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title: "Get-VBRAmazonEC2InstanceType"
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# 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

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      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <th style="width:20%;">
          <p>Parameter</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:20%;">
          <p>Description</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:20%;">
          <p>Type</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:10%;">
          <p>Required</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:10%;">
          <p>Position</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:10%;">
          <p>Accept Pipeline Input</p>
        </th>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">Name</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies the name of the Amazon EC2 instance type. The cmdlet will return the instance type with this name.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>String</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">Region</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies an AWS region. The cmdlet will return an array of Amazon EC2 instance types that are available for the specified AWS region.</p><p>Accepts the <a href="vbramazonec2region.md"><code>VBRAmazonEC2Region</code></a> object. To get this object, run the <a href="get-vbramazonec2region.md"><code>Get-VBRAmazonEC2Region</code></a> cmdlet.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><a href="vbramazonec2region.md"><code>VBRAmazonEC2Region</code></a></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
    </table>

`<CommonParameters>`

This cmdlet supports Microsoft PowerShell common parameters. For more information on common parameters, see [ Microsoft Docs](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/about/about_commonparameters?view=powershell-7).

## Output Object
[`VBRAmazonEC2InstanceType`](vbramazonec2instancetype.md)

## Examples

::: example
### 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-VBRAmazonAccount`](get-vbramazonaccount.md) cmdlet. Specify the `Id` parameter value. Save the result to the `$account` variable.
2. Run the [`Get-VBRAmazonEC2Region`](get-vbramazonec2region.md) cmdlet. Set the `$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.

:::

## Related Commands

- [`Get-VBRAmazonAccount`](get-vbramazonaccount.md)
- [`Get-VBRAmazonEC2Region`](get-vbramazonec2region.md)