PowerCLI Reference

Get-VMQuestion

Synopsis

This cmdlet retrieves the pending questions for the specified virtual machines.

Syntax

Get-VMQuestion [-VM <VirtualMachine[]>] [[-QuestionText] <String>] [-QuestionId <String>] [-Server <VIServer[]>] [<CommonParameters>]

Related Commands

Online version
Set-VMQuestion

Detailed Description

This cmdlet retrieves the pending questions for the specified virtual machines. A question is a task that requires a response from you. If the VM parameter is not specified or its value is $null, the cmdlet returns all questions for all virtual machines on the specified servers.

Parameters

NameTypeDescriptionRequired?Pipeline InputDefault Value
QuestionTextStringSpecifies a phrase from the text that describes the questions you want to retrieve.falsefalse
QuestionIdStringSpecifies the IDs of the questions you want to retrieve.falsefalse
ServerVIServer[]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.falsefalse
VMVirtualMachine[]Specifies the virtual machines whose pending questions you want to retrieve.falsetrue (ByValue)

Return Type

Zero or more VmQuestion objects

Notes

Examples

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

Get-VMQuestion -VM VM

Retrieves the questions of the VM virtual machine.

-------------- Example 2 --------------

$vm = Get-VM VM

$vm | Get-VMQuestion -QuestionText "*have been moved or copied*"

Retrieves the VM virtual machine questions that contain the phrase "have been moved or copied".


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