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[] >
[-ProgressAction < ActionPreference > ]
[-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 ProgressAction ActionPreference named
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[] >
[-ProgressAction < ActionPreference > ]
[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.
optional ProgressAction ActionPreference named
Get-Cluster
[-Location < VIContainer[] > ]
[-Name < String[] > ]
[-NoRecursion ]
[-ProgressAction < ActionPreference > ]
[-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 ProgressAction ActionPreference named
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[] > ]
[-ProgressAction < ActionPreference > ]
[-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 ProgressAction ActionPreference named
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.