Get-SCGuestOSProfile
Gets a guest operating system profile object from the VMM library.
Syntax
Get-SCGuestOSProfile
[-VMMServer <ServerConnection>]
[[-Name] <String>]
[-OnBehalfOfUser <String>]
[-OnBehalfOfUserRole <UserRole>]
[<CommonParameters>] Get-SCGuestOSProfile
-AnswerFile <Script>
[-OperatingSystem <OperatingSystem>]
[[-Name] <String>]
[-OnBehalfOfUser <String>]
[-OnBehalfOfUserRole <UserRole>]
[<CommonParameters>] Description
The Get-SCGuestOSProfile cmdlet gets one or more guest operating system profile objects from the Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) library.
Examples
Example 1: Get all guest operating system profiles from the library
PS C:\> Get-SCGuestOSProfile -VMMServer "VMMServer01.Contoso.com"This command gets all guest OS profile objects from the library on VMMServer01 and displays information about these profiles to the user.
Example 2: Get a specific guest operating system profile from the library
PS C:\> Get-GuestOSProfile -Name "NewOSProfile01"This command gets the guest OS profile object named NewOSProfile01 and displays information about this profile to the user.
Parameters
-AnswerFile
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
| Type: | Script |
| Aliases: | SysPrepFile |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | True |
| Accept pipeline input: | True |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Name
Specifies the name of a VMM object.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | 0 |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-OnBehalfOfUser
Specifies a user name. This cmdlet operates on behalf of the user that this parameter specifies.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-OnBehalfOfUserRole
Specifies a user role. To obtain a user role, use the Get-SCUserRole cmdlet. This cmdlet operates on behalf of the user role that this parameter specifies.
| Type: | UserRole |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-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.
| Type: | OperatingSystem |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-VMMServer
Specifies a VMM server object.
| Type: | ServerConnection |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | True |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
Outputs
GuestOSProfile
This cmdlet returns a GuestOSProfile object.