PowerCLI Reference

Get-VMHostPatch

Synopsis

This cmdlet retrieves information about the host patches installed on the specified hosts. This cmdlet is deprecated and will not return any results for ESX hosts version 5.0 and later. Use (Get-ESXCli).software.vib.list() as an alternative.

Syntax

Get-VMHostPatch [[-VMHost] <VMHost[]>] [-Server <VIServer[]>] [<CommonParameters>]

Related Commands

Online version
Install-VMHostPatch

Detailed Description

This cmdlet retrieves information about the host patches installed on the specified hosts.
This cmdlet is deprecated and will not return any results for ESX hosts version 5.0 and later. Use (Get-ESXCli).software.vib.list() as an alternative.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Required?	Pipeline Input	Default Value
VMHost	VMHost[]	Specifies the hosts for which you want to retrieve the available patches.	false	true (ByValue)
Server	VIServer[]	Specifies the vCenter Server systems on which you want to run the cmdlet. If no value is passed 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

Zero or more VMHostPatch objects

Notes

Examples

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Get-VMHostPatch Host

Retrieves information of the host patches installed on the specified host.