The following line produces quite a long list of output:
Get-VMHost -Name $VMHostName | Get-VMHostAdvancedConfiguration
How do I filter the list so that I see only entries where the key contains a string?
For example output all key/value pairs where the key starts "Config."?
I feel I should know this, but messing around with Where-Object has got me no where.
With a mask on the Name parameter.
Get-VMHostAdvancedConfiguration -Name "config*"
Or even better, with Get-AdvancedSetting
Get-AdvancedSetting -Name "config*"
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Can I wildcard the search term?
Yes I can!
Thanks...
Get-Host -Name $VMHostName | Get-AdvancedSetting -Name "Config.*"
Name Value Type Description
---- ----- ---- -----------
Config.Defaults.c... VMHost
Config.Defaults.c... VMHost
Config.HostAgent.... VMHost
Config.Defaults.c... disable VMHost
Config.Defaults.c... disable VMHost
Config.HostAgent.... True VMHost
Config.Defaults.c... disable VMHost
Config.Defaults.c... VMHost
Config.Defaults.c... disable VMHost
Config.HostAgent.... 100 VMHost
Config.Defaults.c... VMHost
Config.Defaults.c... disable VMHost
Config.Defaults.c... disable VMHost
Config.Defaults.c... VMHost
Config.Defaults.c... disable VMHost
Config.Defaults.c... VMHost
Config.Defaults.c... disable VMHost
Config.Defaults.c... VMHost
Config.HostAgent.... VMHost
Config.Defaults.c... disable VMHost
Config.Defaults.c... VMHost
Config.Defaults.c... disable VMHost
Config.HostAgent.... VMHost
Config.Defaults.c... disable VMHost
A possible issue could be that the available meta-characters for masking the name are limited.
An asterisk (*) for one or more characters, a question mark (?) for 1 character.
For more advanced filtering you will probably need to use a Where-Object and the -match operator with a RegEx expression.
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