New-HostingConnection

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NAME
New-HostingConnection

SYNOPSIS
Create a new hosting connection

SYNTAX
New-HostingConnection [-Name] <String> [-ConnectionType] <String> [-HypervisorAddress] <String> [-HypervisorCredential] <PSCredential> [<CommonParameters>]


DESCRIPTION
This function only creates a connection to a hosting environment without choosing any resources (see New-HostingResource)


PARAMETERS
-Name <String>
Name of the hosting connection

Required?                    true
Position?                    1
Default value
Accept pipeline input?       false
Accept wildcard characters?  false

-ConnectionType <String>
Connection type can be VCenter, XenServer and SCVMM among several others

Required?                    true
Position?                    2
Default value
Accept pipeline input?       false
Accept wildcard characters?  false

-HypervisorAddress <String>
This contains the URL to the vCenter web API

Required?                    true
Position?                    3
Default value
Accept pipeline input?       false
Accept wildcard characters?  false

-HypervisorCredential <PSCredential>
A credentials object for authentication against the hypervisor

Required?                    true
Position?                    4
Default value
Accept pipeline input?       false
Accept wildcard characters?  false

<CommonParameters>
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,
ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,
OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see
about_CommonParameters (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).


-------------------------- EXAMPLE 1 --------------------------

C:\PS>New-HostingConnection -Name vcenter-01 -ConnectionType VCenter -HypervisorAddress https://vcenter-01.example.com/sdk -HypervisorCredential (Get-Credential)


RELATED LINKS
New-HostingResource