vSphere PowerCLI Cmdlets Reference

Get-VIObjectByVIView

Synopsis

Converts a vSphere .Net View object to a PowerShell VIObject.

Syntax

Get-VIObjectByVIView [-VIView] <ViewBase[]> [<CommonParameters>]
Get-VIObjectByVIView [-Server <VIServer[]>] [-MORef] <ManagedObjectReference[]> [<CommonParameters>]

Related Commands

Online version
Get-View

Detailed Description

Converts a vSphere .Net View object to a PowerShell VIObject using the object ID provided by the MoRef parameter.

Parameters

Name	Description	Required?	Pipeline Input
VIView	Specify the vSphere .NET View object you want to convert to a vSphere PowerCLI object.	true	true (ByValue)
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
MORef	Specify the managed object ID, obtained from a property of another managed object or a view.	true	true (ByValue)

Return Type

VIObject

Notes

Examples

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

$view = Get-VM VM | Stop-VM | Get-View

$vm = Get-VIObjectByVIView $view | Start-VM

Gets the VM virtual machine, stops it, and gets its view object. Then, the command gets the virtual machine object using the Get-VIObjectByVIView cmdlet and starts the VM virtual machine.