Stop-Task

NAME Stop-Task



SYNOPSIS

This cmdlet stops the specified tasks.





SYNTAX

Stop-Task [-Task] <Task[]> [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [<CommonParameters>]





DESCRIPTION

This cmdlet stops the tasks specified by the Task parameter.





PARAMETERS

-Task <Task[]>

Specifies the tasks you want to stop.



Required? true

Position? 1

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? True (ByValue)

Accept wildcard characters? false



-Confirm [<SwitchParameter>]

If the value is $true, indicates that the cmdlet asks for confirmation before running. If the value is $false,

the cmdlet runs without asking for user confirmation.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value $true

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-WhatIf [<SwitchParameter>]

Indicates that the cmdlet is run only to display the changes that would be made and actually no objects are

modified.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value False

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

None







NOTES









-------------------------- Example 1 --------------------------



Import-Module VMware.VimAutomation.Core



$vm = Get-VM -Name "VM1"



$datacenter = Get-Datacenter -Name "Datacenter1"



$task = New-Template -Name "Template1" -Location $datacenter -VM $vm -RunAsync



Stop-Task -Task $task



Stops the process of creating a new template from a virtual machine. This example uses commands from the

VMware.VimAutomation.Core module.



RELATED LINKS

Online Version: https://code.vmware.com/doc/preview?id= ... -Task.html

Get-Task

Wait-Task