Add disk to a Remote Windows Server | VMware VM

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#The Following code shows how to add a New Drive, bring drive online, initialize and format:

#Connect to vCenter
Connect-VIServer vCenter.vCROCS.info 

#Add new drive to VM
New-HardDisk -VM $VMNAME -CapacityGB $DISKSIZEGB -StorageFormat Thin -Controller ‘SCSI Controller 1’

#Make disk online
invoke-command -computername $VMNAME -scriptblock {Set-Disk 2 -isOffline $false}

#Initialize disk
invoke-command -computername $VMNAME -scriptblock {Initialize-Disk 2 -PartitionStyle GPT}

#Create Partition
invoke-command -computername $VMNAME -scriptblock {New-Partition -DiskNumber 2 -UseMaximumSize -DriveLetter E}

#Format drive
invoke-command -computername $VMNAME -scriptblock {Format-Volume -DriveLetter E -FileSystem NTFS -NewFileSystemLabel ‘Data’ -AllocationUnitSize 16384 -Confirm:$false}

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#The Following Code will show disk “Allocation Unit Size” on a remote Windows Server:

$C = Invoke-Command -ComputerName $VMname {Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Volume -Filter “DriveLetter = ‘C:'” | Select-Object BLOCKSIZE}
$C_AllocationUnitSize = ($C.BLOCKSIZE/1024)
$C_AllocationUnitSize = ‘Disk Allocation Unit Size: ‘ + $C_AllocationUnitSize + ‘k’
$C_AllocationUnitSize