Get-AlarmDefinition

This cmdlet retrieves the available alarm definitions.

Syntax

[[-Entity]  <VIObject[]>]
[-Enabled  <Boolean>]
[-Id  <String[]>]
[-Name  <String[]>]
[-Server  <VIServer[]>]
[CommonParameters]

Parameters

Required Parameter Name Type Position Features Description
optional
Entity
VIObject[] 1
  • pipeline
  • Filters the alarm definitions by the entities to which they are defined. This parameter accepts InventoryItem, Datastore, and DatastoreCluster objects.
    optional
    Enabled
    Boolean named Indicates that you want to retrieve only the enabled alarm definitions.
    optional
    Id
    String[] named
  • wildcards
  • Specifies the IDs of the alarms you want to retrieve. Note: When a list of values is specified for the Id parameter, the returned objects would have an ID that matches exactly one of the string values in that list.
    optional
    Name
    String[] named
  • wildcards
  • Specifies the names of the alarms you want to retrieve.
    optional
    Server
    VIServer[] named
  • wildcards
  • Specifies the vCenter Server systems on which you want to run the cmdlet. If no value is provided or $null 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.

    Output

    VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Types.V1.Alarm.AlarmDefinition

    Examples


    Example 1

    Get-AlarmDefinition -Entity (Get-Folder -NoRecursion) -Name "Host connection and power state" -Enabled:$true

    Retrieve the enabled alarms named "Host connection and power state" for the available folders.

    Example 2

    Get-AlarmDefinition -Server Server1, Server2

    Retrieves the alarms for the specified servers.

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