PowerCLI Reference

Set-VMHostFirewallException

Synopsis

This cmdlet enables or disables host firewall exceptions.

Syntax

Set-VMHostFirewallException [-Enabled] <Boolean> [-Exception] <VMHostFirewallException[]> [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]

Related Commands

Online version
Get-VMHostFirewallException

Detailed Description

This cmdlet enables or disables host firewall exceptions.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Required?	Pipeline Input
Enabled	Boolean	If the value is $true, the specified firewall exceptions are enabled. If the value is $false, the firewall exceptions are disabled.	true	false
Exception	VMHostFirewallException[]	Specifies the firewall exceptions you want to enable or disable.	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
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

Zero or more modified VMHostFirewallException objects

Notes

Firewall management functionality is not supported on ESX 3i.

Examples

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

$ftpFirewallExceptions = Get-VMHostFirewallException -VMHost $vmhost | where {$_.Name.StartsWith('FTP')}

$ftpFirewallExceptions | Set-VMHostFirewallException -Enabled $true

Enables the firewall exceptions for the FTP services on the specified host.