Get-VMwareServer

Gets VMware servers registered in the Virtualization Extensions Service configuration.

Applies to versions: 8.0, 9.0, 9a

Syntax

Get-VMwareServer [[-Include] <String[]>] [-VESServer <Object>] [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet retrieves the list of VMware servers registered in the Virtualization Extensions Service configuration. The cmdlet returns a collection of objects that represent VMware servers.

The cmdlet displays the following property values for the returned VMware servers:

Available: server connection state.

ServerName: server name.

MonitoringGroup: monitoring group in which the server is included.

VirtualizationPlatform: virtualization platform type (vCenter or ESX)

SummaryInformation: Number of clusters, hosts and VMs under this server.

Notes: notes or comments (specified when adding the server using the Web UI).

Parameters

-Include <String[]>

Specifies names of VMware servers that should be retrieved. If the parameter is not specified, the cmdlet will return all VMware servers.

Note

This parameter supports wildcards. Search is not case sensitive.

 

Description

Aliases

 

Required?

False

Position?

1

Default Value

 

Accept Pipeline Input?

False

Accept Wildcard Characters?

True

-VESServer

Specifies the Virtualization Extensions server. You can pass the following types of values:

  • Name of a machine (remote or local) where the Virtualization Extensions Service runs.

Acceptable formats for the input value are: server name (such as "localhost" or "."), IP address (such as "172.15.19.6") and FQDN (such as "localhost.veeam.local").

For more information, type “get-help about_VESServerParameter”.

Description

Aliases

 

Required?

False

Position?

Named

Default Value

 

Accept Pipeline Input?

False

Accept Wildcard Characters?

False

<CommonParameters>

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

Notes

If the -VESServer parameter is not specified, the cmdlet will connect to the Virtualization Extensions Service on the local machine.

Output

The cmdlet returns a collection of Veeam.Psves.VMwareServer objects that represent registered VMware servers.

Example 1

This command retrieves a list of all VMware servers registered in the Virtualization Extensions Service configuration.

Get-VMwareServer

Example 2

This command retrieves the “prod-vcenter” VMware server details.

Get-VMwareServer –Include prod-vcenter

This cmdlet returns a VMware server object, if available.

Example 3

This command retrieves a list of all VMware servers whose name starts with “prod”.

Get-VMwareServer –Include prod*

References

To learn more about supporting wildcard characters in cmdlet parameters, see Microsoft Docs.