## PowerCLI Reference

# Get-CustomAttribute

## Synopsis

This cmdlet retrieves custom attributes.

Syntax

Get-CustomAttribute [-Id <String[]>] [[-Name] <String[]>] [[-TargetType] <CustomAttributeTargetType[]>] [-Global] [-Server <VIServer[]>] [<CommonParameters>]

Related Commands

Online version
New-CustomAttribute
Remove-CustomAttribute
Set-CustomAttribute
Get-Annotation
Set-Annotation

Detailed Description

This cmdlet retrieves custom attributes. A custom attribute is a user-defined description field of one or more vSphere objects.

Parameters

Name | Type | Description | Required? | Pipeline Input | Default Value
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Name | String[] | Specifies the names of the custom attributes you want to retrieve. | false | false
TargetType | CustomAttributeTargetType[] | Specifies a target type to filter the custom attributes by the type of objects to which they can be applied. The valid values are VirtualMachine, ResourcePool, Folder, VMHost, Cluster, Datacenter, and $null. If the value is $null, the custom attribute is global and applies to all target types. | false | false
Global | SwitchParameter | Indicates that only global custom attributes are retrieved. A global custom attribute can be applied both to hosts and virtual machines. | false | false
Id | String[] | Specifies the IDs of the custom attributes you want to retrieve. Note: When a list of values is specified for the Id parameter, the returned objects would have an ID that matches exactly one of the string values in that list. | 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

Return Type

Zero or more CustomAttribute objects

Notes

Examples

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

    Get-CustomAttribute -Global

Retrieves all global custom attributes.

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

    Get-CustomAttribute -TargetType "VirtualMachine", "VMHost"

Retrieves all custom attributes of type VirtualMachine and VMHost.

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

    Get-CustomAttribute -Name "Creation*" -Global

Retrieves only global custom attributes that match the specified name pattern.

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