Scripting new VHDx using PowerShell

[swain90]

Scripting new VHDx using PowerShell [Resolved]

Hi All,

Got a bit of an issue when I'm trying to script the creation of a new VHDx.

If I open Powershell and send/type the following command it creates a new VHDx file;

NEW-VHD -Fixed -SizeBytes 2GB -path "E:\Virtual Machine VHDs\Test.vhdx"

However if I try passing the parameters by using the run command using this;

powershell NEW-VHD -Fixed -SizeBytes 2GB -path "E:\Virtual Machine VHDs\Test.vhdx"

I get this error;

New-VHD : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument 'Machine'.

At line:1 char:1

+ NEW-VHD -Fixed -SizeBytes 2GB -path E:\Virtual Machine VHDs\Test.vhdx

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

    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (:) [New-VHD], ParameterBindingException

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,Microsoft.Vhd.PowerShell.NewVhdCommand

However if I use the run command with this;

powershell New-VHD -Fixed -SizeBytes 2GB –Path E:\NewVHDFile.VHDX

it then works.

I can only assume it's something to do with spaces between my directory but I've tried playing about with quotes and no luck!

Cheers Swain90

 

[HungryHippos]

You can call paths with spaces in, but you do have to do funky things sometimes to make it work compared to just calling a .ps1 script file.

This creates a new directory with a path in for example using single quotes:

PowerShell.exe -Command "& {New-Item -Type 'Directory' -Path 'C:\Temp\New Folder'}"

 

[swain90]

Using this from the run command has resolved the problem

powershell NEW-VHD -Fixed -SizeBytes 2GB -path 'E:\Virtual Machine VHDs\Test.vhdx'

I have no idea why M$ have swapped to using single quotes for this function !?