User Guide

Working in the command-line mode

Chapter 6. Working in the command-line

mode

Acronis Disk Director Server supports the command-line mode for most important

partition operations with diskdirectorcmd.exe utility. Using command-line

mode you can:

• Create partition

• Delete partition

• Resize partition.

Also you can get information on hard disk partition structure using the command

/list.

6.1 Supported commands

diskdirectorcmd.exe has the following format:

diskdirectorcmd /[command] /[option

] [option

]…

The following commands are supported (each command may be accompanied by

additional options):

/create_partition

Creates new partition using unallocated space on the hard disk.

/start:[start sector]

Supported options:

Sets the start sector for creating a partition on the hard disk unallocated space.

/harddisk:X

Specifies the hard disk number where new partition will be created.

/size:[partition size in sectors]

Sets the new partition size (in sectors).

Sets the file system for the new partition. The default value is NONE.

/type:[active | primary | logical]

Sets the new partition type. By default (if this option is not defined) an active

partition is created on the first hard disk and logic partitions on other disks.

/label:[partition label]

Sets the new partition label.

/delete_partition