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Get-CVVirtualMachine

This commandlet (cmdlet) functions only for VMware, Hyper-V and vCloud.

The Get-CVVirtualMachine cmdlet returns the virtual machines (VMs) in your CommCell environment.

If you do not provide any parameters, Get-CVVirtualMachine returns all the VMs in your CommCell environment.

Before you can use this cmdlet, you must log on to your CommCell environment using the Connect-CVServer cmdlet. For more information, see Connecting to a CommCell Environment with PowerShell.

Syntax

Get-CVVirtualMachine [-Name String] [-Protected] [-UnProtected] [-IncludeTotalCount] [-Skip UInt64] [-First UInt64] [CommonParameters]
Get-CVVirtualMachine [-Name String] [-Id String] [-Protected] [-UnProtected] [-IncludeTotalCount] [-Skip UInt64] [-First UInt64] [CommonParameters]
Get-CVVirtualMachine [-Name String] [-ClientName String] [-Protected] [-UnProtected] [-IncludeTotalCount] [-Skip UInt64] [-First UInt64] [CommonParameters]
Get-CVVirtualMachine [-Name String] [-ClientId int32] [-Protected] [-UnProtected] [-IncludeTotalCount] [-Skip UInt64] [-First UInt64] [CommonParameters]
Get-CVVirtualMachine [-Name String] [-ClientObject Object] [-Protected] [-UnProtected] [-IncludeTotalCount] [-Skip UInt64] [-First UInt64] [CommonParameters]

Optional Parameters

Commvault Parameters

Parameter

Description

Data type

Values

Accepts pipeline input?

Accepts wildcard characters?

Type of parameter

–Name

The name of the VM.

String

No

No

Named

–Id

The ID of the VM that represents the VM GUID.

String

No

No

Named

–ClientName

The name of the client.

String

No

No

Named

–ClientId

The ID of the client..

Int32

The default value is 0.

No

No

Named

–ClientObject

The object that represents the client.

Object

Yes, by:

  • Value

  • Property name

No

Named

–Protected

Gets only protected VMs.

SwitchParameter

No

No

Named

–UnProtected

Gets only unprotected VMs.

SwitchParameter

No

No

Named

-IncludeTotalCount

Includes the total count of VMs.

SwitchParameter

No

No

Named

–Skip

Gets a list of virtual machines with paging support -First 20 -Skip 5 (20 per page, skip first 5 pages)

This parameter allows you to skip the first 'x' number of pages from the output and then displays the rest of the pages.

UInt64

No

No

Named

–First

Get a list of virtual machines with paging support -First 20 (20 per page).

This parameter allows you to display first 'x' number of records in one page and the remaining records in the next page.

UInt64

No

No

Named

Microsoft PowerShell Parameters

You can use the following Microsoft PowerShell parameters:

  • Debug

  • ErrorAction

  • ErrorVariable

  • OutBuffer

  • OutVariable

  • PipelineVariable

  • Verbose

  • WarningAction

  • WarningVariable

  • Force

  • Confirm

  • WhatIf

Note

Only a few cmdlets support Force, Confirm, and WhatIf parameters.

For more information, see "About Common Parameters" in the Microsoft PowerShell documentation.

Input

This cmdlet does not support input.

Output

A list of virtual machines.

Examples

List All the VMs in the CommCell Environment

The following example returns a list of all the VMs in your CommCell environment.

Get-CVVirtualMachine

List All the Unprotected VMs in the CommCell Environment

The following example returns a list of all the unprotected VMs in your CommCell environment.

Get-CVVirtualMachine -UnProtected
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