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NAME
Stop-VApp

SYNOPSIS
Stops virtual appliances.

SYNTAX
Stop-VApp [-Force] [-VApp] [-Server ] [-RunAsync] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] []


DESCRIPTION
Stops virtual appliances.


PARAMETERS
-Force
Indicate that the virtual machines are powered off regardless of the auto-start configuration of the virtual ap
pliances.

Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false

-VApp
Specify the virtual appliance you want to stop.

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 $true
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>Get-VMHost Host | Get-VApp | Stop-VApp


Stops all virtual appliances on the specified host.






RELATED LINKS
Online version: http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/PowerCLI/PowerCLI501/html/Stop-VApp.html
Export-VApp
Get-VApp
Import-VApp
New-VApp
Remove-VApp
Set-VApp
Start-VApp
Move-VApp