Get-VirtualNetwork

This cmdlet retrieves all virtual networks that match the specified filters for each default connection to the vCenter server system or all specified connections in the -Server parameter.

Syntax

Get-VirtualNetwork

-Id < String[] >

[-ProgressAction < ActionPreference > ]

[-Server < VIServer[] > ]

[CommonParameters]

Parameters

Required	Parameter Name	Type	Position	Description
required	Id	String[]	named	Specifies the IDs of the virtual networks that you want to retrieve.
optional	ProgressAction	ActionPreference	named
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 the Connect-VIServer cmdlet.

Get-VirtualNetwork

[-Location < VIContainer[] > ]

[-Name < String[] > ]

[-NetworkType < NetworkType[] > ]

[-NoRecursion ]

[-ProgressAction < ActionPreference > ]

[-Server < VIServer[] > ]

[CommonParameters]

Parameters

Required	Parameter Name	Type	Position	Features	Description
optional	Location	VIContainer[]	named	pipeline	Specifies vSphere container objects that you want to search for virtual networks. This parameter accepts Folder and Datacenter objects.
optional	Name	String[]	named	wildcards	Specifies the names of the virtual networks that you want to retrieve.
optional	NetworkType	NetworkType[]	named		Specifies the network types of the virtual networks that you want to retrieve. The accepted values are Network, Distributed, and Opaque.
optional	NoRecursion	SwitchParameter	named		Indicates that you want to deactivate the recursive behavior of the command.
optional	ProgressAction	ActionPreference	named
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 the Connect-VIServer cmdlet.

Output

VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Types.V1.Network.Network

Examples

Example 1

$networks = Get-VirtualNetwork

Retrieves all virtual networks on a vCenter server system.

Example 2

$networks = Get-VirtualNetwork -Name 'VM*'

Retrieves all virtual networks whose names begin with 'VM'.

Example 3

$networks = Get-VirtualNetwork -NetworkType Distributed

Retrieves all distributed networks on the vCenter server system.

Example 4

$networks = Get-VirtualNetwork -Id 'network_id'

Retrieves a virtual network by Id.

Related Commands

VirtualNetwork

Get-VirtualNetwork

The cmdlet retrieves all virtual networks on a vCenter server system.