PowerCLI Reference

Remove-VDPortGroup

This cmdlet removes distributed port groups.

Syntax

Remove-VDPortGroup [-VDPortGroup] <VDPortgroup[]> [-RunAsync] [-Server <VIServer[]>] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]

Related Commands

Detailed Description

This cmdlet removes distributed port groups.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Required?	Pipeline Input
VDPortGroup	VDPortgroup[]	Specifies the distributed port group that you want to remove.	true	true (ByValue)
Confirm	SwitchParameter	If the value is $true, indicates that the cmdlet asks for confirmation before running. If the value is $false, the cmdlet runs without asking for user confirmation.	false	false
RunAsync	SwitchParameter	Indicates that the command returns immediately without waiting for the task to complete. In this mode, the output of the cmdlet is a Task object. For more information about the RunAsync parameter run "help About_RunAsync" in the VMware PowerCLI console.	false	false
Server	VIServer[]	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.	false	false
WhatIf	SwitchParameter	Indicates that the cmdlet is run only to display the changes that would be made and actually no objects are modified.	false	false

Return Type

None

Notes

Examples

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Get-VDPortGroup -Name "MyVDPortGroup" | Remove-VDPortGroup

Removes the specified distributed port group from the vSphere distributed switch that it belongs to.