VMware Powercli
Connect to environment
- Connect-VIServer -Server vcenter01 -User admin -Password pass
or
- Connect-VIServer -Server vcenter01
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