vSphere PowerCLI Cmdlets Reference

New-StatInterval

Synopsis

Creates a statistics interval with the specified parameters.

Syntax

New-StatInterval [-Name] <String> [-SamplingPeriodSecs] <Int32> [-StorageTimeSecs] <Int32> [[-Server] <VIServer[]>] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]

Related Commands

Online version
Get-Stat
Get-StatType
Get-StatInterval
Remove-StatInterval
Set-StatInterval

Detailed Description

Creates a statistics interval with the specified parameters.

Parameters

Name	Description	Required?	Pipeline Input	Default Value
Name	Specify a name for the new statistics interval.	true	false
SamplingPeriodSecs	Specify a sampling period in seconds.	true	false
StorageTimeSecs	Specify the length of time (in seconds) that the statistics information is kept in the database.	true	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	true (ByValue)
WhatIf	Indicate that the cmdlet is run only to display the changes that would be made and actually no objects are modified.	false	false
Confirm	If the value is $true, indicates that the cmdlet asks for confirmation before running. If the value is $false, the cmdlet runs without asking for user confirmation.	false	false	$true

Return Type

StatInterval

Notes

Creation of statistics intervals is not supported on vCenter and ESX server s that are versions later than 2.0.

Examples

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New-StatInterval -Name Minute -SamplingPeriodSecs 60 -StorageTimeSecs 600

Creates a new statistics interval named Minute. Note that creating statistics intervals is allowed only on VirtualCenter 2.0.