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Set-VMHostAuthentication

Sun Jan 19, 2020 7:10 pm

NAME Set-VMHostAuthentication



SYNOPSIS

This cmdlet modifies the host authentication information.





SYNTAX

Set-VMHostAuthentication [-Domain] <String> [[-Username] <String>] [[-Password] <SecureString>] [-Credential

<PSCredential>] -JoinDomain -VMHostAuthentication <VMHostAuthentication[]> [-Confirm] [-WhatIf]

[<CommonParameters>]



Set-VMHostAuthentication [-Force] -LeaveDomain -VMHostAuthentication <VMHostAuthentication[]> [-Confirm] [-WhatIf]

[<CommonParameters>]





DESCRIPTION

This cmdlet modifies the host authentication information.





PARAMETERS

-Credential <PSCredential>

Specifies a credential object for authentication.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-Domain <String>

Specifies a domain you want to join.



Required? true

Position? 1

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-Force [<SwitchParameter>]

If the value is $true, any existing permissions on the managed objects for Active Directory users are deleted

and the cmdlet completes. If the value is $false, the cmdlet cannot run if there are any existing permissions

on managed objects for Active Directory users.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value False

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-JoinDomain [<SwitchParameter>]

Indicates whether you want to join the specified domain.



Required? true

Position? named

Default value False

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-LeaveDomain [<SwitchParameter>]

Indicates whether you want to leave the currently joined domain.



Required? true

Position? named

Default value False

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-Password <SecureString>

Specifies a password for authentication.



Required? false

Position? 3

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-Username <String>

Specifies a user name for authentication.



Required? false

Position? 2

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-VMHostAuthentication <VMHostAuthentication[]>

Specifies the VMHostAuthentication object you want to modify.



Required? true

Position? named

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 False

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

Zero or more modified VMHostAuthentication objects







NOTES









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



$vmhost | Get-VMHostAuthentication | Set-VMHostAuthentication -JoinDomain -Domain "DomainName.com" -User

"Username1" -Password "Password1"



Include an ESX host in a domain.

-------------------------- Example 2 --------------------------



$vmhost | Get-VMHostAuthentication | Set-VMHostAuthentication -LeaveDomain



Exclude an ESX host from a domain.

-------------------------- Example 3 --------------------------



$vmhost | Get-VMHostAuthentication | Set-VMHostAuthentication -LeaveDomain -Force



Exclude an ESX host from a domain. If AD account permissions are defined on the host, they will be removed.



RELATED LINKS

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

Get-VMHostAuthentication