## PowerCLI Reference

# Get-VMHostProfileRequiredInput

## Synopsis

This cmdlet performs a check whether the available information is sufficient to apply a host profile.

Syntax

Get-VMHostProfileRequiredInput [-VMHost] <VMHost> [[-Variable] <Hashtable>] [-Profile <VMHostProfile>] [-Inapplicable] [-Server <VIServer[]>] [<CommonParameters>]

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Detailed Description

This cmdlet performs a check whether the available information is sufficient to apply a host profile, and returns missing values. If the cmdlet returns no output, the information in the hashtable passed to the Variable parameter is sufficient to apply the host profile to the host by using the Apply-VMHostProfile cmdlet.

Parameters

Name | Type | Description | Required? | Pipeline Input | Default Value
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
VMHost | VMHost | Specifies a host to check if the provided information is sufficient for applying the specified host profile. | true | true (ByValue)
Variable | Hashtable | Provides a hash table that contains the available values required for applying the specified profile to the the specified host. | false | false
Inapplicable | SwitchParameter | Indicates that you want to view also the elements that are inapplicable to the operation. | false | false
Profile | VMHostProfile | Specifies a host profile to check if the provided information is sufficient for applying it to the specified host. | false | true (ByValue)
Server | VIServer[] | Specifies the vCenter Server systems on which you want to run the cmdlet. If no value is passed to this parameter, the command runs on the default servers. For more information about default servers, see the description of Connect-VIServer. | false | false

Return Type

Zero or more VMHostProfileInput objects

Notes

Examples

-------------- Example 1 --------------

    Get-VMHost | Get-VMHostProfileRequiredInput

Retrieves required input for a list of hosts.

-------------- Example 2 --------------

    Get-VMHostProfileRequiredInput -VMHost $vmhost -Profile $vmhostProfile

Retrieves a required input by specifying a host and a profile.

-------------- Example 3 --------------

    $result = Get-VMHostProfileRequiredInput -VMHost $vmhost -Variable $requiredInputHashtable;

    if (-not $result) { Apply-VMHostProfile -Entity $vmhost -Variable $requiredInputHashtable}

Check whether the specified hashtable that contains values for each required input is exhaustive. If the result is null, then the hashtable can be used by Apply-VMHostProfile.

-------------- Example 4 --------------

    $result = Get-VMHostProfileRequiredInput -VMHost $vmhost -Variable $requiredInputHashtable -Inapplicable;

    $result | where { $_.Type -eq 'Inapplicable' } | foreach { Write-Host "Key $($_.Key) is not applicable for host $vmhost" }

Retrieve the required and inapplicable input and display all inapplicable keys.

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