Get-FloppyDrive Command | Vmware PowerCLI Reference

Get-FloppyDrive

This cmdlet retrieves the virtual floppy drives available on a vCenter Server system. Returns a set of virtual floppy 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

Get-FloppyDrive
[ [-Template ] < Template[] > ]
[ [-Snapshot ] < Snapshot[] > ]
[-Id < String[] > ]
[-Name < String[] > ]
[-ProgressAction < ActionPreference > ]
[-Server < VIServer[] > ]
[-VM < VirtualMachine[] > ]
[CommonParameters]

Parameters

Required Parameter Name Type Position Features Description
optional Template Template[] 1
  • pipeline
  • wildcards
 Specifies the templates from which you want to retrieve virtual CD drives.
optional Snapshot Snapshot[] 2
  • pipeline
 Specifies the snapshots from which you want to retrieve virtual CD drives.
optional Id String[] named
  • wildcards
 Specifies the IDs of the floppy 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
  • wildcards
 Specifies the names of the floppy drives 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 VM VirtualMachine[] named
  • pipeline
  • wildcards
 Specifies the virtual machines from which you want to retrieve virtual floppy drives.

Output

VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Types.V1.VirtualDevice.FloppyDrive

Examples

Example 1 

Get-FloppyDrive -VM VM

Retrieves the floppy drive of the virtual machine named VM.

Related Commands

FloppyDrive

This cmdlet retrieves the virtual floppy drives available on a vCenter Server system.

This cmdlet creates a new virtual floppy drive.

This cmdlet removes the virtual floppy drives from their locations.

This cmdlet modifies the configuration of the specified virtual floppy drive.