Set-VMHostFirewallException

NAME Set-VMHostFirewallException



SYNOPSIS

This cmdlet enables or disables host firewall exceptions.





SYNTAX

Set-VMHostFirewallException [-Enabled] <Boolean> [-Exception] <VMHostFirewallException[]> [-Confirm] [-WhatIf]

[<CommonParameters>]





DESCRIPTION

This cmdlet enables or disables host firewall exceptions.





PARAMETERS

-Enabled <Boolean>

If the value is $true, the specified firewall exceptions are enabled. If the value is $false, the firewall

exceptions are disabled.



Required? true

Position? 1

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-Exception <VMHostFirewallException[]>

Specifies the firewall exceptions you want to enable or disable.



Required? true

Position? 2

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

Zero or more modified VMHostFirewallException objects







NOTES





Firewall management functionality is not supported on ESX 3i.



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



$ftpFirewallExceptions = Get-VMHostFirewallException -VMHost $vmhost | where {$_.Name.StartsWith('FTP')}



$ftpFirewallExceptions | Set-VMHostFirewallException -Enabled $true



Enables the firewall exceptions for the FTP services on the specified host.



RELATED LINKS

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

Get-VMHostFirewallException