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

  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