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Get-NBVirtualMachine

Since

v1.0.4

SYNOPSIS

Obtains virtual machines from NetBox.

SYNTAX

Query (Default)

Get-NBVirtualMachine [-All] [-PageSize <Int32>] [-Brief] [-Fields <String[]>] [-Omit <String[]>]
 [-IncludeConfigContext] [-Query <String>] [-Name <String[]>] [-Status <String[]>] [-Tenant <String[]>]
 [-Tenant_ID <UInt64[]>] [-Platform <String[]>] [-Platform_ID <UInt64[]>] [-Cluster_Group <String[]>]
 [-Cluster_Group_Id <UInt64[]>] [-Cluster_Type <String[]>] [-Cluster_Type_Id <UInt64[]>]
 [-Cluster_Id <UInt64[]>] [-Device <String[]>] [-Device_Id <UInt64[]>] [-Site <String[]>] [-Site_Id <UInt64[]>]
 [-Role <String[]>] [-Role_Id <UInt64[]>] [-Virtual_Machine_Type <String[]>]
 [-Virtual_Machine_Type_Id <UInt64[]>] [-Serial <String[]>] [-Limit <UInt16>] [-Offset <UInt16>] [-Raw]
 [-ProgressAction <ActionPreference>] [<CommonParameters>]

ByID

Get-NBVirtualMachine [-All] [-PageSize <Int32>] [-Brief] [-Fields <String[]>] [-Omit <String[]>]
 [-IncludeConfigContext] [-Id <UInt64[]>] [-Limit <UInt16>] [-Offset <UInt16>] [-Raw]
 [-ProgressAction <ActionPreference>] [<CommonParameters>]

DESCRIPTION

Obtains one or more virtual machines based on provided filters.

By default, config_context is excluded from the response for performance. Use -IncludeConfigContext to include it when needed.

EXAMPLES

EXAMPLE 1

Get-NBVirtualMachine
Returns VMs with config_context excluded by default.

EXAMPLE 2

Get-NBVirtualMachine -Brief
Returns minimal VM representations for dropdowns.

EXAMPLE 3

Get-NBVirtualMachine -IncludeConfigContext
Returns VMs with config_context included.

EXAMPLE 4

Get-NBVirtualMachine -Fields 'id','name','status','site.name'
Returns only the specified fields.

EXAMPLE 5

Get-NBVirtualMachine -Omit 'comments','description'
Returns VMs without comments and description fields (NetBox 4.5+).

PARAMETERS

-All

Automatically fetch all pages of results.

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

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

-PageSize

Number of items per page when using -All. Default: 100.

Type: Int32
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: 100
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Brief

Return a minimal representation of objects (id, url, display, name only). Reduces response size by ~90%. Ideal for dropdowns and reference lists.

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

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

-Fields

Specify which fields to include in the response. Supports nested field selection (e.g., 'site.name', 'cluster.name').

Type: String[]
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

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

-Omit

Specify which fields to exclude from the response. Requires NetBox 4.5.0 or later.

Type: String[]
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

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

-IncludeConfigContext

Include config_context in the response. By default, config_context is excluded for performance (can be 10-100x faster without it).

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

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

-Query

Search query (maps to the 'q' API filter). Matches against VM name and primary IP address. Note: in NetBox 4.5.3+, this only matches the primary IP, not all assigned IPs.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: Query
Aliases: q

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

-Name

Name of the VM

Type: String[]
Parameter Sets: Query
Aliases:

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

-Id

Database ID of the VM

Type: UInt64[]
Parameter Sets: ByID
Aliases:

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

-Status

Status of the VM

Type: String[]
Parameter Sets: Query
Aliases:

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

-Tenant

String value of tenant

Type: String[]
Parameter Sets: Query
Aliases:

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

-Tenant_ID

Database ID of the tenant.

Type: UInt64[]
Parameter Sets: Query
Aliases:

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

-Platform

String value of the platform

Type: String[]
Parameter Sets: Query
Aliases:

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

-Platform_ID

Database ID of the platform

Type: UInt64[]
Parameter Sets: Query
Aliases:

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

-Cluster_Group

String value of the cluster group.

Type: String[]
Parameter Sets: Query
Aliases:

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

-Cluster_Group_Id

Database ID of the cluster group.

Type: UInt64[]
Parameter Sets: Query
Aliases:

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

-Cluster_Type

String value of the Cluster type.

Type: String[]
Parameter Sets: Query
Aliases:

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

-Cluster_Type_Id

Database ID of the cluster type.

Type: UInt64[]
Parameter Sets: Query
Aliases:

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

-Cluster_Id

Database ID of the cluster.

Type: UInt64[]
Parameter Sets: Query
Aliases:

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

-Device

The string value of the device the VMs are attached to. (NetBox 4.6+).

Type: String[]
Parameter Sets: Query
Aliases:

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

-Device_Id

The device Id of the device the VMs are attached to. (NetBox 4.6+).

Type: UInt64[]
Parameter Sets: Query
Aliases:

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

-Site

String value of the site.

Type: String[]
Parameter Sets: Query
Aliases:

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

-Site_Id

Database ID of the site.

Type: UInt64[]
Parameter Sets: Query
Aliases:

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

-Role

String value of the role.

Type: String[]
Parameter Sets: Query
Aliases:

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

-Role_Id

Database ID of the role.

Type: UInt64[]
Parameter Sets: Query
Aliases:

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

-Virtual_Machine_Type

String value of the virtual machine type (Slug). (NetBox 4.6+)

Type: String[]
Parameter Sets: Query
Aliases:

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

-Virtual_Machine_Type_Id

Database ID of the virtual machine type. (NetBox 4.6+)

Type: UInt64[]
Parameter Sets: Query
Aliases:

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

-Serial

Serial number of the VM. You can query multiple serial numbers by separating them with commas (e.g., "12345","67890").

Type: String[]
Parameter Sets: Query
Aliases:

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

-Limit

Number of results to return per page

Type: UInt16
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: 0
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Offset

The initial index from which to return the results

Type: UInt16
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: 0
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Raw

Return the raw API response instead of extracting the results array.

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

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

-ProgressAction

{{ Fill ProgressAction Description }}

Type: ActionPreference
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: proga

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
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.

INPUTS

OUTPUTS

System.Management.Automation.PSObject

NOTES

AddedInVersion: v1.0.4

Common parameters

common request params
common pagination params