Find-VBRViDatastore

Short Description

Looks for VMware datastores.

Applies to

Product Edition: Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus, Veeam Universal License

Syntax

This cmdlet provides parameter sets that allow you to:

Look for datastores connected to a specific host.

Find-VBRViDatastore -Server <CHost> [-Name <string[]>] [<CommonParameters>]

Look for datastores compatible with a specific storage policy.

Find-VBRViDatastore -StoragePolicy <VBRViStoragePolicy> [-Name <string[]>] [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet looks for VMware datastores connected to the specified ESXi host or that are compatible with a particular VMware storage policy profile.

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Type	Required	Position	Accept Pipeline Input
Server	Specifies an ESXi host. The cmdlet will return datastores connected to this host.	Accepts the CHost object. To get this object, run the Get-VBRServer cmdlet.	True	Named	True (ByValue, ByProperty Name)
StoragePolicy	Specifies the VMware storage policy profile. The cmdlet will return datastores compatible with this profile.	Accepts the VBRViStoragePolicy object. To get this object, run the Find-VBRViStoragePolicy cmdlet.	True	Named	True (ByValue, ByProperty Name)
Name	Specifies an array of datastores names. The cmdlet will return datastores with these names.	String[]	False	Named	False

This cmdlet supports Microsoft PowerShell common parameters. For more information on common parameters, see Microsoft Docs.

Output Object

This cmdlet returns the CViDatastoreItem object that contains information on VMware datastores connected to the specified ESXi host or compatible with a specific storage policy.

Examples

Find-VBRViDatastore Example 1. Looking for VMware Datastores Connected to Specific ESXi Host

This example shows how to get a list of datastores connected to the esx05.tech.local ESXi hosts.

$server = Get-VBRServer -Type ESXi -Name "esx05.tech.local"

Find-VBRViDatastore -Server $server

Perform the following steps:

Run the Get-VBRServer cmdlet. Specify the Type and Name parameter values. Save the result to the $server variable.
Run the Find-VBRViDatastore cmdlet. Set the $server variable as the Server parameter value.

Find-VBRViDatastore Example 2. Looking for VMware Datastores Compatible with Specific Storage Policy Profiles

This example shows how to get the list of the MSExchange datastores and datastores which names start with LocalStore_0*. These datastores are compatible with the SP Virtual SAN Default storage policy profile.

$server = Get-VBRServer -Type ESXi -Name "esx05.tech.local"

$policy = Find-VBRViStoragePolicy -Server $server -Name "SP Virtual SAN Default"

Find-VBRViDatastore -StoragePolicy $policy -Name "MSExchange", "LocalStore_0*"

Perform the following steps:

Run the Get-VBRServer cmdlet. Specify the Type and Name parameter values. Save the result to the $server variable.
Run the Find-VBRViStoragePolicy cmdlet. Specify the Server and Name parameter values. Save the result to the $policy variable.
Run the Find-VBRViDatastore cmdlet. Set the $policy variable as the StoragePolicy parameter value. Specify the Name parameter value.

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