Get-Cluster Command | Vmware PowerCLI Reference

Get-Cluster

This cmdlet retrieves the clusters available on a vCenter Server system. Returns a set of clusters that correspond to the filter criteria defined by the cmdlet parameters. To specify a server different from the default one, use the Server parameter.

Syntax

Get-Cluster
-Id < String[] >
[-Server < VIServer[] > ]
[CommonParameters]

Parameters

Required Parameter Name Type Position Features Description
required
Id String[] named
  • wildcards
Specifies the IDs of the clusters 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 Server VIServer[] named
  • wildcards
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.
Get-Cluster
-RelatedObject < ClusterRelatedObjectBase[] >
[CommonParameters]

Parameters

Required Parameter Name Type Position Features Description
required
RelatedObject ClusterRelatedObjectBase[] named
  • pipeline
Specifies objects to retrieve one or more Cluster objects that are related to them. This parameter accepts OMResource objects.
Get-Cluster
[-Location < VIContainer[] > ]
[-Name < String[] > ]
[-NoRecursion ]
[-Server < VIServer[] > ]
[-Tag < Tag[] > ]
[CommonParameters]

Parameters

Required Parameter Name Type Position Features Description
optional Location VIContainer[] named
  • pipeline
  • wildcards
Specifies vSphere container objects (such as folders, datacenters, and clusters) you want to search for clusters.
optional Name String[] named
  • wildcards
Specifies the names of the clusters you want to retrieve.
optional NoRecursion SwitchParameter named
Indicates that you want to deactivate the recursive behavior of the command.
optional Server VIServer[] named
  • wildcards
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 Tag Tag[] named
Returns only the clusters that are associated with any of the specified tags.
Get-Cluster
[-Name < String[] > ]
[-Server < VIServer[] > ]
[-Tag < Tag[] > ]
[-VM < VirtualMachine[] > ]
[-VMHost < VMHost[] > ]
[CommonParameters]

Parameters

Required Parameter Name Type Position Features Description
optional Name String[] named
  • wildcards
Specifies the names of the clusters you want to retrieve.
optional Server VIServer[] named
  • wildcards
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 Tag Tag[] named
Returns only the clusters that are associated with any of the specified tags.
optional VM VirtualMachine[] named
  • pipeline
  • wildcards
Specifies virtual machines to filter the clusters that contain at least one of them.
optional VMHost VMHost[] named
  • pipeline
  • wildcards
Specifies hosts to filter the clusters that contain at least one of them.

Output

VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Types.V1.Inventory.Cluster

Examples

Example 1

Get-Cluster -Location Folder

Get a list of the available clusters in the Folder folder.

Related Commands

Cluster

This cmdlet retrieves the clusters available on a vCenter Server system.

This cmdlet moves a vCenter Server cluster from one location to another.

This cmdlet creates a new cluster.

This cmdlet deletes the specified clusters.

This cmldlet modifies the configuration of a cluster.