Enable-VMEventing

Enable-VMEventing

Enables virtual machine eventing.

Syntax

Parameter Set: Default
Enable-VMEventing [-ComputerName <String[]> ] [-Force] [ <CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

The Enable-VMEventing cmdlet enables virtual machine eventing. Virtual machine eventing keeps Hyper-V PowerShell objects updated without polling the virtual machine host. Virtual machine eventing is enabled by default.

Parameters

-ComputerName<String[]>

Specifies one or more Hyper-V hosts on which virtual machine eventing is to be enabled. NetBIOS names, IP addresses, and fully-qualified domain names are allowable. The default is the local computer — use “localhost” or a dot (“.”) to specify the local computer explicitly.

Aliases

none

Required?

false

Position?

named

Default Value

none

Accept Pipeline Input?

false

Accept Wildcard Characters?

false

-Force

Specifies that the confirmation prompt is to be suppressed. (This is useful in scripting the cmdlet.)

Aliases

none

Required?

false

Position?

named

Default Value

none

Accept Pipeline Input?

false

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.

Examples

Example 1

Enables virtual machine eventing, suppressing the confirmation prompt.

PS C:\> Enable-VMEventing -Force