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Find-VBRHvEntity

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Short Description

Looks for Hyper-V hosts, VMs and volumes.

Applies to

Platform: Hyper-V

Product Edition: Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus

Syntax

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

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

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

Related Commands

Get-VBRServer

Detailed Description

This cmdlet returns Hyper-V hosts, VMs and volumes managed by Veeam Backup & Replication.

You can get the list of all Hyper-V objects in your virtual environment or look for instances directly by name.

Run Get-VBRServer to get the list of the Hyper-V hosts.

Return Type

CHvHostItem

CHvVmItem

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Required	Position	Accept Pipeline Input	Accept Wildcard Characters
Server	Specifies the host you want to look for entities on. You can assign multiple servers to this object.	False	Named	True (ByValue, ByProperty Name)	False
HostsAnd VMs	Views results as hosts and VMs.	False	Named	False	False
Hosts	Views results as hosts.	False	Named	False	False
HostsAnd Volumes	Views results as hosts and volumes.	False	Named	False	False
Name	Specifies the name of the entity you want to get, or search conditions. You can specify multiple names separated by commas.	False	Named	False	True

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 all Hyper-V objects registered on server named "Hyper-V Host". The server is obtained with Get-VBRServer and piped down.

Get-VBRServer -Name "HvHost" | Find-VBRHvEntity

Example 2

This command looks for Hyper-V hosts and VMs registered on Hyper-V servers named "HvHost 01" and "HvHost 02". The servers are obtained with Get-VBRServer and piped down.

Get-VBRServer -Name "HvHost 01", "HvHost 02" | Find-VBRHvEntity -HostsAndVMs

Example 3

This command directly looks for the Hyper-V server named "HvExchange".

Find-VBRHvEntity -Name "HvExchange"