## PowerCLI Reference

## vSphere Auto Deploy Reference

# Get-VMHostAttributes

## Synopsis

Gets the identifying attributes of a host.

Syntax

Get-VMHostAttributes [-VMHost] <VMHost> [<CommonParameters>]

Related Commands

Get-VMHost

Detailed Description

Gets the identifying attributes of a host. These are the attributes that the rules will match against.

Parameters

Name | Type | Description | Required? | Pipeline Input | Default Value
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
VMHost | VMHost | Host to get the attributes for. Use Get-VMHost to retrieve the host object associated with a host name. | true | true (ByValue) |

Return Type

Notes

Examples

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

    C:\PS> Get-VMHostAttributes myhost

    "ipv4" "192.168.1.1"

    "vendor" "VMware"

Retrieves the identifying attributes for the host named myhost.

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

    C:\PS> Get-VMhost "myhost" | Get-VMHostAttributes

    "ipv4" "192.168.1.1"

    "vendor" "VMware"

Retrieves the identifying attributes for the host named myhost.

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