Update the State of a Server-Side Object

You can use the Get-View cmdlet to update server-side objects.

Prerequisites

Verify that you are connected to a vCenter Server system.

Procedure

1. Get the VM2 virtual machine by name.

   $vm2 = Get-View -ViewType VirtualMachine -Filter @{"Name" = "VM2"}
   $vmhostView = Get-View -Id $vm2.Runtime.Host

2. View the current power state.

   $vm2.Runtime.PowerState

3. Power off the virtual machine.

   If ($vm2.Runtime.PowerState -ne “PoweredOn”) {
   		$vm.PowerOnVM($vm2.Runtime.Host)
   } else {
   $vm2.PowerOffVM()
   }

4. View the value of the $vm2 power state.

   $vm2.Runtime.PowerState

   The power state is not updated yet because the virtual machine property values are not updated automatically.
5. Update the view object.

   $vm2.UpdateViewData()

6. Obtain the actual power state of the virtual machine.

   $vm2.Runtime.PowerState