PowerCLI Reference

Export-VDPortGroup

Synopsis

This cmdlet exports the configuration of a specified distributed port group to a specified .zip file.

Syntax

Export-VDPortGroup [-VDPortGroup] <VDPortgroup[]> [-Description <String>] [-Destination <String>] [-Force] [-Server <VIServer[]>] [<CommonParameters>]

Related Commands

Online Version
Get-VDPortgroup
New-VDPortgroup
Remove-VDPortGroup
Set-VDPortgroup

Detailed Description

This cmdlet exports the configuration of a specified distributed port group to a specified .zip file. You can export only vSphere distributed port groups.

Note: This cmdlet is supported only on vSphere 5.1 or later.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Required?	Pipeline Input
VDPortGroup	VDPortgroup[]	Specifies the distributed port group whose configuration you want to export.	true	True (ByValue)
Description	String	Specifies a description for the exported distributed port group configuration.	false	False
Destination	String	Specifies an absolute or a relative file path to the location where you want to export the configuration of the distributed port group.	false	False
Force	SwitchParameter	Indicates that if the specified destination file already exists, the existing file will be overwritten. Any directories required to complete the specified file path will also be created.	false	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.	false	False

Return Type

One FileInfo object that contains information about the exported .zip file

Notes

Examples

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

Get-VDPortGroup -Name 'MyVDPortGroup' | Export-VDPortGroup -Destination 'C:\MyVDSwitchesBackup\MyVDPortGroup_21122012.zip'

Exports the configuration of the specified port group to the specified file.

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

$myPortGroup = Get-VDPortGroup -Name 'MyVDPortGroup'
Export-VDPortGroup -VDPortGroup $myPortGroup -Destination 'C:\MyVDSwitchesBackup\MyVDPortGroupBackup.zip' -Force

Exports the configuration of the specified port group to the specified file. If the MyVDSwitchesBackup directory does not exist, it is created. If the MyVDPortGroupBackup.zip file already exists in the specified location, it is overwritten.