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Send DatacenterMetric

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Send-DatacenterMetric

SYNOPSIS

Sends Datacenter metrics to Influx.

SYNTAX

Send-DatacenterMetric [[-Measure] <String>] [[-Tags] <String[]>] [[-Datacenter] <String[]>]
 [[-Database] <String>] [[-Server] <String>] [-ProgressAction <ActionPreference>] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm]
 [<CommonParameters>]

DESCRIPTION

By default this cmdlet sends metrics for all Datacenter returned by Get-Datacenter.

EXAMPLES

EXAMPLE 1

Send-DatacenterMetric -Measure 'TestDatacenter' -Tags Name,NumCpuShares -Datacenter Test*

Description

This command will submit the specified tags and Datacenter metrics to a measure called 'TestDatacenter' for all Datacenters starting with 'Test'

PARAMETERS

-Measure

The name of the measure to be updated or created.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: 1
Default value: Datacenter
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Tags

An array of Datacenter tags to be included. Default: 'Name','ParentFolder'

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

Required: False
Position: 2
Default value: ('Name', 'ParentFolder')
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Datacenter

One or more Datacenters to be queried.

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

Required: False
Position: 3
Default value: *
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Database

The name of the Influx database to write to. Default: 'vmware'. This must exist in Influx!

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: 4
Default value: Vmware
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Server

The URL and port for the Influx REST API. Default: 'http://localhost:8086'

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: 5
Default value: Http://localhost:8086
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-WhatIf

Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs. The cmdlet is not run.

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: wi

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

-Confirm

Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: cf

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
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 (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).

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