Test-Compliance

Syntax

• Default

Test-Compliance

[-Entity]  <InventoryItem[]>
[-RunAsync]
[-Server  <VIServer[]>]
[-UpdateType  <UpdateType[]>]
[CommonParameters]

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Parameters

Required	Parameter Name	Type	Position	Features	Description
required	Entity	InventoryItem[]	1	pipeline	Specifies Template, VirtualMachine, VMHost, Cluster, Datacenter, Folder, and VApp objects you want to scan for baselines attached to them.
optional	RunAsync	SwitchParameter	named		Indicates that the command returns immediately without waiting for the task to complete. In this mode, the output of the cmdlet is a Task object. For more information about the -RunAsync parameter run "help About_RunAsync" in the vSphere PowerCLI console.
optional	Server	VIServer[]	named		Specifies the vSphere servers on which you want to run the cmdlet. If no value is given to this parameter, the command runs on the default servers.
optional	UpdateType	UpdateType[]	named		Specifies the type of the patches and upgrades you want to scan. The valid values are HostPatch, HostUpgrade, HostDVSUpgrade, VmHardwareUpgrade, VmPatch, VmToolsUpgrade, and VaUpgrade. The VmPatch value is deprecated and will be removed in a following release.

Output

Examples

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Example 1

Test-Compliance -Entity VM -RunAsync

Scans the VM virtual machine. Since the -RunAsync parameter is set, the cmdlet runs asynchronously and a Task object is returned.

Example 2

Get-Inventory -Name VM | Test-Compliance

Scans the VM virtual machine for baselines attached to it.

Example 3

Get-Inventory -Name MyHost | Test-Compliance -UpdateType HostPatch

Scans virtual machine host for patches running asynchronously.

Example 4

Get-Inventory -Name MyVM | Test-Compliance -UpdateType VmHardwareUpgrade, VmToolsUpgrade

Scan the MyVM virtual machine for upgrades.

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