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===Create VMs===
===Create VMs===


Get guest ID from template to set when using New-VM:
Get Guest ID from all VMs currently in the vSphere:<syntaxhighlight lang="powershell">
*Get-Template -Name "name_of_your_template"
(get-vm | get-vmguest).GuestID | sort | unique
*$template.ExtensionData.Config.GuestId
</syntaxhighlight>Get guest ID from template to set when using New-VM:<syntaxhighlight lang="powershell" line="1">
Get-Template -Name "name_of_your_template"
$template.ExtensionData.Config.GuestId
</syntaxhighlight>
*


==VM Management==
==VM Management==
===Disk Management===
===Disk Management===


Add new Hard disk:
Add new Hard disk:<syntaxhighlight lang="powershell">
 
New-HardDisk -VM <name of vm> -CapacityGB 100
*'''New-HardDisk -VM <name of vm> -CapacityGB 100'''
</syntaxhighlight>
*


See: https://developer.vmware.com/docs/powercli/latest/vmware.vimautomation.core/commands/new-harddisk/#CreateNew
See: https://developer.vmware.com/docs/powercli/latest/vmware.vimautomation.core/commands/new-harddisk/#CreateNew

Revision as of 13:48, 25 November 2023

VMware Powercli

VMware PowerCLI Docs

Connect to environment

  • Connect-VIServer -Server vcenter01 -User admin -Password pass

or

  • Connect-VIServer -Server vcenter01

See https://blogs.vmware.com/PowerCLI/2013/03/back-to-basics-connecting-to-vcenter-or-a-vsphere-host.html

Disconnect from all servers:

  • Disconnect-Viserver -Server *


Create VMs

Get Guest ID from all VMs currently in the vSphere:

(get-vm | get-vmguest).GuestID | sort | unique

Get guest ID from template to set when using New-VM:

Get-Template -Name "name_of_your_template"
$template.ExtensionData.Config.GuestId

VM Management

Disk Management

Add new Hard disk:

New-HardDisk -VM <name of vm> -CapacityGB 100

See: https://developer.vmware.com/docs/powercli/latest/vmware.vimautomation.core/commands/new-harddisk/#CreateNew