Get-VMQuestion

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.

Syntax

Get-VMQuestion

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

Parameters

Required	Parameter Name	Type	Position	Features	Description
optional	QuestionId	String	named	wildcards	Specifies the IDs of the questions you want to retrieve.
optional	QuestionText	String	named	wildcards	Specifies a phrase from the text that describes the questions 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.
optional	VM	VirtualMachine[]	named	wildcards pipeline	Specifies the virtual machines whose pending questions you want to retrieve.

Output

VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Types.V1.VM.VMQuestion

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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Get-VMQuestion

Syntax

Parameters

Output

Examples

Example 1

Example 2

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