This is the built-in help made by Microsoft for the command 'Rename-VMNetworkAdapter', in PowerShell version 3 - as retrieved from
Windows version 'Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Standard' PowerShell help files on 2016-06-23.
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Renames a virtual network adapter on a virtual machine or on the management operating system.
Rename-VMNetworkAdapter [-VMName] <String[]> [-NewName] <String> [-ComputerName <String[]>] [-Name <String>] [-Passthru]
[-VMNetworkAdapterName <String>] [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [<CommonParameters>]
Rename-VMNetworkAdapter [-NewName] <String> [-ComputerName <String[]>] [-Name <String>] [-Passthru] [-VMNetworkAdapterName <String>]
-ManagementOS [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [<CommonParameters>]
Rename-VMNetworkAdapter [-VM] <VirtualMachine[]> [-NewName] <String> [-Name <String>] [-Passthru] [-VMNetworkAdapterName <String>] [-Confirm]
[-WhatIf] [<CommonParameters>]
Rename-VMNetworkAdapter [-VMNetworkAdapter] <VMNetworkAdapterBase[]> [-NewName] <String> [-Passthru] [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [<CommonParameters>]
The Rename-VMNetworkAdapter cmdlet renames a virtual network adapter on a virtual machine or on the management operating system.
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Example 1
PS C:\>Rename-VMNetworkAdapter –VMName Redmond –NewName CoreNet
This example renames all the virtual network adapters of virtual machine Redmond to CoreNet.
Example 1
PS C:\>Rename-VMNetworkAdapter -VMName Kirkland –Name Private -NewName CoreNet
This example renames the virtual network adapter Private to CoreNet in virtual machine Kirkland.