New-VasaProvider Command | Vmware PowerCLI Reference

New-VasaProvider

This cmdlet registers a VASA provider.

Syntax

New-VasaProvider
-Name < String >
-Url < String >
[-Certificate < String > ]
[-Credential < PSCredential > ]
[-Description < String > ]
[-Force ]
[-Password < SecureString > ]
[-ProgressAction < ActionPreference > ]
[-Server < VIServer[] > ]
[-Username < String > ]
[CommonParameters]

Parameters

Required Parameter Name Type Position Features Description
required
 Name String named
Specifies the name of the provider. The maximum length of the name is 80 characters. If not specified, a default name based on the provider namespace and ID is used.
required
 Url String named
Specifies the URL of the VASA provider service.
optional Certificate String named
Specifies the VASA provider certificate.
optional Credential PSCredential named
Specifies credentials in the form of a PSCredential object. The Username and Password parameter pair is an alternative to the Credential parameter. If sufficient information about user and password, or credential is not specified, the cmdlet provides a credential prompt.
optional Description String named
Specifies the description of the provider.
optional Force SwitchParameter named
Forces the server to trust the provider and store the provider certificate for future reference. If not set, the server throws error in case the provider certificate is not in the list of trusted certificates.
optional Password SecureString named
Specifies the password for connecting to a provider. The maximum length of the password is 255 characters. The Username and Password parameter pair is an alternative to the Credential parameter. If sufficient information about user and password, or credential is not specified, the cmdlet provides a credential prompt. This parameter is of type SecureString but it also accepts objects of type System.String.
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 Username String named
Specifies the user name for connecting to a provider. The maximum length of the user name is 255 characters. The Username and Password parameter pair is an alternative to the Credential parameter. If sufficient information about user and password, or credential is not specified, the cmdlet provides a credential prompt.

Output

VMware.VimAutomation.Storage.Types.V1.Sms.VasaProvider

Examples

Example 1 

New-VasaProvider -Name "MyProvider" -Username "UserName" -Password "Password" -Url "MyUrl"

Registers a VASA provider running at "MyUrl" with the Storage Monitoring Service.

Example 2 

New-VasaProvider -Name "MyProvider" -Credential "MyCredential" -Url "MyUrl" -Force

Registers a VASA provider by using the "MyCredential" credential and forcing the Storage Monitoring Service to accept the certificate of the provider.

Related Commands

VasaProvider

This cmdlet retrieves the list of VASA providers that are currently registered with Storage Manager.

This cmdlet registers a VASA provider.

This cmdlet unregisters the specified VASA providers.

VasaStorageArray

This cmdlet retrieves the list of storage arrays managed by registered VASA providers.