Get-VMQuestion Command | Vmware PowerCLI Reference

Get-VMQuestion

This cmdlet retrieves the pending questions for the specified virtual machines. A question is a task that requires a response from you. If the VM parameter is not specified or its value is $null, the cmdlet returns all questions for all virtual machines on the specified servers.

Syntax

Get-VMQuestion
[-ProgressAction < ActionPreference > ]
[-QuestionId < String > ]
[-QuestionText < String > ]
[-Server < VIServer[] > ]
[-VM < VirtualMachine[] > ]
[CommonParameters]

Parameters

Required Parameter Name Type Position Features Description
optional ProgressAction ActionPreference named
optional QuestionId String named
  • wildcards
 Specifies the IDs of the questions you want to retrieve.
optional QuestionText String named
  • wildcards
 Specifies a phrase from the text that describes the questions 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 VM VirtualMachine[] named
  • pipeline
  • wildcards
 Specifies the virtual machines whose pending questions you want to retrieve.

Output

VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Types.V1.VM.VMQuestion

Examples

Example 1 

Get-VMQuestion -VM VM

Retrieves the questions of the VM virtual machine.

Example 2 

$vm = Get-VM VM

$vm | Get-VMQuestion -QuestionText "*have been moved or copied*"

Retrieves the VM virtual machine questions that contain the phrase "have been moved or copied".

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