CIV App Category

Cmdlets are usually implemented around resource operations. The four basic operations are CREATE, READ, UPDATE and DELETE. This set of operations is known as CRUD. Most of the cmdlets support CRUD which are respectively cmdlets that start with the New/Get/Set/Remove cmdlet verbs but they also may have additional operations.

Step 1: Retrieve a object by running a Get command 

You can READ objects by using Get-CIVApp cmdlet. See example below:

Get-CIVApp

Step 2: Run commands from the CRUD group 

You can CREATE objects by using New-CIVApp cmdlet. See example below:

$myVApp = Get-CIVApp -Name 'MySourceVApp'

New-CIVApp -Name 'MyClonedVApp' -Description "This is my cloned vApp" -VApp $myVApp

You can UPDATE objects by using Set-CIVApp cmdlet. See example below:

$myVApps = Get-CIVApp -Name 'MyVApp*'

$myVApps | Set-CIVApp -Description 'This is one of my VApps.'

You can REMOVE objects by using Remove-CIVApp cmdlet.

Step 3: Explore More Related Commands: 

Get-CIVAppNetwork	This cmdlet retrieves the vApp networks available on a vCloud Director server.
Get-CIVAppStartRule	This cmdlet retrieves the start rules for virtual machines in a specified vApp.
Get-CIVAppTemplate	This cmdlet retrieves vApp templates.
Import-CIVApp	This cmdlet imports a virtual machine from the underlying vSphere to the cloud.
Import-CIVAppTemplate	This cmdlet imports a virtual machine or an OVF package from vCenter Server to vCloud Director as a vApp template.
New-CIVAppNetwork	This cmdlet creates a new vApp network.
New-CIVAppTemplate	This cmdlet creates a new vApp template.
Remove-CIVAppNetwork	This cmdlet removes the specified vApp networks if they are not in use.
Remove-CIVAppTemplate	This cmdlet removes the specified vApp template.
Restart-CIVApp	This cmdlet restarts the specified vApp.
Restart-CIVAppGuest	This cmdlet restarts the guest operating systems of all virtual machines in the specified vApp.
Set-CIVAppNetwork	This cmdlet modifies the configuration of the specified vApp networks.
Set-CIVAppStartRule	This cmdlet modifies the start rules for virtual machines in the specified vApp.
Set-CIVAppTemplate	This cmdlet modifies the configuration of the specified vApp template.
Start-CIVApp	This cmdlet starts the specified vApp.
Stop-CIVApp	This cmdlet stops the specified vApp.
Stop-CIVAppGuest	This cmdlet shuts down the guest operating systems of all virtual machines in the specified vApp.
Suspend-CIVApp	This cmdlet suspends the specified vApp.