Retrieving vSphere Inventory Objects from Cloud Resources

You can retrieve vSphere inventory objects from cloud resources by using the RelatedObject parameter of PowerCLI cmdlets. This interoperability expands your cloud administration, automation, reporting, and troubleshooting options.

You can use the RelatedObject parameter of PowerCLI cmdlets to retrieve vSphere inventory objects from VMware Cloud Director objects. Passing the retrieved objects to the cmdlets of the VMware.VimAutomation.Core and VMware.VimAutomation.Vds modules, extends your administration options.

Note: Use of the VMware.VimAutomation.Core and VMware.VimAutomation.Vds modules to modify the configuration of objects that are managed by VMware Cloud Director might result in unpredictable behavior of the cloud environment.

Table 1. List of Supported vSphere Inventory Objects You Can Retrieve from Cloud Objects

Cloud Object	Retrieved vSphere Inventory Object	Sample Script for Retrieving the vSphere Inventory Object
ProviderVdc	Datastore	Get-ProviderVdc -Name 'MyProviderVdc' | Get-Datastore
CIVM	VirtualMachine	Get-CIVM -Name 'MyCloudVM' | Get-VM
NetworkPool	VDSwitch	Get-NetworkPool -Name 'MyNetworkPool' | Get-VDSwitch
NetworkPool	VDPortgroup	Get-NetworkPool -Name 'MyNetworkPool' | Get-VDPortGroup
ExternalNetwork	VDPortgroup	Get-ExternalNetwork -Name 'MyExternalNetwork' | Get-VDPortGroup