Get-VDSecurityPolicy Command | Vmware PowerCLI Reference

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

Get-VDSecurityPolicy
-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
Get-VDSecurityPolicy
-VDPortgroup < VDPortgroup[] >
[-ProgressAction < ActionPreference > ]
[-Server < VIServer[] > ]
[CommonParameters]

Parameters

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.
Get-VDSecurityPolicy
-VDSwitch < VDSwitch[] >
[-ProgressAction < ActionPreference > ]
[-Server < VIServer[] > ]
[CommonParameters]

Parameters

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

This cmdlet retrieves the security policy for distributed ports.

This cmdlet modifies the security policy for distributed ports.