Get-VDSecurityPolicy

This cmdlet retrieves the security policy for distributed ports. For distributed port group and vSphere distributed switch parameter sets, the default port policy at the distributed port group or switch level is retrieved.

Syntax

-VDPort < VDPort[] >

[-ProgressAction < ActionPreference > ]

[CommonParameters]

Parameters

Required	Parameter Name	Type	Position	Features	Description
required	VDPort	VDPort[]	named	pipeline	Specifies the distributed ports for which you want to retrieve the security policy.
optional	ProgressAction	ActionPreference	named

Required	Parameter Name	Type	Position	Features	Description
required	VDPortgroup	VDPortgroup[]	named	pipeline	Specifies a distributed port group for which you want to retrieve the default security policy.
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.

Required	Parameter Name	Type	Position	Features	Description
required	VDSwitch	VDSwitch[]	named	pipeline	Specifies a vSphere distributed switch for which you want to retrieve the default security policy.
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.

Output

VMware.VimAutomation.Vds.Types.V1.Policy.SecurityPolicy

Examples

Example 1

Get-VDSwitch "MyVDSwitch" | Get-VDSecurityPolicy

Retrieves the security policy of a vSphere distributed switch named "MyVDSwitch".

Example 2

Get-VDPortgroup "MyVDPortgroup" | Get-VDPort -Key 4 | Get-VDSecurityPolicy

Retrieves the security policies of a specific port inside a distributed port group named "MyVDPortgroup".

Related Commands

VDSecurityPolicy

Get-VDSecurityPolicy

This cmdlet retrieves the security policy for distributed ports.

Set-VDSecurityPolicy

This cmdlet modifies the security policy for distributed ports.