How to refer a resource pool on a vmware host in PowerCLI command

PowerCLI C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\Infrastructure\vSphere PowerCLI> Get-VM -Name LACT243 | Move-VM -Destination ca-vmhost11.lacare.org -RunAsync

Name                           State      % Complete Start Time   Finish Time
----                           -----      ---------- ----------   -----------
RelocateVM_Task                Running             0 02:14:47 PM


PowerCLI C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\Infrastructure\vSphere PowerCLI> Get-VM -Name LACT246 | Move-VM -Destination Desktops
Move-VM : 4/1/2015 2:21:56 PM    Move-VM        The specified parameter 'Destination' expects a single value, but your name criteria 'Desktops' corresponds to multiple values.
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+ Get-VM -Name LACT246 | Move-VM -Destination Desktops
+                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidResult: (System.Collecti...dObjectInterop]:List`1) [Move-VM], VimException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Core_ObnSelector_SelectObjectByNameCore_MoreResultsThanExpected,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.MoveVM

Move-VM : 4/1/2015 2:21:56 PM    Move-VM        VIContainer parameter: Could not find any of the objects specified by name.
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+ Get-VM -Name LACT246 | Move-VM -Destination Desktops
+                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (VMware.VimAutom...ner Destination:RuntimePropertyInfo) [Move-VM], ObnRecordProcessingFailedException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Core_ObnSelector_SetNewParameterValue_ObjectNotFoundCritical,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.MoveVM

Move-VM : 4/1/2015 2:21:57 PM    Move-VM        Access to resource settings on the host is restricted to the server that is managing it: '10.50.240.9'.
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+ Get-VM -Name LACT246 | Move-VM -Destination Desktops
+                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Move-VM], HostAccessRestrictedToManagementServer
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Client20_VMServiceImpl_MoveIntoResourcePool_ViError,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.MoveVM

PowerCLI C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\Infrastructure\vSphere PowerCLI>

If I moved the vm to that host, then I could use the following command to move the same host to the resource pool. I am kind of don't like these two steps method, can I do it in one step in the CLI.

thanks.


PowerCLI C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\Infrastructure\vSphere PowerCLI> Get-VM -Name LACT25 | Move-VM -Destination Desktops
Move-VM : 4/1/2015 2:27:14 PM    Move-VM        Access to resource settings on the host is restricted to the server that is managing it: '10.50.240.9'.
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+ Get-VM -Name LACT25 | Move-VM -Destination Desktops
+                       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Move-VM], HostAccessRestrictedToManagementServer
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Client20_VMServiceImpl_MoveIntoResourcePool_ViError,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.MoveVM


Name                 PowerState Num CPUs MemoryGB
----                 ---------- -------- --------
LACT25               PoweredOn  1        6.000

If I want to refer to the resource pool on the vcenter cluster, how can I do it?

thanks.

You can specify any destination by name - storage volume, host, cluster, resource pool etc.

if my cluster name is "Cluster7_windows" and the hostname is "ca-vmhost11" and resource poolname is "desktops"

How could I refer to the resource name in the powerCLI?

thanks.

One destination at a time.
First host in different cluster, then resource group.
https://www.vmware.com/support/developer/PowerCLI/PowerCLI41U1/html/Move-VM.html

Got it, so there is no one step way, I have to move the vm into the cluster before I can put it into the resource pool on that cluster.

got it, thank you guys.