Short Description
Looks for vCloud Director entities.
Applies to
Platform: VMware vCloud Director
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>] |
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.
Parameters
Parameter | Description | Required | Position | Accept | Accept |
Server | Specifies the array of servers. The cmdlet will return vCloud entities located on these servers. | False | Named | True (ByValue, | False |
Full | Indicates that the cmdlet returns all vCloud entities. | False | Named | False | False |
VApp | Indicates that the cmdlet returns vApps. | False | Named | False | False |
Template | Indicates that the cmdlet returns vApp templates. | False | Named | False | False |
VmTemplate | Indicates that the cmdlet returns VM templates. | False | Named | False | False |
Organization | Indicates that the cmdlet returns Organization vDCs. | False | Named | False | False |
StorageProfile | Indicates that the cmdlet returns storage profiles. | False | Named | False | False |
Datastore | Indicates that the cmdlet returns datastores. | False | Named | False | False |
Vc | Indicates that the cmdlet returns vCenter Servers managed by vCloud Director. | False | Named | False | False |
Name | Specifies the array of vCloud entity names. The cmdlet will return entities with these names. | 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.
Return Type
CVcdSystemItem
CVcdOrganizationItem
CVcdOrganizationVdcItem
CVcdVappItem
CVcdVmItem
CVcdOrgVdcStorageProfile
CVcdDatastoreRestoreInfo
CVcdVcInfo
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.
PS C:\PS> Find-VBRvCloudEntity -Server $server -Full |
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".
PS C:\PS> Get-VBRServer -Name "172.16.1.13" | Find-VBRvCloudEntity -Name *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.
PS C:\PS> Get-VBRServer -Name "vCloud Server" | Find-VBRvCloudEntity -VApp |
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.
PS C:\PS> Find-VBRvCloudEntity -Server $server -Datastore -Name "Datastore 04" |
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