How to Load the PowerShell Cmdlets and Get Cmdlet Help
Applies To: Application Virtualization 5.0
What this topic covers:
How to load the PowerShell cmdlets
How to display the help for the PowerShell cmdlets
Viewing examples of some commonly used PowerShell cmdlets
Open Windows PowerShell or Windows PowerShell Integrated Scripting Environment (ISE).
Type one of the following commands to load the cmdlets for the module you want:
App-V component Command to type App-V Server
Import-Module AppvServer
App-V Sequencer
Import-Module AppvSequencer
App-V Client
Import-Module AppvClient
Open Windows PowerShell or Windows PowerShell Integrated Scripting Environment (ISE).
Type Get-Help <cmdlet>, for example, Get-Help Publish-AppvClientPackage.
Open Windows PowerShell or Windows PowerShell Integrated Scripting Environment (ISE).
Use the example syntax in the following table to run the desired command.
Command Description Get-AppvVirtualProcess
Returns a list of the virtual processes running on a specific computer.
Add-AppvPublishingServer -Name samplepub -URL https://contosopubserver:<port>/
Adds a publishing server to the App-V 5.0 Client.
Sync-AppvPublishingServer -Name samplepub
Synchronizes the App-V 5.0 Client with the publishing server named samplepub.
Add-AppvClientPackage \\server\share\sample.appv
Adds a package to the App-V 5.0 Client.
Publish-AppvClientPackage –Name samplepackage
Publishes a package to the current user.
Add-AppvClientPackage \\server\share\sample.appv | Publish-AppvClientPackage -Global
Adds and globally publishes a package.
Get-AppvVirtualProcess | Select -ExpandProperty AppvPackageData
Shows which processes are running virtually and shows the associated virtual environment.
Administering App-V by Using PowerShell
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