Working with vSphere folders

In a VMware vSphere environment, you can use folders to organize your infrastructure. In the vSphere web client, you can create folders in the Hosts and Clusters, VMs and Templates, Storage, and Networking inventories. The following screenshot shows an example of folders in the VMs and Templates inventory:

Working with vSphere folders

You can browse through these folders using the PowerCLI Inventory Provider. PowerCLI also has a set of cmdlets to work with these folders: Get-Folder, Move-Folder, New-Folder, Remove-Folder, and Set-Folder.

You can use the Get-Folder cmdlet to get a list of all of your folders:

PowerCLI C:\> Get-Folder

Otherwise, you ...

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