PowerCLI Reference

Get-VDSecurityPolicy

Synopsis

This cmdlet retrieves the security policy for distributed ports.

Syntax

Get-VDSecurityPolicy -VDPortgroup <VDPortgroup[]> [-Server <VIServer[]>] [<CommonParameters>]

Get-VDSecurityPolicy -VDSwitch <VDSwitch[]> [-Server <VIServer[]>] [<CommonParameters>]

Get-VDSecurityPolicy -VDPort <VDPort[]> [<CommonParameters>]

Related Commands

Online version
Set-VDSecurityPolicy

Detailed Description

This cmdlet retrieves the security policy for distributed ports. For distributed port group and vSphere distributed switch parameter sets, the default port policy at the distributed port group or switch level is retrieved.

Parameters

NameTypeDescriptionRequired?Pipeline InputDefault Value
ServerVIServer[]Specifies the vCenter Server systems on which you want to run the cmdlet. If no value is given to this parameter, the command runs on the default servers. For more information about default servers, see the description of Connect-VIServer.falsefalse
VDPortVDPort[]Specifies the distributed ports for which you want to retrieve the security policy.truetrue (ByValue)
VDPortgroupVDPortgroup[]Specifies a distributed port group for which you want to retrieve the default security policy.truetrue (ByValue)
VDSwitchVDSwitch[]Specifies a vSphere distributed switch for which you want to retrieve the default security policy.truetrue (ByValue)

Return Type

One or more SecurityPolicy objects

Notes

Examples

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

Get-VDSwitch "MyVDSwitch" | Get-VDSecurityPolicy

Retrieves the security policy of a vSphere distributed switch named "MyVDSwitch".

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

Get-VDPortgroup "MyVDPortgroup" | Get-VDPort ?Key 4 | Get-VDSecurityPolicy

Retrieves the security policies of a specific port inside a distributed port group named "MyVDPortgroup".


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