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Chapter 3 Using View PowerCLI
Escaping Characters in vCenter Path Names
If you specify a path to a vCenter folder that includes certain special characters in the name of an entity, you
must escape these characters. Table 3-1 shows the escape sequences for special characters.
Do not escape the slashes in the path name itself. For example, you would represent the path to the folder
/datacenter_01/vm/img%-12 as /datacenter_01/vm/img%25-12.
Table 3-2 lists the cmdlets and parameters that require you to use escape sequences in entity names.
View PowerCLI Cmdlets
You can use View PowerCLI cmdlets to administer VMware View on a View Connection Server instance. You
can use the Get-Help cmdlet to obtain more help about a View PowerCLI cmdlet as described in “Displaying
Help for a View PowerCLI cmdlet” on page 30.
Table 3-3 lists the available View PowerCLI cmdlets ordered by noun.
Table 3-1. Escape Sequences for Special Characters
Special Character Escape Sequence
%%25
/%2f
\%5c
Table 3-2. Cmdlet Parameters Requiring Escape Sequences
Cmdlet Parameters Requiring Escape Sequences
Add-AutomaticLinkedClonePool
Update-AutomaticLinkedClonePool
-datastoreSpecs
-parentVMPath
-resourcePoolPath
-vmfolderPath
Add-AutomaticPool
Update-AutomaticPool
-datastorePaths
-resourcePoolPath
-templatePath
-vmfolderPath
Send-LinkedCloneRecompose -parentVMPath
Table 3-3. View PowerCLI Cmdlets Ordered by Noun
Cmdlet Description
Add-AutomaticLinkedClonePool Adds an automatically provisioned linked-clone desktop pool.
Update-AutomaticLinkedClonePool Updates an automatically provisioned linked-clone desktop pool.
Add-AutomaticPool Adds an automatically provisioned full virtual machine desktop pool.
Update-AutomaticPool Updates an automatically provisioned full virtual machine desktop pool.
Get-ComposerDomain Returns information about View Composer.
Get-ConnectionBroker Returns information about View Connection Server and security server
instances.
Update-ConnectionBroker Updates the configuration of a View Connection Server or security server
instance.
Get-DesktopPhysicalMachine Returns a list of physical machines that are available for use with
unmanaged desktop pools.
Get-DesktopVM Returns information about virtual machines.
Get-EventReport Returns an event report for a specified view.
Get-EventReportList Returns the views that are available for use with the Get-EventReport
cmdlet.