Get-OMStatKey Command | Vmware PowerCLI Reference

Get-OMStatKey

This cmdlet retrieves VMware Aria Operations statistic keys for a specified adapter and a specified resource. A statistic key, or a metric key, is an identifier of a VMware Aria Operations metric which can be used to refer to this metric when necessary. For example, you can refer to a metric when retrieving data for it.

Syntax

Get-OMStatKey
[-AdapterKind < String[] > ]
[-Name < String[] > ]
[-ProgressAction < ActionPreference > ]
[-ResourceKind < String[] > ]
[-Server < OMServer[] > ]
[CommonParameters]

Parameters

Required Parameter Name Type Position Features Description
optional AdapterKind String[] named
  • wildcards
 Specifies the vRealize Operations resource kind for which to retrieve the valid statistic counter keys.
optional Name String[] named
  • wildcards
 Filters the statistic keys by name.
optional ProgressAction ActionPreference named
optional ResourceKind String[] named
  • wildcards
 Specifies the adapter kind for which to retrieve the valid statistic counter keys.
optional Server OMServer[] named
Specifies the VMware Aria Operations server from which you want to retrieve alerts. The value can be the connection object returned by the Connect-OMServer cmdlet or the object's name, which can be the IP or DNS address of the server machine.
Get-OMStatKey
-Resource < OMResource[] >
[-Name < String[] > ]
[-ProgressAction < ActionPreference > ]
[-Server < OMServer[] > ]
[CommonParameters]

Parameters

Required Parameter Name Type Position Features Description
required
 Resource OMResource[] named
  • pipeline
  • wildcards
 Specifies the resource object for which to return the valid instance metric keys. Note: The returned keys that identify metric data for a specific instance object, like a CPU or network adapter, do not contain a description or ExtensionData info.
optional Name String[] named
  • wildcards
 Filters the statistic keys by name.
optional ProgressAction ActionPreference named
optional Server OMServer[] named
Specifies the VMware Aria Operations server from which you want to retrieve alerts. The value can be the connection object returned by the Connect-OMServer cmdlet or the object's name, which can be the IP or DNS address of the server machine.

Output

VMware.VimAutomation.vROps.Types.V1.OMStatKey

Examples

Example 1 

Get-OMStatKey -Name 'diskspace|total|*'

Retrieves statistic keys whose name begins with 'diskspace|total|'.

Example 2 

Get-OMStatKey -AdapterKind 'VMware'

Retrieves statistic keys for the 'VMware' adapter kind.

Example 3 

Get-OMStatKey -ResourceKind 'Folder'

Retrieves statistic keys for the 'Folder' resource kind.

Example 4 

Get-OMResource 'MyDatastore' | Get-OMStatKey

Retrieves statistic keys for the 'MyDatastore' resource.

Related Commands

OMStat

This cmdlet retrieves statistical data from the specified VMware Aria Operations server.

OMStatKey

This cmdlet retrieves VMware Aria Operations statistic keys.