Export-VDPortGroup Command | Vmware PowerCLI Reference

Export-VDPortGroup

This cmdlet exports the configuration of a specified distributed port group to a specified .zip file. You can export only vSphere distributed port groups.Note: This cmdlet is supported only on vSphere 5.1 or later.

Syntax

Export-VDPortGroup
-VDPortGroup < VDPortgroup[] >
[-Description < String > ]
[-Destination < String > ]
[-Force ]
[-ProgressAction < ActionPreference > ]
[-Server < VIServer[] > ]
[CommonParameters]

Parameters

Required Parameter Name Type Position Features Description
required
 VDPortGroup VDPortgroup[] named
  • pipeline
 Specifies the distributed port group whose configuration you want to export.
optional Description String named
Specifies a description for the exported distributed port group configuration.
optional Destination String named
Specifies an absolute or a relative file path to the location where you want to export the configuration of the distributed port group.
optional Force SwitchParameter named
Indicates that if the specified destination file already exists, the existing file will be overwritten. Any directories required to complete the specified file path will also be created.
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 Connect-VIServer.

Output

System.IO.FileInfo

Examples

Example 1 

Get-VDPortGroup -Name 'MyVDPortGroup' | Export-VDPortGroup -Destination 'C:\MyVDSwitchesBackup\MyVDPortGroup_21122012.zip'

Exports the configuration of the specified port group to the specified file.

Example 2 

$myPortGroup = Get-VDPortGroup -Name 'MyVDPortGroup'
Export-VDPortGroup -VDPortGroup $myPortGroup -Destination 'C:\MyVDSwitchesBackup\MyVDPortGroupBackup.zip' -Force

Exports the configuration of the specified port group to the specified file. If the MyVDSwitchesBackup directory does not exist, it is created. If the MyVDPortGroupBackup.zip file already exists in the specified location, it is overwritten.

Related Commands

VDPort

This cmdlet retrieves virtual distributed ports.

This cmdlet modifies the configuration of virtual distributed ports.

VDPortGroup

This cmdlet exports the configuration of a specified distributed port group to a specified .zip file.

This cmdlet removes distributed port groups.

VDPortgroup

This cmdlet retrieves distributed port groups.

This cmdlet creates distributed port groups.

This cmdlet modifies the configuration of distributed port groups.

VDPortgroupOverridePolicy

This cmdlet retrieves the policy for overriding port group settings at port level.

This cmdlet modifies the policy for overriding port group settings at port level.