Get-VMHost

NAME

   Get-VMHost
   

SYNOPSIS

   Gets from a VMware Infrastructure server one or more virtual machine hosts.
   

SYNTAX

   Get-VMHost [-Datastore <Datastore[]>] [-State <VMHostState[]>] [-Location <
   VIContainer[]>] [[-Name] <String[]>] [-Id <String[]>] [-NoRecursion] [-Serv
   er <VIServer[]>] [<CommonParameters>]
   
   Get-VMHost [-VM <VirtualMachine[]>] [-ResourcePool <ResourcePool[]>] [-Data
   store <Datastore[]>] [-Location <VIContainer[]>] [[-Name] <String[]>] [-Id 
   <String[]>] [-NoRecursion] [-Server <VIServer[]>] [<CommonParameters>]
   
   

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Gets from a VMware Infrastructure server one or more objects that represent virtual machine hosts. Returns the set of virtual machine hosts that correspond to the filter criteria provided by the cmdlet parameters. To specify a server different from the default one, use the -Server parameter.

When connected directly to an ESX host, the Name property of the returned VMHost object contains either the DNS name of the host, or the IP of the ESX host, depending on which of them was specified when connecting with Connect-VIServer.

PARAMETERS

   -Datastore <Datastore[]>
       If set, the command retrieves the virtual machine hosts associated with
        one or more of the specified datastores. Passing values to this parameter 
       through a pipeline is deprecated and will be removed after one of the 
       following releases.
       
       Required?                    false
       Position?                    named
       Default value                
       Accept pipeline input?       true (ByValue)
       Accept wildcard characters?  true
       
   -State <VMHostState[]>
       Specifies the state of the virtual machine hosts to be returned by the 
       Get-VMHost command. It must be one of the following: Connected, Disconn
       ected, NotResponding, Maintenance.
       
       Required?                    false
       Position?                    named
       Default value                
       Accept pipeline input?       false
       Accept wildcard characters?  false
       
   -Location <VIContainer[]>
       Specifies one or more virtual infrastructure container objects (e.g. folders, 
       datacenters, clusters) to search for virtual machine hosts.
       
       Required?                    false
       Position?                    named
       Default value                
       Accept pipeline input?       true (ByValue)
       Accept wildcard characters?  true
       
   -Name <String[]>
       Specifies one or more names of virtual machine hosts to get. Use commas
        to separate multiple names. Using wildcards is supported.
       
       Required?                    false
       Position?                    1
       Default value                
       Accept pipeline input?       false
       Accept wildcard characters?  true
       
   -Id <String[]>
       Specifies one or more virtual machine hosts by Id. To specify multiple 
       Ids, use commas to separate the Ids.
       
       Required?                    false
       Position?                    named
       Default value                
       Accept pipeline input?       false
       Accept wildcard characters?  true
       
   -NoRecursion
       Get-VMHost searches recursively from any provided starting point. Setting 
       this parameter disables the command recursive behavior.
       
       Required?                    false
       Position?                    named
       Default value                
       Accept pipeline input?       false
       Accept wildcard characters?  false
       
   -Server <VIServer[]>
       A VMware Infrastructure server to apply the command on. If no value is 
       given to this parameter, the command takes the server currently specified 
       in the $DefaultVIServer variable.
       
       Required?                    false
       Position?                    named
       Default value                
       Accept pipeline input?       false
       Accept wildcard characters?  false
       
   -VM <VirtualMachine[]>
       Specifies one or more virtual machines running on the virtual machine hosts 
       retrieved by the command.
       
       Required?                    false
       Position?                    named
       Default value                
       Accept pipeline input?       true (ByValue)
       Accept wildcard characters?  true
       
   -ResourcePool <ResourcePool[]>
       Specifies one or more resource pools associated with the standalone virtual 
       machine hosts retrieved by the command.
       
       Required?                    false
       Position?                    named
       Default value                
       Accept pipeline input?       true (ByValue)
       Accept wildcard characters?  true
       
   <CommonParameters>
       This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Verbose, -Debug,
       -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -WarningAction, -WarningVariable,
       -OutBuffer and -OutVariable. For more information, type,
       "get-help about_commonparameters".
   

INPUT TYPE

RETURN TYPE

   VMHost[]
    
   

NOTES

When connected directly to ESX, the Name property of the returned VMHost object contains either the DNS name of the host, or the IP of the ESX, depending on which of them was specified when connecting with Connect-VIServer.

   --------------  Example 1 --------------
   
   C:\PS>Get-VMHost -Location (Get-Datacenter -Name New) -VM (Get-VM -Name "MS Win XP SP2") | fl
   

Retrieves the virtual machine host, which is located in the New datacenter and on which the MS Win XP SP2 virtual machine is hosted.

   State        : Connected
   CustomFields : {}
   ID           : HostSystem-host-8
   Name         : 10.23.113.212
   
   
   

RELATED LINKS

   Remove-VMHost
   Move-VMHost
   Set-VMHost
   Add-VMHost