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Export-SpbmStoragePolicy

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NAME Export-SpbmStoragePolicy



SYNOPSIS

This cmdlet exports the specified storage policy to a file.





SYNTAX

Export-SpbmStoragePolicy [-FilePath] <String> [-StoragePolicy] <SpbmStoragePolicy> [-Force] [-Server <VIServer>]

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





DESCRIPTION

This cmdlet exports the specified storage policy to a file. If the Force parameter is not specified and the

destination file exists or the target parent directory does not exist, a terminating error is generated.



If the folder specified for the FilePath parameter exists, the policy name is used to name the target file. The

Force and Destination parameters follow the rules described in PowerCLI Usability Guidelines, Destination and

Force parameters.





PARAMETERS

-FilePath <String>

Specifies the path to the file or directory where you want to export the storage policy.



Required? true

Position? 1

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-Force [<SwitchParameter>]

Indicates whether the cmdlet overwrites the existing destination files.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value False

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-Server <VIServer>

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



-StoragePolicy <SpbmStoragePolicy>

Specifies the storage policy you want to export.



Required? true

Position? 2

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? True (ByValue)

Accept wildcard characters? true



-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

System.IO.FileInfo for the exported file







NOTES





Works only with vCenter Server 5.5 or later.



For more information, see the VMware Storage Policy API Reference:

https://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-60/inde ... -pane.html



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



Export-SpbmStoragePolicy -StoragePolicy $policy -FilePath C:\\policies\\



Exports a storage policy to a file in C:\\policies\\. If the C:\\policies\\ directory exists, a file with the name of

the policy is created in this directory.

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



Export-SpbmStoragePolicy -StoragePolicy $policy -FilePath C:\\policy.xml -Force



Exports a storage policy to the policy.xml file in C:\\. If a file with the same name already exists in this

location, the file is overwritten.



Note: If you do not use the Force parameter, the command returns an error about the existing file.



RELATED LINKS

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

Get-SpbmStoragePolicy

Import-SpbmStoragePolicy

New-SpbmStoragePolicy

Remove-SpbmStoragePolicy

Set-SpbmStoragePolicy