinProvision= { yes | no }] name=value [description=value] on VolumeGroup instance

Where instance is:

{ id=id | name=name }

Description

This command creates a physical disk on a volume group. Local storage and generic storage plug-ins are not supported with this command.

Options

The following table shows the available options for this command.

Option	Description
`size=value`	The size of the physical disk in GiB.
`extraInfo=value`
`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.
`thinProvision=` { `yes` \| `no` }	Whether to create a thin or non-thin physical disk.
`name=value`	A name to identify the physical disk.
`description=value`	Optional description for the physical disk.
{ `id=id` \| `name=name` }	The instance of the object using either the `id` or `name` option, for example `name=MyVolumeGroup`.

Note

Any create command only creates a single instance of an object, and therefore only accepts a single object instance as an attribute. Providing more than one object of the same attribute type as a parameter always results in the last attribute value taking precedence.

Examples

Example A.30 Creating a physical disk on a volume group

OVM> create PhysicalDisk size=10 name=MyPhysicalDisk shareable=no on VolumeGroup \
  id='Storage_Volume_Group @ 0004fb0000090000325a36dad3b3b7d8'

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