Get-CDDrive
This cmdlet returns a set of virtual CD drives that belong to the virtual machines, templates, and snapshots specified by the VirtualMachine, Template, and Snapshot parameters. At least one of these parameters must be provided. To specify a server different from the default one, use the Server parameter.
Syntax
Parameters
| Required | Parameter Name | Type | Position | Features | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| optional | Template | Template[] | 1 |
|
Specifies the virtual machine templates from which you want to retrieve virtual CD drives. |
| optional | Snapshot | Snapshot[] | 2 |
|
Specifies the snapshots from which you want to retrieve virtual CD drives. |
| optional | Id | String[] | named |
|
Specifies the IDs of the CD drives 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 | Name | String[] | named |
|
Specifies the names of the CD drives you want to retrieve. |
| optional | ProgressAction | ActionPreference | named |
|
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| optional | Server | VIServer[] | named |
|
Specifies the vCenter Server systems 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-VIServer. |
| optional | VM | VirtualMachine[] | named |
|
Specifies the virtual machines from which you want to retrieve virtual CD drives. |
Output
VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Types.V1.VirtualDevice.CDDriveExamples
Example 1
Get-VM -Name VM | Get-CDDrive
Connects to a vSphere server and retrieves the CD drive of the virtual machine named VM.
Related Commands
CDDrive
This cmdlet retrieves virtual CD drives.
This cmdlet creates a new virtual CD drive.
This cmdlet removes virtual CD drives from their locations.
This cmdlet modifies the configuration of a virtual CD drive.