VMware vSphere Update Manager PowerCLI

Get-PatchBaseline

Synopsis

Retrieves patch baselines.

Syntax

Get-PatchBaseline [[-TargetType] <BaselineTargetType>] [-Patch <Patch>] [-BaselineContentType <BaselineContentType[]>] [-Extension] [[-Name] <String[]>] [-Id <Int32[]>] [<CommonParameters>]
Get-PatchBaseline [[-TargetType] <BaselineTargetType>] [-BaselineContentType <BaselineContentType[]>] [-Extension] [-Server <VIServer[]>] [[-Name] <String[]>] [-Id <Int32[]>] [-Entity <InventoryItem[]>] [-Inherit] [-Recurse] [<CommonParameters>]

Related Commands

New-PatchBaseline
Set-PatchBaseline

Detailed Description

Retrieves all patch baselines or those specified by the provided cmdlet parameters.

Parameters

Name	Description	Required?	Pipeline Input
TargetType	Specify the target type of the patch baselines you want to retrieve. The valid value is Host. This parameter is deprecated and will be removed in a following release.	false	false
Patch	Specify a patch that belong to the patch baseline you want to retrieve.	false	true (ByValue)
BaselineContentType	Specify the content type of the patch baselines you want to retrieve. The valid values are Both, Dynamic, and Static.	false	false
Extension	Specify that you want to retrieve only Extension patch baselines.	false	false
Name	Specify the names of the patch baselines you want to retrieve.	false	false
Id	Specify the IDs of the patch baselines you want to retrieve.	false	false
Server	Specify the vSphere servers on which you want to run the cmdlet. If no value is given to this parameter, the command runs on the default servers.	false	true (ByValue)
Entity	Specify Template, VirtualMachine, VMHost, Cluster, Datacenter, Folder, and VApp objects to which the baselines you want to retrieve are attached to.	false	true (ByValue)
Inherit	Specify that you want to retrieve the baselines inherited by the parent inventory entities.	false	false
Recurse	If set, retrieves the patch baselines attached to the child entities. This parameter can be specified only if the -Entity parameter is set, too.	false	false

Return Type

VMware.VumAutomation.Types.PatchBaseline[]

Notes

Examples

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Get-VM -Name VMHost | Get-PatchBaseline

Retrieves all patch baselines assigned to the VMHost host.

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Get-PatchBaseline -Entity VMHost -Inherit -Recurse

Retrieves all patch baselines assigned to the VMHost host and its parent inventory object.

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$patch = Get-Patch -Id 1 

Get-PatchBaseline -Patch $patch

Retrieves the patch baselines that contain the patch with ID 1.

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Get-PatchBaseline -Id 1,2,3

Retrieves the patch baselines with IDs 1, 2, and 3.