![]() NAME Move-VApp SYNOPSIS Moves the specified virtual appliances to a new location. SYNTAX Move-VApp [-Destination] DESCRIPTION Moves the specified virtual appliances to a new location. If the destination is a host or a cluster, the virtual ap pliances are moved to the system "Resources" resource pool. PARAMETERS -Destination Specify where you want to move the specified virtual appliances. Supported types are Folder, VMHost, Cluster, R esourcePool, VApp, and Datacenter. Required? true Position? 2 Default value Accept pipeline input? false Accept wildcard characters? true -VApp Specify the virtual appliances you want to move. Required? true Position? 1 Default value Accept pipeline input? true (ByValue) Accept wildcard characters? true -Server Specify the vSphere servers on which you want to run the cmdlet. If no value is given to this parameter, the co mmand runs on the default servers. For more information about default servers, see the description of Connect-V IServer. Required? false Position? named Default value Accept pipeline input? false Accept wildcard characters? true -RunAsync Indicate that the command returns immediately without waiting for the task to complete. In this mode, the outpu t of the cmdlet is a Task object. For more information about the -RunAsync parameter run " help About_RunAsync" in the vSphere PowerCLI console. Required? false Position? named Default value Accept pipeline input? false Accept wildcard characters? false -WhatIf Indicate that the cmdlet is run only to display the changes that would be made and actually no objects are modi fied. Required? false Position? named Default value Accept pipeline input? false Accept wildcard characters? false -Confirm If the value is $true, indicates that the cmdlet asks for confirmation before running. If the value is $false, the cmdlet runs without asking for user confirmation. Required? false Position? named Default value Accept pipeline input? false Accept wildcard characters? false This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable, OutBuffer and OutVariable. For more information, type, "get-help about_commonparameters". INPUTS OUTPUTS VApp NOTES -------------- Example 1 -------------- C:\PS>$host = Get-VMHost $destinationRP = New-ResourcePool -Name "vApp ResourcePool" -Location $host Move-VApp -VApp (Get-Vapp myVApp -Location $host) -Destination $destinationRP Move a virtual appliance from a host to a resource pool from the same host. -------------- Example 2 -------------- C:\PS>$host = Get-VMHost $destinationVApp = New-VApp -Name vApp1 -Location $host (Get-Vapp vApp2 -Location (Get-ResourcePool RP)) | Move-VApp -Destination $destinationVApp Move a virtual appliance from a resource pool to another virtual appliance. -------------- Example 3 -------------- C:\PS>Move-VApp vApp (Get-VMHost) Move a virtual appliance from a resource pool to a host. -------------- Example 4 -------------- C:\PS>$vmFolder = Get-Folder -Name VMFolder -Location (Get-DataCenter) -NoRecursion New-Folder -Name "MyVMFolder" -Location $vmFolder Get-VApp VApp | Move-Vapp -Destination "MyVMFolder" -RunAsync Move a virtual appliance to a folder asynchronously. RELATED LINKS Online version: http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/PowerCLI/PowerCLI501/html/Move-VApp.html Get-VApp New-VApp Export-VApp Import-VApp Set-VApp Start-VApp Stop-VApp Remove-VApp |