For a targeted approach to administration, you can use the CIVM and CIVMGuest cmdlets to handle lifecycle operations for one or more virtual machines.

Verify that you are connected to a vCloud Director server.

1

Retrieve all virtual machines with names starting with MyVM and power them on.

Get-CIVM -Name 'MyVM*' | Start-CIVM
2

Suspend all virtual machines with names starting with YourVM.

Get-CIVM -Name 'YourVM*' | Suspend-CIVM
3

Power off the virtual machine named MyVM1.

Get-CIVM -Name 'MyVM1' | Stop-CIVM
4

Shut down the guest operating system of the virtual machine named MyVM2.

Get-CIVM -Name 'MyVM2' | Stop-CIVMGuest
5

Restart the guest operating system of the virtual machine named MyVM3.

Get-CIVM -Name 'MyVM3' | Restart-CIVMGuest
6

Reset the nonresponsive virtual machine named MyVM4.

Get-CIVM -Name 'MyVM4' | Restart-CIVM