PowerCLI Reference

vSphere Imagebuilder Reference

Get-EsxImageProfile

Synopsis

Syntax

Get-EsxImageProfile [[-Name] <String[]>] [[-Vendor] <String[]>] [[-AcceptanceLevel] <AcceptanceLevels[]>] [-WarningAction <ActionPreference>] [-WarningVariable <String>] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]

Related Commands

Detailed Description

Lists the image profiles from software depots as well as image profiles created by the user. The output is in table form by default. Pass the image profile in the -ImageProfile parameter to the New-EsxImageProfile, Export-EsxImageProfile, Set-EsxImageProfile, Add-EsxSoftwarePackage, Remove-EsxSoftwarePackage, and Compare-EsxImageProfile cmdlets in one of these ways:

*Use the name of the image profile
*Pipe the output of this cmdlet into the cmdlets See each cmdlet's examples for details.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Required?	Pipeline Input
Name	String[]	Filters the output to list only image profiles whose Name field matches one of the strings supplied. Wildcard characters are supported.	false	false
Vendor	String[]	Filters the output to list only image profiles whose Vendor field matches one of the strings supplied. Wildcard characters are supported.	false	false
AcceptanceLevel	AcceptanceLevels[]	Filters the output to list only image profiles whose AcceptanceLevel field matches one of the strings supplied. Must be one of the following values: VMwareCertified VMwareAccepted PartnerSupported CommunitySupported	false	false
Confirm	SwitchParameter		false	false
WarningAction	ActionPreference		false	false
WarningVariable	String		false	false
WhatIf	SwitchParameter		false	false

Return Type

Notes

Examples

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

Get-EsxImageProfile

Display all image profiles from depots and all image profiles the user created during this PowerCLI session:

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

Get-EsxImageProfile -Name "ESX-5.0*"

Display all ESX 5.0 profiles:

---------- Example 3 ----------

Get-EsxImageProfile | ? {$_.Vendor -ne "VMware"}

Display all image profiles from vendors other than VMware:

---------- Example 4 ----------

(Get-EsxImageProfile -Name "Profile A").VibList

List all the VIB packages from a particular image profile: