Get-CIDatastore
This cmdlet retrieves the datastores available on a cloud server. To specify a server different from the default one, use the Server parameter. Note: This cmdlet is only available to Provider Administrators.
Syntax
-Id
< String[] >
[-ProgressAction
< ActionPreference > ]
[-Server
< CIServer[] > ]
[CommonParameters]
Parameters
| Required | Parameter Name | Type | Position | Features | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| required
|
Id | String[] | named |
|
Specifies the IDs of the datastores that you want to retrieve. Note: When a list of values is specified for the Id parameter, the returned objects would have an ID that matches exactly one of the string values in that list. |
| optional | ProgressAction | ActionPreference | named |
|
|
| optional | Server | CIServer[] | named |
|
Specifies the cloud servers on which you want to run the cmdlet. If no value is provided or $null value is passed to this parameter, the command runs on the default servers. For more information about default servers, see the description of Connect-CIServer. |
[-Name
< String[] > ]
[-ProgressAction
< ActionPreference > ]
[-ProviderVdc
< ProviderVdc[] > ]
[-Server
< CIServer[] > ]
[CommonParameters]
Parameters
| Required | Parameter Name | Type | Position | Features | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| optional | Name | String[] | named |
|
Specifies the names for the datastores that you want to retrieve. |
| optional | ProgressAction | ActionPreference | named |
|
|
| optional | ProviderVdc | ProviderVdc[] | named |
|
Specifies the provider vDC for which you want to retrieve datastores. |
| optional | Server | CIServer[] | named |
|
Specifies the cloud servers on which you want to run the cmdlet. If no value is provided or $null value is passed to this parameter, the command runs on the default servers. For more information about default servers, see the description of Connect-CIServer. |
Output
VMware.VimAutomation.Cloud.Types.V1.CIDatastoreExamples
Example 1
Get-CIDatastore -Name "MyDatastore*"
Retrieves all datastores with names that start with "MyDatastore" from all available provider vDCs.
Example 2
Get-CIDatastore -Name *datastore* -ProviderVDC "MyProviderVDC1", "MyProviderVDC2"
Retrieves all datastores with names that contain "datastore" from multiple provider vDCs.
Related Commands
CIDatastore
This cmdlet adds one or more datastores to a provider virtual data center (vDC).
This cmdlet retrieves the datastores available on a cloud server.