vSphere PowerCLI Cmdlets Reference

Get-Folder

Synopsis

Retrieves the folders available on a vSphere server.

Syntax

Get-Folder [-Location <VIContainer[]>] [[-Name] <String[]>] [-Id <String[]>] [-NoRecursion] [-Server <VIServer[]>] [<CommonParameters>]

Related Commands

Online version
New-Folder
Remove-Folder
Set-Folder
Move-Folder

Detailed Description

Retrieves the folders available on a vSphere server. The cmdlet returns a set of folders that correspond to the filter criteria provided by the cmdlet parameters. To specify a server different from the default one, use the -Server parameter.

Parameters

Name	Description	Required?	Pipeline Input
Location	Specify vSphere container objects (such as folders, datacenters, and clusters) you want to search for folders.	false	true (ByValue)
Name	Specify the names of the folders you want to retrieve.	false	false
Id	Specify the IDs of the folders you want to retrieve.	false	false
NoRecursion	Indicate that you want to disable the recursive behavior of the command.	false	false
Server	Specify 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. For more information about default servers, see the description of Connect-VIServer.	false	false

Return Type

Folder

Notes

Examples

-------------- Example 1 --------------

$server = Connect-VIServer -Server 10.23.112.235
 
Get-Folder -Server $server -Name Folder

Retrieves the folder named Folder on the server with IP address 10.23.112.235.

-------------- Example 2 --------------

Get-Folder -NoRecursion

Retrieves the root folder.