Get-Media Command | Vmware PowerCLI Reference

Get-Media

This cmdlet retrieves cloud media. You can filter the returned media by name, ID, catalog, and user.

Syntax

Get-Media
[-Catalog < Catalog[] > ]
[-Name < String[] > ]
[-Owner < CIUser[] > ]
[-ProgressAction < ActionPreference > ]
[-Server < CIServer[] > ]
[CommonParameters]

Parameters

Required Parameter Name Type Position Features Description
optional Catalog Catalog[] named
  • pipeline
  • wildcards
Specifies the catalogs from which you want to retrieve media devices.
optional Name String[] named
  • wildcards
Specifies the names of the media devices you want to retrieve.
optional Owner CIUser[] named
  • pipeline
  • wildcards
Specifies the owners of the cloud media you want to retrieve.
optional ProgressAction ActionPreference named
optional Server CIServer[] named
  • wildcards
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.
Get-Media
-Id < String[] >
[-ProgressAction < ActionPreference > ]
[-Server < CIServer[] > ]
[CommonParameters]

Parameters

Required Parameter Name Type Position Features Description
required
Id String[] named
Specifies the IDs of the media devices 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
  • wildcards
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.Media

Examples

Example 1

Get-Media -ID $cloudMediaId

Retrieves the cloud media devices with the provided IDs.

Example 2

Get-Media -Name windows7*

Retrieves the cloud media devices with the provided names.

Example 3

Get-Catalog -Name Catalog1 | Get-Media

Retrieves media from the cloud catalog named Catalog1.

Related Commands

Media

This cmdlet retrieves cloud media.