PowerCLI Reference

Get-FloppyDrive

Synopsis

This cmdlet retrieves the virtual floppy drives available on a vCenter Server system.

Syntax

Get-FloppyDrive [-Id <String[]>] [-Server <VIServer[]>] [[-VM] <VirtualMachine[]>] [[-Template] <Template[]>] [[-Snapshot] <Snapshot[]>] [-Name <String[]>] [<CommonParameters>]

Related Commands

Online version
New-FloppyDrive
Remove-FloppyDrive
Set-FloppyDrive

Detailed Description

This cmdlet retrieves the virtual floppy drives available on a vCenter Server system. Returns a set of virtual floppy drives that belong to the virtual machines, templates, and snapshots specified by the VirtualMachine, Template, and Snapshot parameters. At least one of these parameters must be provided. To specify a server different from the default one, use the Server parameter.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Required?	Pipeline Input
VM	VirtualMachine[]	Specifies the virtual machines from which you want to retrieve virtual floppy drives.	false	true (ByValue)
Template	Template[]	Specifies the templates from which you want to retrieve virtual CD drives.	false	true (ByValue)
Snapshot	Snapshot[]	Specifies the snapshots from which you want to retrieve virtual CD drives.	false	true (ByValue)
Id	String[]	Specifies the IDs of the floppy drives you want to retrieve. Note: When a list of values is specified for the Id parameter, the returned objects would have an ID that matches exactly one of the string values in that list.	false	false
Name	String[]	Specifies the names of the floppy drives you want to retrieve.	false	false
Server	VIServer[]	Specifies the vCenter Server systems on which you want to run the cmdlet. If no value is passed 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

Zero or more FloppyDrive objects

Notes

Examples

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Get-FloppyDrive -VM VM

Retrieves the floppy drive of the virtual machine named VM.