Get-CustomAttribute
This cmdlet retrieves custom attributes. A custom attribute is a user-defined description field of one or more vSphere objects.
Syntax
Parameters
| Required | Parameter Name | Type | Position | Features | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| optional | TargetType | CustomAttributeTargetType[] | 1 |
|
Specifies a target type to filter the custom attributes by the type of objects to which they can be applied. The valid values are VirtualMachine, ResourcePool, Folder, VMHost, Cluster, Datacenter, and $null. If the value is $null, the custom attribute is global and applies to all target types. |
| optional | Global | SwitchParameter | named |
|
Indicates that only global custom attributes are retrieved. A global custom attribute can be applied both to hosts and virtual machines. |
| optional | Id | String[] | named |
|
Specifies the IDs of the custom attributes 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 custom attributes you want to retrieve. |
| 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. |
Output
VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Types.V1.AnnotationManagement.CustomAttributeExamples
Example 1
Get-CustomAttribute -Global
Retrieves all global custom attributes.
Example 2
Get-CustomAttribute -TargetType "VirtualMachine", "VMHost"
Retrieves all custom attributes of type VirtualMachine and VMHost.
Example 3
Get-CustomAttribute -Name "Creation*" -Global
Retrieves only global custom attributes that match the specified name pattern.
Related Commands
CustomAttribute
This cmdlet retrieves custom attributes.
This cmdlet creates a new custom attribute.
This cmdlet removes custom attributes.
This cmdlet renames a custom attribute.