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Find-VBRvCloudEntity

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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

    Get-VBRServer

    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
    Pipeline
    Input

    Accept
    Wildcard
    Characters

    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,
    ByProperty
    Name)

    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
    Vdc

    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.

    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"