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Get-Stat — Basic Usage

Use Get-Stat for a standard administrative task.

Copy-ready commandGet-Stat — Basic Usage
Get-Stat -Entity (Get-VM vm01) -Stat cpu.usage.average -Realtime

Requirements and permissions

Requirements
VMware PowerCLI or ESXi shell
Permissions
vCenter or ESXi permissions vary
Last reviewed
2026-07-31

Examples

Basic Usage

Use Get-Stat for a standard administrative task.

Get-Stat -Entity (Get-VM vm01) -Stat cpu.usage.average -Realtime

Original command

Retrieve vSphere performance statistics.

Get-Stat -Entity (Get-VM vm01) -Stat cpu.usage.average -Realtime

Common errors

Command not found

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