Learning PowerCLI

Retrieving clusters

To retrieve one or more of the clusters available on your vCenter Server system, you can use the Get-Cluster cmdlet. The syntax of the Get-Cluster cmdlet is:

Get-Cluster [-VM <VirtualMachine[]>] [-VMHost <VMHost[]>] [-Location <VIContainer[]>] [[-Name] <String[]>] [-NoRecursion] [-Server <VIServer[]>] [<CommonParameters>]
Get-Cluster -Id <String[]> [-Server <VIServer[]>] [<CommonParameters>]

The -Location parameter enables you to filter for clusters in a specific location such as a datacenter or folder. The -Name, -Id, -VM, and -VMHost parameters specify filters that you can use to retrieve clusters with a specific name or ID, or clusters containing the specified virtual machines or hosts.

In the first example, you will retrieve ...