Request-EsxiAlert¶

Synopsis¶

Returns Alarms from all ESXi hosts in vCenter Server instance.

Syntax¶

Request-EsxiAlert [-server] <String> [-user] <String> [-pass] <String> [[-domain] <String>] [-failureOnly] [<CommonParameters>]

Description¶

The Request-EsxiAlert cmdlet returns all alarms from all ESXi hosts in vCenter Server managed by SDDC Manager. The cmdlet connects to the SDDC Manager using the -server, -user, and -pass values:

Validates that network connectivity is available to the vCenter Server instance
Validates the authentication to vCenter Server with credentials from SDDC Manager
Collects the alerts from all ESXi hosts in vCenter Server instance

Examples¶

Example 1¶

Request-EsxiAlert -server sfo-vcf01.sfo.rainpole.io -user admin@local -pass VMw@re1!VMw@re1! -domain sfo-w01

This example will return alarms from all ESXi hosts in vCenter Server managed by SDDC Manager for a workload domain sfo-w01.

Example 2¶

Request-EsxiAlert -server sfo-vcf01.sfo.rainpole.io -user admin@local -pass  VMw@re1!VMw@re1! -domain sfo-w01 -failureOnly

This example will return alarms from all ESXi hosts in vCenter Server managed by SDDC Manager for a workload domain sfo-w01 but only for the failed items.

Parameters¶

-server¶

The fully qualified domain name of the SDDC Manager.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 1
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-user¶

The username to authenticate to the SDDC Manager.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 2
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-pass¶

The password to authenticate to the SDDC Manager.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 3
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-domain¶

The name of the workload domain to run against.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: 4
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-failureOnly¶

Switch to only output issues to the report.

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

Common Parameters¶

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.