Get-VBRAmazonEC2InstanceType

Short Description

Returns an array of Amazon EC2 instances.

Platform: VMware, Hyper-V

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

Syntax

Get-VBRAmazonEC2InstanceType -Region <VBRAmazonEC2Region> [-Name <String>] [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet returns an array of Amazon EC2 instance types that are available for the specified AWS region. It also returns the information about the memory and the CPU available for each instance type.

Parameters

Parameters

Parameter

Description

Type

Required

Position

Accept Pipeline Input

Name

Specifies the name of the Amazon EC2 instance type. The cmdlet will return the instance type with this name.

String

False

Named

False

Region

Specifies an AWS region. The cmdlet will return an array of Amazon EC2 instance types that are available for the specified AWS region.

Accepts the VBRAmazonEC2Region object. To get this object, run the Get-VBRAmazonEC2RegionReturns AWS Regions and datacenters. cmdlet.

VBRAmazonEC2Region

True

Named

False

<CommonParameters>

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

Output Object

VBRAmazonEC2InstanceType

Examples

Getting All Instance Types from Specified AWS Region

This example shows how to get an array of all instance types from the specified AWS region. The cmdlet will return all instance types from the ap-northeast-1 AWS region.

$account = Get-VBRAmazonAccount -Id "936edf7c-7cf3-4dbd-9895-c7485ef4bb2c"

$region = Get-VBRAmazonEC2Region -Account $account -RegionType Global -Name "ap-northeast-1"

Get-VBRAmazonEC2InstanceType -Region $region

Perform the following steps:

  1. Run the Get-VBRAmazonAccountReturns AWS credentials records. cmdlet. Specify the Id parameter value. Save the result to the $account variable.
  2. Run the Get-VBRAmazonEC2RegionReturns AWS Regions and datacenters. cmdlet. Set the $account variable as the Account parameter value. Set the Global value as the RegionType parameter value. Specify the Name parameter value. Save the result to the $region variable.
  3. Run the Get-VBRAmazonEC2InstanceType cmdlet. Set the $region variable as the Region parameter value.

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