PowerCLI Reference

Restart-CIVAppGuest

Synopsis

This cmdlet restarts the guest operating systems of all virtual machines in the specified vApp.

Syntax

Restart-CIVAppGuest [-VApp] <CIVApp[]> [-RunAsync] [-Server <CIServer[]>] [-InformationAction <ActionPreference>] [-InformationVariable <String>] [-PipelineVariable <String>] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]

Related Commands

Online version
Stop-CIVAppGuest

Detailed Description

This cmdlet restarts the guest operating systems of all virtual machines in the specified vApp.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Required?	Pipeline Input
VApp	CIVApp[]	Specifies the vApp whose virtual machine guest operating systems you want to restart.	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
InformationAction	ActionPreference		false	false
InformationVariable	String		false	false
PipelineVariable	String		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	CIServer[]	Specifies the cloud servers 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-CIServer.	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

The specified CIVApp object

Notes

Examples

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

$myVApp = Get-CIVApp -Name 'MyVApp'
Restart-CIVAppGuest $myVApp

Restarts the VM guest operating system in the specified vApp.

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

$myVApp = Get-CIVApp -Name 'MyVApp'
$task = Restart-CIVAppGuest $myVApp -RunAsync

Restarts the VM guest operating system in the specified vApp asynchronously.