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Restart-vRAMachineGuestOS

SYNOPSIS

Request a guest os restart

SYNTAX

RebootByName (Default)

Restart-vRAMachineGuestOS -Name <String[]> [-WaitForCompletion] [-CompletionTimeout <Int32>] [-Force] [-WhatIf]
 [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]

RebootById

Restart-vRAMachineGuestOS -Id <String[]> [-WaitForCompletion] [-CompletionTimeout <Int32>] [-Force] [-WhatIf]
 [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]

DESCRIPTION

Request the guest OS to restart

EXAMPLES

EXAMPLE 1

Restart-vRAMachineGuestOS -Id 'b1dd48e71d74267559bb930934470'

EXAMPLE 2

Restart-vRAMachineGuestOS -Name 'iaas01'

EXAMPLE 3

Restart-vRAMachineGuestOS -Name 'iaas01' -WaitForCompletion

EXAMPLE 4

Restart-vRAMachineGuestOS -Name 'iaas01' -WaitForCompletion -CompletionTimeout 300

PARAMETERS

-Id

The ID of the vRA Machine

Type: String[]
Parameter Sets: RebootById
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByPropertyName, ByValue)
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Name

The Name of the vRA Machine

Type: String[]
Parameter Sets: RebootByName
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-WaitForCompletion

If this flag is added, this function will wait for the power state of the machine to = ON. (note: machine may still be completing OS boot procedure when this function is complete)

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-CompletionTimeout

The default of this paramter is 2 minutes (120 seconds), but this parameter can be overriden here

Type: Int32
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: 120
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Force

Force this change

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-WhatIf

Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs. The cmdlet is not run.

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: wi

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Confirm

Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: cf

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

CommonParameters

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

INPUTS

OUTPUTS

System.Management.Automation.PSObject.

NOTES