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Find-VBRDatastore (obsolete)

Short Description

Returns a list of VMware datastores connected to the specified ESXi host.

Find-VBRDatastore (obsolete) Note:

This cmdlet is obsolete. The cmdlet still works, but it is recommended to rewrite your scripts using the Find-VBRViDatastore cmdlet.

Applies to

Platform: VMware

Syntax

Find-VBRDatastore [-Server] <CHost> [-Name <String[]>] [-WarningAction <ActionPreference>] [-WarningVariable <String>] [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet returns a list of all datastores connected to the specified ESXi host.

Parameters

Parameter

Description

Required

Position

Accept
Pipeline
Input

Accept
Wildcard
Characters

Server

Specifies the ESXi host you want to get the list of the connected datastores of.

True

1

True (ByValue,
ByProperty
Name)

False

Name

Specifies the name of the datastore you want to get, or search conditions.

You can specify multiple names separated by commas.

False

Named

False

True

<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports Microsoft PowerShell common parameters. For more information about common parameters, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=113216.

Example 1

This command looks for the datastore named "Store 04" on server named "VMwareHost". The server object is obtained with Get-VBRServer and piped down.

Get-VBRServer -Name "VMwareHost" | Find-VBRDatastore -Name "Store 04"

Example 2

This command looks for the all datastores located on server represented by the $server variable. The server object is obtained with Get-VBRServer and assigned to the variable beforehand.

Find-VBRDatastore -Server $server

Related Commands

Get-VBRServer