Get-SCStep

Applies To: System Center 2012 - Virtual Machine Manager

Get-SCStep

Gets the steps for the specified VMM job.

Syntax

Parameter Set: Default
Get-SCStep [-Job] <Task> [-Name <String> ] [ <CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

The Get-SCStep cmdlet gets the steps for the specified System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) job.

A job is composed of one or more steps, each of which has its own status. An earlier step must complete or be skipped before the next step runs.

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

Parameters

-Job<Task>

Specifies a VMM job object.

-Name<String>

Specifies the name of a VMM 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.

• Step

Examples

1: Get all steps for a specified job.

The first command gets the VMM job object with the ID cb3a0f0a-9fbc-4bd0-a999-3fae8cd77177 and stores the object in the $Job variable.

The second command gets the step object for the VMM job in $Job.

The last command lists information about each step for the VMM job, including a description of the step, its progress, and its status.

PS C:\> $Job = Get-SCJob -ID "cb3a0f0a-9fbc-4bd0-a999-3fae8cd77177"
PS C:\> $Steps = Get-SCStep -Job $Job
PS C:\> $Steps.Children

Related topics

Get-SCJob