Get-VMHostProfile

NAME Get-VMHostProfile



SYNOPSIS

This cmdlet retrieves the available host profiles.





SYNTAX

Get-VMHostProfile [[-Name] <String[]>] [-Description <String[]>] [-Entity <InventoryItem[]>] [-Id <String[]>]

[-ReferenceHost <VMHost[]>] [-Server <VIServer[]>] [<CommonParameters>]





DESCRIPTION

This cmdlet retrieves the available host profiles. A host profile encapsulates the host settings and helps to

manage the host configuration.





PARAMETERS

-Description <String[]>

Specifies a phrase from the description of the host profiles you want to retrieve.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? true



-Entity <InventoryItem[]>

Specifies inventory objects associated with the host profiles you want to retrieve.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? True (ByValue)

Accept wildcard characters? true



-Id <String[]>

Specifies the IDs of the host profiles you want to retrieve.



Note: When a list of values is specified for the Id parameter, the returned objects would have an ID that

matches exactly one of the string values in that list.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? true



-Name <String[]>

Specifies the names of the host profiles you want to retrieve.



Required? false

Position? 1

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? true



-ReferenceHost <VMHost[]>

Specifies the reference hosts of the profiles you want to retrieve.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? true



-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? 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 VMHostProfile objects







NOTES









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



Get-VMHostProfile -Name Profile



Retrieves the virtual machine host profile named Profile.



RELATED LINKS

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

Invoke-VMHostProfile

Export-VMHostProfile

Import-VMHostProfile

New-VMHostProfile

Remove-VMHostProfile

Set-VMHostProfile

Test-VMHostProfileCompliance