Powershell Disconnect-VirtualDisk error - help please

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Could someone tell me what is the error in the Disconnect-VirtualDisk command please. I cannot see anything wrong with it.

Dave

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-VirtualDisk

FriendlyName              ResiliencySettingName     OperationalStatus         HealthStatus              IsManualAttach                                Size
------------              ---------------------     -----------------         ------------              --------------                                ----
Test_Space                Parity                    OK                        Healthy                   False                                      19.4 TB
VMs                       Mirror                    OK                        Healthy                   False                                         3 TB
Storage space             Mirror                    OK                        Healthy                   False                                       500 GB
Home Server Pool B        Parity                    OK                        Healthy                   False                                        15 TB
Home Server Pool B2       Parity                    OK                        Healthy                   False                                        20 TB



PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Connect-VirtualDisk -FriendlyName "Test_Space"

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Disconnect-VirtualDisk -FriendlyName "Test_Space"
Disconnect-VirtualDisk : Invalid Parameter
At line:1 char:1
+ Disconnect-VirtualDisk -FriendlyName "Test_Space"
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (StorageWMI:ROOT/Microsoft/...SFT_VirtualDisk) [Disconnect-VirtualDisk], CimException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : StorageWMI 5,Disconnect-VirtualDisk
 

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-VirtualDisk

FriendlyName              ResiliencySettingName     OperationalStatus         HealthStatus              IsManualAttach                                Size
------------              ---------------------     -----------------         ------------              --------------                                ----
Test_Space                Parity                    OK                        Healthy                   False                                      19.4 TB
VMs                       Mirror                    OK                        Healthy                   False                                         3 TB
Storage space             Mirror                    OK                        Healthy                   False                                       500 GB
Home Server Pool B        Parity                    OK                        Healthy                   False                                        15 TB
Home Server Pool B2       Parity                    OK                        Healthy                   False                                        20 TB



PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> 


August 17th, 2015 6:23pm

Solved it myself. Must first do

Set-VirtualDisk -FriendlyName "Test_Space" -IsManualAttach $true

and then

Disconnect-VirtualDisk -FriendlyName "Test_Space"

That works. The message, 'Invalid Parameter' is inadequate.

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August 18th, 2015 10:29pm

Solved it myself. Must first do

Set-VirtualDisk -FriendlyName "Test_Space" -IsManualAttach $true

and then

Disconnect-VirtualDisk -FriendlyName "Test_Space"

That works. The message, 'Invalid Parameter' is inadequate.

  • Marked as answer by Dave Mullard Wednesday, August 19, 2015 2:26 AM
August 19th, 2015 2:26am

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