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• Why do not the remove-hard drive remove a disc with a new SCSI controller?

  Hi PowerCLI gurus,

  I try to use PowerCLI to automate the solution for article configuration of disks to use VMware Paravirtual (PVSCSI) SCSI adapters (1010398).

  Remove-hard drive sometimes gives me a misleading error when I use it to remove a hard drive with a new SCSI controller.

  The FlatHardDisk specified 'Hard disk 3' no longer exists, or never existed.

  Can anyone here explain the error?

  My version of vCenter server is 5.1.0.

  My PowerCLI version is 2.0.

  Here's what I've done to reproduce the error.

  First of all, I connect to vCenter and stop the virtual machine.

  $TestVM = 'TESTVM '.

  $TestServer = ' vcenter - test.local ".

  SE connect-VIServer-Server $TestServer

  Stop-VM - $TestVM VM - confirm: $false

  I add a new hard drive and store it in a variable so I can refer to it for the next steps.

  New hard drive '.

  -VM $TestVM '

  -Persistent persistence"

  -Flat DiskType '

  CapacityKB - 1024'

  StorageFormat - thin '

  -OutVariable TempDisk

  I make a note of its name.

  $TempDisk.Name

  Because my VM already has 2 discs, the output is "hard drive 3.

  Then I add a new SCSI controller on the hard drive.

  New SCSI controller.

  Hard drive - $TempDisk '

  -Type ParaVirtual '

  NoSharing - BusSharingMode

  Now, I try to remove the hard drive from the variable to remove the disc.

  Remove-hard drive - hard drive $TempDisk - DeletePermanently-confirm: $false

  It fails with an error that says "Hard drive 3" has already been removed.

  Remove HDD: 12/02/2014-18:51:33 remove-hard drive the FlatHardDisk specified 'Hard disk 3' no longer exists, or never existed.

  On line: 1 char: 1

  + Delete-hard drive - hard drive $TempDisk - DeletePermanently-confirm: $false

  + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  + CategoryInfo: ObjectNotFound: (3:FlatHardDiskImpl drive) [Remove-hard drive], VimException

  + FullyQualifiedErrorId: Client20_VirtualDeviceServiceImpl_TryValidateDeviceExists_DeviceDoesNotExist, VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.RemoveHardDisk

  But I see that there are still "hard drive 3"!

  Get-disk hard - VM $TestVM - name 'hard drive 3.

  CapacityGB persistence Filename

  ----------      -----------                                    --------

  0.001 persist... B-DATA-01] TESTVM/TESTVM_9.vmdk

  Is this a bug or am I missing something?

  I don't think that the cmdlet uses actually the UID, but more likely a MoRef to the vSphere object that represents the hard disk.

  Remember that under the covers most of the PowerCLI cmdlets do calls to the vSphere API.

  Change the Uid, property value indicates that the hard drive connected to the new controller is a new and different purpose.

  And this explains why the hard drive remove does not work with the original hard disk object, it no longer exists.

• Hard drive remove unexpected behavior of vSphere 4.1

  Hello

  I'm having some trouble with to remove a hard drive from a virtual computer by using the cmdlet Remove-hard drive in PowerCLI. I can list the disks attached to the virtual machine and I'm trying to delete is in the list, but when I run the command remove the disc it returns an error indicating that the VMDK file is not attached to a virtual machine. I am able to remove the disc using the user interface of vCenter.

  Please see below for the relevant order details and error output.

  Thank you.

  Brian

  PS C:\Users\administrator. W2K8 > get-disk hard - vm "w2k8-sql1.

  CapacityKB persistence Filename
  ---------- -----------                                                    --------
  52428800 persistent [nfsstore1] w2k8-sql1/w2k8-sql1 - 000002.vmdk
  8388608 persistent [sql2_db_mt] w2k8-sql1/w2k8 - sql1.vmdk
  3148740 IndependentPersis... 8 sql1/w2k8 - sql1_SD_netapp1_hoida4fUQZfc_0.vmdk
  3148740 IndependentPersis... 8 sql1/w2k8 - sql1_SD_netapp1_hoida4fUQgQ1_1.vmdk
  8388608 persistent [sql2_log_mt] w2k8-sql1/w2k8 - sql1.vmdk
  7325640 IndependentPersis... 8 sql1/w2k8 - sql1_SD_netapp1_hoida4fVHLK5_2.vmdk
  7325640 IndependentPersis... 8 sql1/w2k8 - sql1_SD_netapp1_hoida4fVHRVR_3.vmdk
  9437184 permanent... .kup w2k8-sql2_backup)] w2k8-sql2/w2k8 - sql2.vmdk
  9437184 permanent... .kup w2k8-sql2_backup)] w2k8-sql2/w2k8 - sql2.vmdk

  
  PS C:\Users\administrator. W2K8 > get-hard drive - data store '(backup w2k8-sql2_backup) sql2_db' - datastorepath '[sql2_db (Ba '.
  "BACKUP w2k8-sql2_backup)] w2k8-sql2/w2k8 - sql2.vmdk | Hard drive remove

  Confirm
  Are you sure you want to perform this action?
  Operation "Remove disc" target "w2k8 - sql2.vmdk.
  [Y] yes [A] Yes to all [N] no [L] no to all [S] Suspend [?] Help (default is "Y"): y
  Remove-hard drive: 2011-10-14 13:32:29 Remove-disk hard FlatHardDisk The ' w2k8 - sql2.vmdk' is not attached to
  a virtual machine. The requested operation is only supported for devices connected to the virtual computer.
  At line: 1 char: 156
  + get-hard drive - data store '(backup w2k8-sql2_backup) sql2_db' - datastorepath ' [sql2_db (backup w2k8-sql2_backup)] w2k8-
  "SQL2/w2k8 - sql2.vmdk | Hard drive remove < < < <
  + CategoryInfo: InvalidArgument: (w2k8 - sql2.vmdk:FlatHardDiskImpl) [Remove-hard drive], VimException
  + FullyQualifiedErrorId: Client20_VirtualDeviceServiceImpl_TryValidateDeviceOwnerIsVm_IsDatastore, VMware.VimAutom
  ation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.RemoveHardDisk

  Hello, bmoncsko-

  Welcome to the communities.  As for your question, it seems that it would be a 'feature' (or bug) in how hard drive Remove works.  I tested what you did and got the same results using PowerCLI 4.1u1 and 5.0.

  However, it works when you select the hard drive to the virtual computer by name through the pipeline (instead of the path of the data store), as:

  ## get the VM's harddisks, displaying their names as wellGet-HardDisk -VM myVM | ft Name,CapacityKB,Filename
  
  ## determine from above the name of the harddisk to be removed, and use that to choose that harddisk, then remove itGet-VM myVM | Get-HardDisk | ?{$_.Name -eq "Hard disk 4"} | Remove-HardDisk -DeletePermanently -Confirm:$false
  

  It would be interesting to know if other people receive the same behavior when trying to remove the hard drive as you did, but this piece of code, you should get going at the moment.

• backup to external hard drive, removal of the movies on computer?

  I want to know if I got back to the top of my itunes library on an external hard drive I can remove my itunes on my computer movies to save space on this subject? It is my friends computer and I don't want to take up space. And then I still see them on my apple TV if the movies are not on my internal hard drive?

  I am new to this and I wanted to know if my apple tv can stream after I deleted movies from my computer? I have no idea how it works, as far as I know I need to get back to the top of my purchases...

  Backup and deletion are not back up. Backup is always to have two copies of everything, preferably on completely separate players in different locations.

  In order to play something through iTunes, it must be added to iTunes.  You can add files from a separate iTunes drive and make them stay on the player by holding down the option key while adding, but there may be painful to see broken links if the drive is not attached when using iTunes constantly.

  You can listen to an AppleTV iCloud films apparently, but I can't provide details.  This should work for you, unless it's one of those elements is no longer in the Apple Store (and your reason to always make sure that you have a copy on your hard disks).

• Should I buy the hard drive removable 750Go for the Y500 series laptop?

  I know that it includes a hard disk of 1 TB inside the laptop

  but you think that it is necessary to buy a?

  OK the y500 series have the Bay ltration that allow to use the removable hard disk, graphics etc.
  I mean that play games (not many) games maybe 2 or 3
  Record a movie in the drive about 250 to 270 GB
  Don't forget the y500 I already have 1 to inside
  The removable hard drive was a 720 GB external drive which can use for ultra Bay

• How to backup to external hard drive (removable) for windows home server 2011

  Your online help recommend ' to use several external hard drives and rotate the drives between onsite and offsite storage locations", but there is nothing that explains the procedures to be put in place. I have vascular 1 internal disk used as a server backup and the desire to attach a USB key and also back up the server and remove location and still allow regular backups to take place on the interal drive.

  Hi JarjarMack,

  Given that the problem is related to Windows Home Server 2011, for better assistance, you must post your query in the following Windows Home Server Forum.

  Windows Home Server Forum

• External hard drive - Remove write protection

  Somehow, I write protect my external hard drive. How can I remove it? I thank in advance

  1. click on start

  2. type regedit and click OK.

  3. save your registry settings by clicking file > export > save. It's taken bacup in case something mess.

  4. Open HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE click on the + sign next to the it.

  5. open SYSTEM by clicking the plus sign next to it.

  6. open CurrentControlSet.

  7. open the control.

  8. open StorageDevicePolicies

  9. right click on WriteProtect and click on modify.

  10. If the value is 1 change 0, and then click ok.

  11 repeat steps 7 to 10 for ControlSet001 and ControlSet002.

  12. close the registry editor and its done. You may need to restart.

  Carey Frisch

• Warranty question - HARD drive removal

  One of my friends has a Pavilion g6-2301sm laptop and the laptop suffered a fan failure. The warranty is still valid, but I thought it would be a good idea to remove the HARD drive to eliminate all risk of damage to it during transport and so the guy working at the service could not access it.

  My question is, I could void the warranty if I removed the hard drive? The laptop is in perfect condition, never fell, not a single sticker removed.

  Removal/replacement of the hard disk (normally is) considered tasks routine owner and guaranteed would be cancelled as such no. Many times HP will send even to the client a hard drive replace hard drive, instead of sending in the machine failure.

• How to find files of outlook data on a hard drive removed from a windows xp machine?

  My phone no longer works and I was able to get most of the data of my backups that they did not understand my outlook e-mail accounts. I have the removed disk and got a hard drive enclosure. Problem is that I can not locate the outlook.pst file. Do you know which directory it is?

  The default location is C:\Documents and Settings\YourUserNameSettings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook and the default name is Outlook.pst

  You can place Outlook files anywhere that you want so you will have to search for *.pst to find them all [assuming you have created several].

  If you want to put them in a place which is included in your backups in Windows 7, then:

  1 close Outlook after consuming at least once [the file is created on first use].

  2. go in C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook [you must show hidden files to reveal the path to get there, or you can simply paste the path into the address box of Windows Explorer to join directly the]

  3 move the Outlook.pst you will find at a convenient location in My Documents.

  4. open Outlook.  Will report you that it cannot find Outlook.pst and will give you the ability to browse for it then point to where you put the file.  [When you open Outlook, it will look at the new location without asking any other]

• M9350f hard drive removal

  Hi I had a few problems with the removal of my hard drive. I watched a video on my model specific to the HP Web site and followed to the letter, but ran into a problem. HP personal media drive Bay is connected to the hard drive bay for remove you after you the 2 screws you have to push a button/lever with a long screwdriver that will open the entire Bay. In the video he just pressed the button and it is well. In mine, she would not loose so I put a force in it and something gave... I watched it and the thing the metal tab I had to press a been slightly bent... and the entire Bay is still stuck. Any suggestions?

  Yes I did, and Yes, this is the video. I sat with her again and was and realized that I had to drag the entire Bay up in order so he can detach and be able to be released. I did notice this in the video because he did it quickly and not explain it. And the little thing tab was not too badly bent and it doesn't really have anything to do so it's all good. Thanks for the quick response. This is now SOLVED.

• BUG? : Hard drive remove / Remove-VM [DO NOT DELETE]

  Hi guys,.

  I have 2 questions on a single code segment:

  $oldVM = Get-VM -Name $targetVMname

  Get - hard drive -VM $oldVM | Remove HDD of the -DeletePermanently -confirm:$false

  Remove-VM -VM $oldVM -DeletePermanently:$true -confirm:$false

  The problem is that just the VMDK is left later in the datastore VM folder. That is why "-DeletePermanently" is not entirely effective.

  Someone had this problem?  I know that the solution is to go in the way of creating a function where you specify the data store, the record and the name of the file to remove the orphan OS VMDK - but the above code should work!

  I even had the code to erase the disc trying first before deleting the entire virtual machine.

  But the operation said 'delete '.

  $vmclonespec.config.deviceChange [0] .operation = 'delete '.

  
  

• Help syntactic hard drive Remove

  Hello

  I try to remove the specific hard drive using the cmdlet Remove-disk hard in powercli and do not understand the correct syntax.  On the link below, he said that, with the parameter - hard disks, you can specify the drives that you want to remove.  However, I get an error when you try to publish the syntax below what return "cannot bind parameter ' hard drive." Unable to convert the value. "Any information would be greatly appreciated, unfortunately VMware deosn have any good examples on the Site of order.

  Get-disk hard - VM $vmname | Remove-hard disk - disk hard 'disc 1' - DeletePermanently

  Get-disk hard - VM $vmname | Remove-hard drive - HDD "[Datastore] vmname/vmname.vmdk"-DeletePermanently

  http://www.VMware.com/support/developer/PowerCLI/PowerCLI41/HTML/index.html

  See you soon!

  -LzK

  Hello, THEL1ZARDKING.

  You were pretty close.  I've written a few examples that use different settings in different ways, to try to illustrate their use.  Here are some ways that should work:

  ## remove a harddisk based on its "name" according to the VM, such as "Hard disk 1" or "Hard disk 2"Get-HardDisk -VM $strVMName | ?{$_.Name -eq "Hard disk 1"} | Remove-HardDisk -DeletePermanently
  
  ## a variation, again based on the disk's "name"Remove-HardDisk -DeletePermanently -HardDisk (Get-HardDisk -VM $strVMName | ?{$_.Name -eq "Hard disk 1"})
  
  ## remove a harddisk based on its datastore pathGet-HardDisk -Datastore "Datastore" -DatastorePath "[Datastore] VMName/VMName.vmdk" | Remove-HardDisk -DeletePermanently
  

  First line you just need a little tweaking, or the first example the second above.  Your second line could be changed a little, either to be like the second or third example above.  The key is by passing a disk object hard VI to Remove-hard drive, either through the pipeline (e.g. 1 and 3), either explicitly (e.g. 2).

  How to make them for you?

• How can I transfer encrypted files from old hard drive removed (transfer windows easy?)

  Hello

  I'm trying to get some files off my old hard drive encrypted. He has xp on it, and I can't start on my new computer. Since it is a separate, apparently, I can't do either windows easy transfer. Is it possible for me to locate the certificate and key, or to transfer files with the key and the certificate on my new computer (I have password from the old computer if I need that)? Can I somehow run WET on this hard drive for keys/certificates can be transferred. This seems to be a common problem from what I have read.
  Otherwise, do you have ideas on how to start my old xp disk on my new system without reformatting?
  Very important to get these files.
  Thank you!

  First of all, I assume you mean encrypted files (EFS, Encrypting File System).  These files are encrypted with a key that is still encrypted in your system like a certificate.  In order to read your encrypted on any other system files, you must restore the certificate from a backup.  The short article is mandatory for anyone considering the use of EFS:
  "Best Practices for encrypting file system"
      <>http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/223316 >
  Special attention to the subsection down titled "why you should back up your certificates.

  HTH,
  JW

• Reinstall the Vista Ultimate upgrade after replacing hard drive - remove Windows PowerShell

  My HDD recently crashed and the manufacturer (Dell) gave me a new one with the software and systems II had orginially purchased pre-installed on the drive.  In this case, I had Vista Home Premium installed.  I got about a year ago, bought and upgraded to Vista Ultimate and I'm now trying to reinstall (I have it on DVD).  When I do, I get a message that I must remove Windows PowerShell before upgrade.  I can't find PowerShell in the application removal utility, even if I can find it when I search in the start menu.

  Any thoughts on how to deal with this?

  In addition, since the beginning of this thread, I found the following instructions in another thread:

  How to uninstall Windows PowerShell

  To uninstall Windows PowerShell 1.0 in Windows Vista, follow these steps:

  1. Click Start, in the Search box, type appwiz.cpl and press ENTER.
  2. In the tasks list, click View Installed Updates.
  3. In the list to uninstall an update , right-click right of Windows PowerShell (TM) 1.0 (KB928439), click on uninstall and follow the instructions to remove Windows PowerShell 1.0.

  But, I do not see Windows PowerShell (TM) 1.0 (KB928439) in the generated list (although there are many, many others).  I found three programs of powershell appears when I put in the search box of start powershell.  Can I just delete them?

  Thank you.

  Try download Revo http://www.snapfiles.com/reviews/revo-uninstaller/revouninstaller.html to uninstall all the programs of PowerShell.  I hope that you will find the main program so it can be uninstalled.

  If that doesn't work, uninstall each update of PowerShell that you find.  Also, check the master list of program to see if you can find.  A when done, reboot and start the installation again and see if you come up against the same error.  If so, we may have to try another way to get rid of it - but we will cross that bridge if we come to it.

  I hope this helps.

  Good luck!

  Lorien - MCSA/MCSE/network + / has + - if this post solves your problem, please click the 'Mark as answer' or 'Useful' button at the top of this message. Marking a post as answer, or relatively useful, you help others find the answer more quickly.

• Uninstalled PSE6 Mac 10.6.8; reinstalled; actions not here; they are in the usual folder on hard drive; remove the multimedia file in PSE6 closed; restarted the computer; Let regenerate; still not here

  Oops think I put all the info in the title.

  Uninstalled PSE6 Mac 10.6.8 (had printing problems and wanted to go back)

  Reinstalled

  Actions not here

  Actions show that they are in the folder under the PSE6 Macintosh hard disk in the folder Photo Effects

  Deleted Mediadatabase.db3 PSE6 being closed

  Computer restarts

  PSE6 opened and let regenerate

  Still not here

  I don't understand. When you uninstall PSE 6, you also uninstall all the third party material, that you added. You have to reinstall them after reinstallation of PSE.