Provider
administrators can use the
RelatedObject
parameter of
vSphere PowerCLI cmdlets to retrieve vSphere inventory objects from
vCloud
Director
objects. Passing the retrieved objects to the cmdlets of the
VMware.VimAutomation.Core and VMware.VimAutomation.VDS modules, extends
administration options.
Important
Use of
the VMware.VimAutomation.Core and VMware.VimAutomation.VDS modules to modify
the configuration of objects that are managed by
vCloud
Director
might result in unpredictable behavior of the cloud environment.
List of Supported
vSphere Inventory Objects You Can Retrieve from Cloud Objects
|
Retrieved vSphere Inventory Object
|
Sample Script for Retrieving the vSphere
Inventory Object
|
|
ProviderVdc
|
Datastore
|
Get-ProviderVdc -Name 'MyProviderVdc' | Get-Datastore
|
|
CIVM
|
VirtualMachine
|
Get-CIVM -Name 'MyCloudVM' | Get-VM
|
|
NetworkPool
|
VDSwitch
|
Get-NetworkPool -Name 'MyNetworkPool' | Get-VDSwitch
|
|
NetworkPool
|
VDPortgroup
|
Get-NetworkPool -Name 'MyNetworkPool' | Get-VDPortGroup
|
|
ExternalNetwork
|
VDPortgroup
|
Get-ExternalNetwork -Name 'MyExternalNetwork' | Get-VDPortGroup
|