Get-PatchBaseline
This cmdlet retrieves all patch baselines or those specified by the provided cmdlet parameters.
Syntax
Parameters
| Required | Parameter Name | Type | Position | Features | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| optional | TargetType | BaselineTargetType | 1 |
|
Specifies the target type of the patch baselines you want to retrieve. The valid value is Host. This parameter is deprecated and will be removed in a following release. |
| optional | BaselineContentType | BaselineContentType[] | named |
|
Specifies the content type of the patch baselines you want to retrieve. The valid values are Both, Dynamic, and Static. |
| optional | Extension | SwitchParameter | named |
|
Specifies that you want to retrieve only Extension patch baselines. |
| optional | Id | Int32[] | named |
|
Specifies the IDs of the patch baselines you want to retrieve. Note: When a list of values is specified for the Id parameter, the returned objects would have an ID that matches exactly one of the string values in that list. |
| optional | Name | String[] | named |
|
Specifies the names of the patch baselines you want to retrieve. |
| optional | Patch | Patch | named |
|
Specifies a patch that belongs to the patch baseline you want to retrieve. |
Parameters
| Required | Parameter Name | Type | Position | Features | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| optional | TargetType | BaselineTargetType | 1 |
|
Specifies the target type of the patch baselines you want to retrieve. The valid value is Host. This parameter is deprecated and will be removed in a following release. |
| optional | BaselineContentType | BaselineContentType[] | named |
|
Specifies the content type of the patch baselines you want to retrieve. The valid values are Both, Dynamic, and Static. |
| optional | Entity | InventoryItem[] | named |
|
Specifies Template, VirtualMachine, VMHost, Cluster, Datacenter, Folder, and VApp objects to which the baselines you want to retrieve are attached to. |
| optional | Extension | SwitchParameter | named |
|
Specifies that you want to retrieve only Extension patch baselines. |
| optional | Id | Int32[] | named |
|
Specifies the IDs of the patch baselines you want to retrieve. Note: When a list of values is specified for the Id parameter, the returned objects would have an ID that matches exactly one of the string values in that list. |
| optional | Inherit | SwitchParameter | named |
|
Specifies that you want to retrieve the baselines inherited by the parent inventory entities. |
| optional | Name | String[] | named |
|
Specifies the names of the patch baselines you want to retrieve. |
| optional | Recurse | SwitchParameter | named |
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If set, retrieves the patch baselines attached to the child entities. This parameter can be specified only if the -Entity parameter is set, too. |
| optional | Server | VIServer[] | named |
|
Specifies the vSphere servers on which you want to run the cmdlet. If no value is given to this parameter, the command runs on the default servers. |
Output
Examples
Example 1
Get-VM -Name VMHost | Get-PatchBaseline
Retrieves all patch baselines assigned to the VMHost host.
Example 2
Get-PatchBaseline -Entity VMHost -Inherit -Recurse
Retrieves all patch baselines assigned to the VMHost host and its parent inventory object.
Example 3
$patch = Get-Patch -Id 1 Get-PatchBaseline -Patch $patch
Retrieves the patch baselines that contain the patch with ID 1.
Example 4
Get-PatchBaseline -Id 1,2,3
Retrieves the patch baselines with IDs 1, 2, and 3.
Related Commands
Patch
This cmdlet initializes staging of patches.
This cmdlet retrieves the available patches.
This cmdlet downloads new patches into the Update Manager repository.
PatchBaseline
This cmdlet retrieves patch baselines.
This cmdlet creates a new patch baseline.
This cmdlet modifies the properties of a patch baseline.