Get-SCStorageProvider

Applies To: System Center 2012 - Virtual Machine Manager

Get-SCStorageProvider

Gets a storage provider object.

Syntax

Parameter Set: All
Get-SCStorageProvider [[-Name] <String> ] [-All] [-VMMServer <ServerConnection> ] [ <CommonParameters>]

Parameter Set: ID
Get-SCStorageProvider [[-Name] <String> ] [-ID <Guid> ] [-VMMServer <ServerConnection> ] [ <CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

The Get-StorageProvider cmdlet gets one or more storage provider objects.

For more information about Get-SCStorageProvider, type: "Get-Help Get-SCStorageProvider -online".

Parameters

-All

Retrieves a full list of all subordinate objects independent of the parent object. For example, the command Get-SCVirtualDiskDrive -All retrieves all virtual disk drive objects regardless of the virtual machine object or template object that each virtual disk drive object is associated with.

-ID<Guid>

Specifies the numerical identifier (as a globally unique identifier, or GUID) for a specific object.

-Name<String>

Specifies the name of a VMM object.

-VMMServer<ServerConnection>

Specifies a VMM server object.

<CommonParameters>

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

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.

• StorageProvider

Examples

1: Get a storage provider by its name.

This command gets the storage provider named StorProv01 and stores it in the $Provider variable.

PS C:\> $Provider = Get-SCStorageProvider -Name "StorProv01.Contoso.com"

Related topics

Add-SCStorageProvider

Read-SCStorageProvider

Remove-SCStorageProvider

Set-SCStorageProvider