## PowerCLI Reference

# Get-StatType

## Synopsis

This cmdlet retrieves the available statistics types for a inventory object.

Syntax

Get-StatType [[-Name] <String[]>] [-Entity] <VIObject[]> [-Start <DateTime>] [-Finish <DateTime>] [-Interval <StatInterval[]>] [-Realtime] [-Server <VIServer[]>] [<CommonParameters>]

Related Commands

Online version
Get-Stat
Get-StatInterval
New-StatInterval
Remove-StatInterval
Set-StatInterval

Detailed Description

This cmdlet retrieves the available statistics types for a virtual machine, virtual machine host, cluster, or resource pool. Performance statistics types can be filtered by their names, start and finish times, and collection intervals. If the Realtime parameter is set, the Start and Finish parameters are ignored.

Parameters

Name | Type | Description | Required? | Pipeline Input | Default Value
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Name | String[] | Specifies the names of the statistics types you want to retrieve. | false | false
Entity | VIObject[] | Specifies clusters, virtual machine hosts, resource pools, or virtual machines, for which you want to retrieve the available statistics types. | true | true (ByValue)
Finish | DateTime | Specifies the end of the time range for which the statistics types you want to retrieve are collected. The valid format is dd/mm/yyyy. This value corresponds to the server time. When the finish time is omitted, the returned result includes up to the most recent statistics type. | false | false
Interval | StatInterval[] | Specifies the interval at which the statistics types you want to retrieve are gathered. The interval can be specified by its name or by its sampling period in seconds. | false | false
Realtime | SwitchParameter | Indicates that you want to retrieve realtime statistics type as well. If this parameter is set, the Start and Finish parameters are ignored. | false | false
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
Start | DateTime | Specifies the beginning of the time range for which the statistics types you want to retrieve are collected. The valid format is dd/mm/yyyy. This value corresponds to the server time. When the start time is omitted, the returned statistics types start from the first available statistics type in the system. | false | false

Return Type

Zero or more System.String objects

Notes

Zero or more strings representing statistics types.

Examples

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

    Get-StatType -Entity VM

Retrieves the statistics types collected for the VM virtual machine.

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