Export-VDSwitch Command | Vmware PowerCLI Reference

Export-VDSwitch

This cmdlet exports the configuration of a specified vSphere distributed switch to a .zip file.Note: This cmdlet is supported only on vCenter Server 5.1 or later.

Syntax

Export-VDSwitch
-VDSwitch < VDSwitch[] >
[-Description < String > ]
[-Destination < String > ]
[-Force ]
[-ProgressAction < ActionPreference > ]
[-Server < VIServer[] > ]
[-WithoutPortGroups ]
[CommonParameters]

Parameters

Required Parameter Name Type Position Features Description
required
 VDSwitch VDSwitch[] named
  • pipeline
 Specifies the vSphere distributed switch whose configuration you want to export.
optional Description String named
Specifies a description for the exported vSphere distributed switch configuration.
optional Destination String named
Specifies an absolute or a relative file path to the location where you want to export the vSphere distributed switch configuration.
optional Force SwitchParameter named
Indicates that if the specified destination file already exists, the existing file is overwritten. Any directories required to complete the specified file path are also 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.
optional WithoutPortGroups SwitchParameter named
Indicates that the configuration of the vSphere distributed switch is exported without its port group configuration.

Output

System.IO.FileInfo

Examples

Example 1 

Get-VDSwitch -Name 'MyVDSwitch' | Export-VDSwitch -Description "My VDSwitch configuration" -Destination "c:\myVDSwitchConfig.zip"

Exports the configuration of the specified vSphere distributed switch and its port groups to the specified file.

Example 2 

Get-VDSwitch -Name 'MyVDSwitch' | Export-VDSwitch -Description "My VDSwitch configuration" -Destination "c:\myVDSwitchConfig.zip" -WithoutPortGroups -Force

Exports the configuration of the specified vSphere distributed switch and its port groups to the specified file. If the myVDSwitchConfig.zip file already exists, it is overwritten.

Related Commands

VDSwitch

This cmdlet exports the configuration of a specified vSphere distributed switch to a .zip file.

This cmdlet retrieves vSphere distributed switches.

This cmdlet creates vSphere distributed switches.

This cmdlet removes vSphere distributed switches.

This cmdlet modifies the configuration of vSphere distributed switches.

VDSwitchPhysicalNetworkAdapter

This cmdlet adds host physical network adapters to a vSphere distributed switch.

This cmdlet removes host physical network adapters from the vSphere distributed switches they are connected to.

VDSwitchPrivateVlan

This cmdlet retrieves the private VLAN configuration entries of a vSphere distributed switch.

This cmdlet creates private VLAN configuration entries on a vSphere distributed switch.

This cmdlet removes private VLAN configuration entries from vSphere distributed switches.

VDSwitchVMHost

This cmdlet adds hosts to the specified vSphere distributed switch.

This cmdlet removes hosts from the specified vSphere distributed switches.