# Get-RubrikVMwareDatastore

## SYNOPSIS

Connects to Rubrik and retrieves a list of VMware datastores

## SYNTAX

```
Get-RubrikVMwareDatastore [[-Name] <String>] [-id <String>] [-DatastoreType <String>] [-DetailedObject]
 [-Server <String>] [-api <String>] [<CommonParameters>]
```

## DESCRIPTION

The Get-RubrikVMwareDatastore cmdlet will retrieve VMware datastores known to an authenticated Rubrik cluster.

## EXAMPLES

### EXAMPLE 1

```
Get-RubrikVMwareDatastore
```

This will return a listing of all of the datastores known to a connected Rubrik cluster

### EXAMPLE 2

```
Get-RubrikVMwareDatastore -Name 'vSAN'
```

This will return a listing of all of the datastores named 'vSAN' known to a connected Rubrik cluster

### EXAMPLE 3

```
Get-RubrikVMwareDatastore -Name 'vSAN' -DetailedObject
```

This will return a listing of all of the datastores named 'vSAN' known to a connected Rubrik cluster with fully detailed objects

### EXAMPLE 4

```
Get-RubrikVMwareDatastore -DatastoreType 'NFS'
```

This will return a listing of all of the NFS datastores known to a connected Rubrik cluster

## PARAMETERS

### -Name

Datastore Name

```yaml
Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: 1
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False
```

### -id

Datastore id

```yaml
Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

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

### -DatastoreType

Filter Datastore type

```yaml
Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

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

### -DetailedObject

DetailedObject will retrieved the detailed VMware Datastore object, the default behavior of the API is to only retrieve a subset of the full VMware Datastore object unless we query directly by ID. Using this parameter does affect performance as more data will be retrieved and more API-queries will be performed.

```yaml
Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

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

### -Server

Rubrik server IP or FQDN

```yaml
Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: $global:RubrikConnection.server
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False
```

### -api

API version

```yaml
Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: $global:RubrikConnection.api
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](http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).

## INPUTS

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## NOTES

Written by Mike Preston for community usage Twitter: @mwpreston GitHub: mwpreston

## RELATED LINKS

<https://rubrik.gitbook.io/rubrik-sdk-for-powershell/command-documentation/reference/get-rubrikvmwaredatastore>