Get-VMGuest

NAME Get-VMGuest



SYNOPSIS

This cmdlet retrieves the guest operating systems of the specified virtual machines.





SYNTAX

Get-VMGuest [-VM] <VirtualMachine[]> [-Server <VIServer[]>] [<CommonParameters>]





DESCRIPTION

This cmdlet retrieves the guest operating systems of the specified virtual machines. To specify a server different

from the default one, use the Server parameter. When Get-VMGuest is run against a virtual machine that is just

starting, the properties of the returned VMGuest object are not filled at one time.





PARAMETERS

-Server <VIServer[]>

Specifies the vCenter Server systems on which you want to run the cmdlet. If no value is passed to this

parameter, the command runs on the default servers. For more information about default servers, see the

description of Connect-VIServer.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? true



-VM <VirtualMachine[]>

Specifies the virtual machines whose guest operating systems you want to retrieve.



Required? true

Position? 1

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? True (ByValue)

Accept wildcard characters? true



<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

Zero or more VMGuest objects







NOTES









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



Get-VMGuest -VM VM



Retrieves the guest OS of the virtual machine named VM.



RELATED LINKS

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

Suspend-VMGuest

Stop-VMGuest

Restart-VMGuest