Get-SCGuestOSProfile

Get-SCGuestOSProfile

Gets a guest operating system profile object from the VMM library.

Syntax

Parameter Set: Connection
Get-SCGuestOSProfile [[-Name] <String> ] [-OnBehalfOfUser <System.String> ] [-OnBehalfOfUserRole <Microsoft.SystemCenter.VirtualMachineManager.UserRole> ] [-VMMServer <ServerConnection> ] [ <CommonParameters>]

Parameter Set: SysprepScript
Get-SCGuestOSProfile [[-Name] <String> ] -AnswerFile <Script> [-OnBehalfOfUser <System.String> ] [-OnBehalfOfUserRole <Microsoft.SystemCenter.VirtualMachineManager.UserRole> ] [-OperatingSystem <OperatingSystem> ] [ <CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

The Get-SCGuestOSProfile cmdlet gets one or more guest operating system profile objects from the Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) library.

Parameters

-AnswerFile<Script>

Specifies a script object stored in the VMM library to use as an answer file. The name of the answer file script depends on the operating system that you want to install on a virtual machine:

-- Sysprep.inf. Windows XP, Windows Server 2000, or Windows Server 2003.
-- Unattend.xml. Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows Server 2008.

Aliases

SysPrepFile

Required?

true

Position?

named

Default Value

none

Accept Pipeline Input?

True (ByValue)

Accept Wildcard Characters?

false

-Name<String>

Specifies the name of a VMM object.

Aliases

none

Required?

false

Position?

1

Default Value

none

Accept Pipeline Input?

false

Accept Wildcard Characters?

false

-OnBehalfOfUser<System.String>

-- Sysprep.inf. Windows XP, Windows Server 2000, or Windows Server 2003.
-- Unattend.xml. Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows Server 2008.

Aliases

none

Required?

false

Position?

named

Default Value

none

Accept Pipeline Input?

false

Accept Wildcard Characters?

false

-OnBehalfOfUserRole<Microsoft.SystemCenter.VirtualMachineManager.UserRole>

-- Sysprep.inf. Windows XP, Windows Server 2000, or Windows Server 2003.
-- Unattend.xml. Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows Server 2008.

Aliases

none

Required?

false

Position?

named

Default Value

none

Accept Pipeline Input?

false

Accept Wildcard Characters?

false

-OperatingSystem<OperatingSystem>

Specifies the type of operating system for a virtual machine. To list the names of all available operating systems in VMM, type Get-SCOperatingSystem.

Aliases

none

Required?

false

Position?

named

Default Value

none

Accept Pipeline Input?

false

Accept Wildcard Characters?

false

-VMMServer<ServerConnection>

Specifies a VMM server object.

Aliases

none

Required?

false

Position?

named

Default Value

none

Accept Pipeline Input?

True (ByValue)

Accept Wildcard Characters?

false

<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Verbose, -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -OutBuffer, and -OutVariable. For more information, see    about_CommonParameters (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=113216).

Inputs

The input type is the type of the objects that you can pipe to the cmdlet.

Outputs

The output type is the type of the objects that the cmdlet emits.

  • GuestOSProfile

Examples

Example 1: Get all guest operating system profiles from the library

This command gets all guest operating system profile objects from the library on VMMServer01 and displays information about these profiles.

PS C:\> Get-SCGuestOSProfile -VMMServer "VMMServer01.Contoso.com"

Example 2: Get a specific guest operating system profile from the library

This command gets the guest operating system profile object named NewOSProfile01 and displays information about this profile.

PS C:\> Get-GuestOSProfile -Name "NewOSProfile01"

New-SCGuestOSProfile

Remove-SCGuestOSProfile

Set-SCGuestOSProfile