Update the State of a Server-Side Object

You can use the Get-View cmdlet to update server-side objects.

Prerequisites

Verify that you are connected to a vCenter Server system.

Procedure

$vm2 = Get-View -ViewType VirtualMachine -Filter @{"Name" = "VM2"}
$vmhostView = Get-View -Id $vm2.Runtime.Host
$vm2.Runtime.PowerState
If ($vm2.Runtime.PowerState -ne “PoweredOn”) {
		$vm.PowerOnVM($vm2.Runtime.Host)
} else {
$vm2.PowerOffVM()
}
$vm2.Runtime.PowerState
$vm2.UpdateViewData()
$vm2.Runtime.PowerState

1	Get the `VM2` virtual machine by name. $vm2 = Get-View -ViewType VirtualMachine -Filter @{"Name" = "VM2"} $vmhostView = Get-View -Id $vm2.Runtime.Host
2	View the current power state. $vm2.Runtime.PowerState
3	Power off the virtual machine. If ($vm2.Runtime.PowerState -ne “PoweredOn”) { $vm.PowerOnVM($vm2.Runtime.Host) } else { $vm2.PowerOffVM() }
4	View the value of the `$vm2` power state. $vm2.Runtime.PowerState The power state is not updated yet because the virtual machine property values are not updated automatically.
5	Update the view object. $vm2.UpdateViewData()
6	Obtain the actual power state of the virtual machine. $vm2.Runtime.PowerState