vSphere PowerCLI Reference

Get-VMStartPolicy

Synopsis

Retrieves the start policy of the virtual machines on a vSphere server.

Syntax

Get-VMStartPolicy [-VMHost <VMHost[]>] [[-VM] <VirtualMachine[]>] [-Server <VIServer[]>] [<CommonParameters>]

Related Commands

Detailed Description

Retrieves the start policy of the virtual machines on a vSphere server. The virtual machines are specified by the VM parameter or retrieved from the host passed through the VMHost parameter. To specify a server different from the default one, use the -Server parameter.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Required?	Pipeline Input
VM	VirtualMachine[]	Specify the virtual machines whose start policy you want to retrieve.	false	true (ByValue)
Server	VIServer[]	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
VMHost	VMHost[]	Specify the hosts of the virtual machines whose start policy you want to retrieve.	false	true (ByValue)

Return Type

VMStartPolicy

Notes

Examples

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Get-VMStartPolicy -VM VM

Retrieves the start policy of the virtual machine named VM.