PowerCLI Reference

Get-VMGuestNetworkInterface

Synopsis

This cmdlet etrieves information about the network configuration of the specified virtual machines or guests.

Syntax

Get-VMGuestNetworkInterface [-Name <String[]>] [[-VM] <VirtualMachine[]>] [-VMGuest <VMGuest[]>] [-Server <VIServer[]>] [-ToolsWaitSecs <Int32>] [-GuestPassword <SecureString>] [-GuestUser <String>] [-GuestCredential <PSCredential>] [-HostPassword <SecureString>] [-HostUser <String>] [-HostCredential <PSCredential>] [<CommonParameters>]

Related Commands

Online version
Set-VMGuestNetworkInterface

Detailed Description

This cmdlet is deprecated. Use Invoke-VMScript instead.

This cmdlet retrieves information about the network configuration of the specified virtual machines or guests. For a list of supported operating systems, see the PowerCLI User's Guide.

To run this cmdlet against vCenter Server/ESX/ESXi versions earlier than 5.0, you need to meet the following requirements:
*You must run the cmdlet on the 32-bit version of Windows PowerShell.
*You must have access to the ESX that hosts the virtual machine over TCP port 902.
*For vCenter Server/ESX/ESXi versions earlier than 4.1, you need VirtualMachine.Interact.ConsoleInteract privilege. For vCenter Server/ESX/ESXi 4.1 and later, you need VirtualMachine.Interact.GuestControl privilege.

To run this cmdlet against vCenter Server/ESXi 5.0 and later, you need VirtualMachine.GuestOperations.Execute and VirtualMachine.GuestOperations.Modify privileges.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Required?	Pipeline Input
VM	VirtualMachine[]	Specifies the virtual machines for which you want to retrieve the network configuration.	false	true (ByValue)
GuestCredential	PSCredential	Specifies a PSCredential object that contains credentials for authenticating with the guest OS. Do not use this parameter if the GuestUser and GuestPassword parameters are used.	false	false
GuestPassword	SecureString	Specifies the password you want to use for authenticating with the guest OS.	false	false
GuestUser	String	Specifies the user name you want to use for authenticating with the guest OS.	false	false
HostCredential	PSCredential	Specifies a PSCredential object that contains credentials for authenticating with the host. Do not use this parameter if the HostUser and HostPassword parameters are used. You need to specify host credentials only if the version of the vCenter Server or ESX you are authenticating with is earlier than 4.0, or the VIX version you have installed is earlier than 1.10.	false	false
HostPassword	SecureString	Specifies the password you want to use for authenticating with the host. You need to specify host credentials only if the version of the vCenter Server or ESX you are authenticating with is earlier than 4.0, or the VIX version you have installed is earlier than 1.10.	false	false
HostUser	String	Specifies the user name you want to use for authenticating with the host. You need to specify host credentials only if the version of the vCenter Server or ESX you are authenticating with is earlier than 4.0, or the VIX version you have installed is earlier than 1.10.	false	false
Name	String[]	Specifies the names of the guest network interfaces 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
ToolsWaitSecs	Int32	Specifies the time in seconds to wait for a response from the VMware Tools. If a non-positive value is provided, the system waits infinitely long time.	false	false
VMGuest	VMGuest[]	Specifies the guest OS for which you want to retrieve the network configuration.	false	true (ByValue)

Return Type

Zero or more VMGuestNetworkInterface objects

Notes

This cmdlet is not compatible with IPv6 environments.

Examples

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Get-VMGuestNetworkInterface -VM $vm -GuestUser User -GuestPassword pass2

Retrieves the guest network interface of the $vm virtual machine.