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dpmhyperv GetJobState Command--Get the State of a Job

The dpmhyperv GetJobState command returns the state of an asynchronous job running on a Hyper-V host.

This command has the following format:

dpmhyperv GetJobState 
[-ws_user username] 
[-ws_password password] 
[-ws_encrypted_password] 
-hypervHost hostname 
-jobRef job_ref-identifier 
[-pre] 
[-post]
[-locale iso639value]

-ws_user username

(Optional) Specifies the CA Server Automation user name.

-ws_password password

(Optional) Specifies the CA Server Automation user password.

-ws_encrypted_password

(Optional) Indicates whether the CA Server Automation password is encrypted.

-host hostname

Specifies the host name of the Hyper-V server.

-jobRef job_ref_identifier

Specifies the reference identifier of the asynchronous job.

-pre

(Optional) Generates an event before the operation is complete.

-post

(Optional) Generates an event after the operation is complete.

-locale iso639value

(Optional) Specifies an IS0 639_3166 combination to override the default English output, for example, fr_FR for French. To use the locale of the command prompt, specify "native".

Example: Get the State of a Job

This example returns the state of the job, "\\hvserver\root\virtualization:Msvm_ConcreteJob.InstanceID="86CD04TEST82795D6F036"."

dpmhyperv GetJobState -ws_user admin -ws_password #test# -hypervHost hserver -jobRef \\hserver\root\virtualization:Msvm_ConcreteJob.InstanceID="86CD04TEST82795D6F036"