Add-NsxFirewallExclusionListMember

NAME Add-NsxFirewallExclusionListMember



SYNOPSIS

Adds a virtual machine to the exclusion list, which are excluded from the

distributed firewall





SYNTAX

Add-NsxFirewallExclusionListMember [-VirtualMachine] <VirtualMachineInterop> [[-Connection] <PSObject>]

[<CommonParameters>]





DESCRIPTION

The 'Exclusion List' is a list of virtual machines which are excluded from

the distributed firewall rules. They are not protected and/or limited by it.



If a virtual machine has multiple vNICs, all of them are excluded from

protection.



VMware recommends that you place the following service virtual machines in

the Exclusion List

* vCenter Server.

* Partner service virtual machines.

* Virtual machines that require promiscuous mode.



This cmdlet adds a VM to the exclusion list





PARAMETERS

-VirtualMachine <VirtualMachineInterop>



Required? true

Position? 1

Default value

Accept pipeline input? true (ByValue)

Accept wildcard characters? false



-Connection <PSObject>

PowerNSX Connection object



Required? false

Position? 2

Default value $defaultNSXConnection

Accept pipeline input? false

Accept wildcard characters? false



<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,

ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,

OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see

about_CommonParameters (https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).



INPUTS



OUTPUTS



-------------------------- EXAMPLE 1 --------------------------



PS C:\\>Add-NsxFirewallExclusionListMember -VirtualMachine (Get-VM -Name myVM)



Adds the VM myVM to the exclusion list









-------------------------- EXAMPLE 2 --------------------------



PS C:\\>Get-VM | where-object { $_.name -match 'mgt'} | Add-NsxFirewallExclusionListMember



Adds all VMs with mgt in their name to the exclusion list.











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