User guide

prlctl Parameters 22
--image name
The name of the file to be used for emulating the VM virtual disk
drive. If this option is omitted and the --device option is not
indicated either, a new file is created inside the directory storing all
VM-related configuration files and assigned the name of
harddiskN.hdd (where N is the index number of the newly added
disk drive).
Note: In fact, harddiskN.hdd is a directory keeping a
number of disk-related files. However, all these disk-related
files are regarded by the prlctl utility as a single entity. So,
for the sake of simplicity we designate these directories as files.
--type expand|plain
The type of the virtual disk drive. It can be set to one of the following:
 expanding. Virtual disks of this type are small initially and grow
in size as you add data to the disk. By default, all newly created
disk drives are ot the 'expanding' type.
 plain. Virtual disks of this type have the fixed size from the
moment of their creation. Plain disks provide enhanced
performance as compared to expanding disks. Please make sure
that you have enough disk space on the Parallels server before
creating a plain virtual disk drive.
--size number
The size of the hard disk drive, in megabytes. By default, the size of
all newly created disk drives is set to 32 Gb.
--split
Splits the hard disk drive into 2 Gb pieces. For example, you should
split your virtual disk if it is stored on a file system that cannot
support files larger than 2 Gb (e.g. FAT16).
--iface ide|scsi
The interface type of the VM disk drive. It can be one of the
following:
 IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) and
 SCSI (Small Computer Systems Interface).
By default, the interface type of the newly added disk drive is set to
'SCSI'.
--position number
The SCSI or IDE device identifier to be used for the disk drive. The
allowed ID ranges are the following:
 for IDE devices: 0:0, 0:1, 1:0, 1:1;
 for SCSI device: 0:0, 1:0, 2:0, 3:0, 4:0, 5:0, 6:0.
You can use one of the following formats for specifying IDs:
ID:bus, ID-bus, ID. For example, if you specify 3:0 (or 3-0 or 3)
as number for a SCSI drive, the guest OS will see the drive as
having ID 3 on SCSI bus 0.
--enable
Enables the specified disk drive. All newly added disk drives are
enabled by default (provided the --disable option is omitted).
--disable
Temporarily disables the operations with the specified disk drive. The
disk drive itself is not removed from the virtual machine
configuration.