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Short Description
Looks for vCloud Director entities.
Applies to
Platform: VMware
Product Edition: Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus
Syntax
Find-VBRvCloudEntity [-Server <CHost[]>][-Full][-Name <string[]>] [<CommonParameters>] Find-VBRvCloudEntity [-Server <CHost[]>][-VApp][-Name <string[]>] [<CommonParameters>] Find-VBRvCloudEntity [-Server <CHost[]>][-Template][-Name <string[]>] [<CommonParameters>] Find-VBRvCloudEntity [-Server <CHost[]>][-VmTemplate][-Name <string[]>] [<CommonParameters>] Find-VBRvCloudEntity [-Server <CHost[]>][-OrganizationVdc][-Name <string[]>] [<CommonParameters>] Find-VBRvCloudEntity [-Server <CHost[]>][-StorageProfile][-Name <string[]>] [<CommonParameters>] Find-VBRvCloudEntity [-Server <CHost[]>][-Datastore][-Name <string[]>] [<CommonParameters>] Find-VBRvCloudEntity [-Server <CHost[]>][-Vc][-Name <string[]>] [<CommonParameters>] |
Related Commands
Detailed Description
This cmdlet looks for vCloud Director entities.
You can get the whole list of vCloud entities, or the list of specified entities (i.e. vApps), or narrow down the output by filtering by name.
Return Type
CVcdSystemItem
CVcdOrganizationItem
CVcdOrganizationVdcItem
CVcdVappItem
CVcdVmItem
CVcdOrgVdcStorageProfile
CVcdDatastoreRestoreInfo
CVcdVcInfo
Parameters
Parameter | Description | Required | Position | Accept | Accept |
Server | Specifies the server(s) where the entity to look for is located. You can assign multiple servers to this object. | False | Named | True (ByValue, | False |
Full | View results as the list of all vCloud entities. | False | Named | False | False |
VApp | View results as vApps. | False | Named | False | False |
Template | View results as vApp templates. | False | Named | False | False |
VmTemplate | View results as VM templates. | False | Named | False | False |
Organization | View results as Organization vDCs. | False | Named | False | False |
StorageProfile | View results as storage profiles. | False | Named | False | False |
Datastore | View results as datastores. | False | Named | False | False |
Vc | View results as vCenter Servers managed by vCloud Director. | False | Named | False | False |
Name | Specifies the name(s) of the entity. 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 all vCloud entities registered on the server represented by $server variable. The server object is obtained with Get-VBRServer and assigned to the variable beforehand.
Example 2
This command looks for the vCloud entities registered on the server with 172.16.1.13 IP address. The server object is obtained with Get-VBRServer and piped down. The output is filtered by name containing "SQL".
Example 3
This command looks for the vApps registered on the server named "vCloud Server". The server object is obtained with Get-VBRServer and piped down.
Example 4
This command looks for the datastore named "Datastore 04" registered on the server represented by $server variable. The server object is obtained with Get-VBRServer and assigned to the variable beforehand.
