Get-SecurityInfo

This cmdlet retrieves the security information of objects. Returns the SecurityInfo instance that corresponds to the specified object.

Syntax

Get-SecurityInfo

-Entity < VIObjectCore[] >

[-ProgressAction < ActionPreference > ]

[-Server < VIServer[] > ]

[CommonParameters]

Required	Parameter Name	Type	Position	Features	Description
required	Entity	VIObjectCore[]	named	pipeline	Specifies the object to retrieve its security information. Supported objects are VirtualMachine, VMHost and HardDisk.
optional	ProgressAction	ActionPreference	named
optional	Server	VIServer[]	named	wildcards	Specifies the connected viserver on which you want to run the cmdlet. If no value is passed to this parameter, the command runs on the default viservers. For more information about default viservers, see the description of the Connect-VIServer cmdlet.

Example 1

Get-SecurityInfo -Entity MyObj*

Retrieves the security information of all the virtual machines and all the VMHosts whose names starting with "MyObj".

Example 2

Get-VM MyVM | Get-HardDisk | Get-SecurityInfo

Retrieves security information of all disks of 'MyVM' virtual machine.

Example 3

$vmHosts = Get-VMHost
Get-SecurityInfo -Entity $vmHosts

Retrieves security information of all the VMHosts available on the connected servers.

Example 4

$myVm1 = Get-VM -Name MyVM1
$myVm2 = Get-VM -Name MyVM2
Get-SecurityInfo -Entity $myVM1, $myVM2

Retrieves security information of the given two virtual machines.

Get-SecurityInfo

This cmdlet retrieves the security information of objects (VirtualMachine, HardDisk or VMHost).

Get-SecurityPolicy

This cmdlet retrieves the security policy for virtual port groups or the default port security policy for virtual switches.

Set-SecurityPolicy

This cmdlet modifies the security policy for virtual port groups or the default port security policy for virtual switches.