Learning PowerCLI - Second Edition

Testing inventory objects for compliance with baselines

If you want to know whether your inventory objects are up to date or have missing patches, you can use the Test-Compliance cmdlet to test inventory objects for compliance with baselines attached to them. The syntax of the Test-Compliance cmdlet is as follows:

Test-Compliance [-Server <VIServer[]>] [-Entity] <InventoryItem[]>
    [[-UpdateType] <UpdateType[]>] [-RunAsync] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] 
    [<CommonParameters>]

The -Entity parameter is required. You can use the -UpdateType parameter to specify the type of the patches and upgrades you want to scan. The valid values are: HostPatch, HostUpgrade, HostThirdParty, VmPatch, VmHardwareUpgrade, VmToolsUpgrade, and VaUpgrade. The VmPatch value is deprecated ...