PowerCLI Reference

Get-OMStatKey

Synopsis

This cmdlet retrieves vRealize Operations Manager statistic keys.

Syntax

Get-OMStatKey [[-Name] <String[]>] [-ResourceKind <String[]>] [-AdapterKind <String[]>] [-Server <OMServer[]>] [-InformationAction <ActionPreference>] [-InformationVariable <String>] [-PipelineVariable <String>] [<CommonParameters>]

Get-OMStatKey [[-Name] <String[]>] -Resource <OMResource[]> [-Server <OMServer[]>] [-InformationAction <ActionPreference>] [-InformationVariable <String>] [-PipelineVariable <String>] [<CommonParameters>]

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Detailed Description

This cmdlet retrieves vRealize Operations Manager statistic keys for a specified adapter and a specified resource. A statistic key, or a metric key, is an identifier of a vRealize Operations Manager metric which can be used to refer to this metric when necessary. For example, you can refer to a metric when retrieving data for it.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Required?	Pipeline Input
Name	String[]	Filters the statistic keys by name.	false	false
AdapterKind	String[]	Specifies the vRealize Operations resource kind for which to retrieve the valid statistic counter keys.	false	false
InformationAction	ActionPreference		false	false
InformationVariable	String		false	false
PipelineVariable	String		false	false
Resource	OMResource[]	Specifies the resource object for which to return the valid instance metric keys. Note: The returned keys that identify metric data for a specific instance object, like a CPU or network adapter, do not contain a description or ExtensionData info.	true	true (ByValue)
ResourceKind	String[]	Specifies the adapter kind for which to retrieve the valid statistic counter keys.	false	false
Server	OMServer[]	Specifies the vRealize Operations Manager server from which you want to retrieve alerts. The value can be the connection object returned by the Connect-OMServer cmdlet or the object's name, which can be the IP or DNS address of the server machine.	false	false

Return Type

Zero or more OMStatKey objects

Notes

Examples

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Get-OMStatKey -Name 'diskspace|total|*'

Retrieves statistic keys whose name begins with 'diskspace|total|'.

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Get-OMStatKey -AdapterKind 'VMware'

Retrieves statistic keys for the 'VMware' adapter kind.

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Get-OMStatKey -ResourceKind 'Folder'

Retrieves statistic keys for the 'Folder' resource kind.

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Get-OMResource 'MyDatastore' | Get-OMStatKey

Retrieves statistic keys for the 'MyDatastore' resource.