vSphere PowerCLI Reference

Get-VMHostDiagnosticPartition

Synopsis

Retrieves a list of the diagnostic partitions on the specified hosts.

Syntax

Get-VMHostDiagnosticPartition [-VMHost] <VMHost[]> [-All] [-Server <VIServer[]>] [<CommonParameters>]

Related Commands

Online version
Set-VMHostDiagnosticPartition

Detailed Description

Retrieves a list of the diagnostic partitions on the specified hosts. The list is ordered by the partitions preference. Local diagnostic partitions are more preferable than shared diagnostic partitions because multiple servers cannot share the same partition. The most preferred diagnostic partition is first in the list.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Required?	Pipeline Input
VMHost	VMHost[]	Specify the hosts for which you want to retrieve diagnostic partitions.	true	true (ByValue)
All	SwitchParameter	Indicate that you want to retrieve all diagnostic partitions on the specified hosts. By default, only the active partitions are retrieved.	false	false
Server	VIServer[]	Specifies a vSphere server to search for the specified vSphere .NET object. If no value is given to this parameter, the command runs on the server currently specified in the $DefaultVIServer variable.	false	false

Return Type

VMHostDiagnosticPartition

Notes

Examples

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Get-VMHost 192.168.1.10 | Get-VMHostDiagnosticPartition -All

Retrieves all diagnostic partitions for the specified host.