---
title: "New-VBRViCloudHWPlanDatastore"
description: "This cmdlet creates a VBRViCloudHardwarePlanDatastore object. This object contains a quota of storage resources on the cloud provider datastores and is used further in hardware plans."
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/powershell/new-vbrvicloudhwplandatastore.html"
breadcrumb: "Veeam PowerShell Reference > Veeam PowerShell Reference > Veeam Cloud Connect > Veeam Cloud Connect Hardware Plans > New-VBRViCloudHWPlanDatastore"
dateModified: "2026-08-19"
---

# New-VBRViCloudHWPlanDatastore

## Short Description
Creates VMware cloud storage for tenants replication resources.

**Platform**: VMware

**Product Edition**: Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus, Veeam Universal License

Requires a VCP license.

## Syntax
```
New-VBRViCloudHWPlanDatastore -Datastore <VBRViDatastoreBase> [-StoragePolicy <VBRViStoragePolicy>]
 -FriendlyName <String> -Quota <Int32> [<CommonParameters>]
```

## Detailed Description
This cmdlet creates a [`VBRViCloudHardwarePlanDatastore`](vbrvicloudhardwareplandatastore.md) object. This object contains a quota of storage resources on the cloud provider datastores and is used further in hardware plans. In the hardware plan, this quota will be presented as a cloud storage to a tenant. This object is used then in the [`Add-VBRViCloudHardwarePlan`](add-vbrvicloudhardwareplan.md) cmdlet.

## Parameters

<table style="width:100%;" class="Blue_Table">
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <th style="width:20%;">
          <p>Parameter</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:20%;">
          <p>Description</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:20%;">
          <p>Type</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:10%;">
          <p>Required</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:10%;">
          <p>Position</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:10%;">
          <p>Accept Pipeline Input</p>
        </th>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">Datastore</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies the cloud provider datastore. This datastore will be used to provide the storage space to a tenant under a hardware plan.</p><p>Accepts the <code>VBRViDatastoreBase</code> object. To get this object, run the <a href="find-vbrvidatastore.md"><code>Find-VBRViDatastore</code></a> cmdlet.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>VBRViDatastoreBase</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">FriendlyName</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies the name of the storage that will be displayed to the tenant.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>String</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">Quota</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies the amount of disk space you want to provide to a tenant under a hardware plan (Gb).</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>Int32</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">StoragePolicy</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies the VMware storage policy profile. The cmdlet will use datastores with this policy profile.</p><p><strong>Note</strong>: If you do not specify this parameter, the cmdlet will apply the default VMware storage policy profile.</p><p>Accepts the <a href="vbrvistoragepolicy.md"><code>VBRViStoragePolicy</code></a> object. To get this object, run the <a href="find-vbrvistoragepolicy.md"><code>Find-VBRViStoragePolicy</code></a> cmdlet.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><a href="vbrvistoragepolicy.md"><code>VBRViStoragePolicy</code></a></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
    </table>

`<CommonParameters>`

This cmdlet supports Microsoft PowerShell common parameters. For more information on common parameters, see [ Microsoft Docs](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/about/about_commonparameters?view=powershell-7).

## Output Object
[`VBRViCloudHardwarePlanDatastore`](vbrvicloudhardwareplandatastore.md)

## Examples

::: example
### Creating Cloud Storage for Selected Datastore

This example shows how to create a cloud storage on `Veeam Cloud Datastore` with the following parameters:

- Friendly name: `Cloud Replicas`
- Quota: `500 Gb`

```
$datastore = Get-VBRServer -Name "ESXiHost" | Find-VBRViDatastore -Name "Veeam Cloud Datastore"
$cloudreplicas = New-VBRViCloudHWPlanDatastore -Datastore $datastore -FriendlyName "Cloud Replicas" -Quota 500
```

Perform the following steps:

1. To get the Veeam Cloud Datastore:

   - Run the [`Get-VBRServer`](get-vbrserver.md) cmdlet. Specify the `Name` parameter value.
   - Pipe the cmdlet output to the [`Find-VBRViDatastore`](find-vbrvidatastore.md) cmdlet. Specify the `Name` parameter value.
   - Save the result to the `$datastore` variable.

2. Run the `New-VBRViCloudHWPlanDatastore` cmdlet. Specify the following settings:

   - Set the `$datastore` variable as the `Datastore` parameter value.
   - Specify the `FriendlyName` parameter value.
   - Specify the `Quota` parameter value.
   - Save the result to the `$cloudreplicas` variable.

:::

## Related Commands

- [`Find-VBRViDatastore`](find-vbrvidatastore.md)
- [`Find-VBRViStoragePolicy`](find-vbrvistoragepolicy.md)