Want to unmount / disconnect a disk from a guest via powershell

[mwarr]

Want to unmount / disconnect a disk from a guest via powershell

remove-vdi deletes it ... how to just remove it ?  

 

using Citrix hypervisor 8.2

[Mark Syms]

You want to remove the VBD object which is the mapping object between the VDI and the VM. Also, if the guest has the drive active and mounted you may not be able to remove it until it is deactivated in the guest.

[Danilo Del Busso]

Hi mwarr!

I am guessing you're referring to "detatching" a Virtual Disk from a VM.

This operation will remove the association between the Virtual Disk and the chosen VM, while preserving the disk and its data.

If the VBDs on the VDI you're trying to detach are currently attached you'll need to unplug them first (vbd-unplug on xe). Otherwise, you'll need to destroy all VBDs on the VDI.

Wrote a little script to give you an idea. It makes use of Invoke-XenVBD Unplug  and Remove-XenVBD?

Note that if you instead want to simply "deactivate" the disk, you must call Invoke-XenVBD Unplug without Remove-XenVBD. This will then allow you you "reactivate" the disk by calling Invoke-XenVBD Plug.

 

$vdiUuid = [System.guid]::New("VDI_UUID")
$vmUuid = [System.guid]::New("VM_UUID")

## Check input
$vdi = Get-XenVDI -Uuid $vdiUuid
if ($null -eq $vdi || $vdi.Locked) {
	Write-Output "VDI not valid"
	Exit
}

$vm = Get-XenVM -Uuid $vmUuid
if ($null -eq $vm) {
	Write-Output "VM not valid"
	Exit
}

$matchingVbd = $null

foreach ($vbdRef in $vm.VBDs) {
	$vbd = Get-XenVBD -Ref $vbdRef
	if ($null -eq $vbd) {
		Write-Output "VBD $($vbdRef) not valid"
		Exit
	}
	if ($vbd.VDI.opaque_ref -eq $vdi.opaque_ref) {
		$matchingVbd = $vbd
		break
	}
}

if ($null -eq $matchingVbd) {
	Write-Output "Could not find matching VBD!"
	Exit
}


## Detatch operation

Write-Output "Detatching VDI '$($vdi.name_label)'"
Write-Output ""

Write-Output "Attempting to destroy VBD '$($vbd.uuid)'"
if ($matchingVbd.currently_attached) {
	Write-Output "VBD is attached, we need to unplug it before we can destroy it"
	$allowedOperations = $matchingVbd.allowed_operations
	if ($allowedOperations -contains "unplug") {
		Write-Output "Unplugging '$($vbd.uuid)'"
		Invoke-XenVBD $matchingVbd -XenAction Unplug
		Write-Output "Unplugged '$($vbd.uuid)'"
	}
	else {
		Write-Output "Cannot unplug attached VBD!"
		Exit;
	}
}

Write-Output "Destroying '$($vbd.uuid)'"
Remove-XenVBD $matchingVbd
Write-Output "Destroyed '$($vbd.uuid)'"
Write-Output ""

 

[Konstantina Chremmou]

If the VDI you want to remove is from a media drive:

 

$myVbd = Get-XenVM -name "MyVm" | select -ExpandProperty VBDs | Get-XenVBD | where {$_.type -eq [XenAPI.vbd_type]::CD}

Invoke-XenVBD -XenAction Eject -Ref $myVbd.opaque_ref