This is the core of my script..for making the vms from a template.. My whole provisioning script does alot of other things exclusive to my environment.. So this is the piece I can share...
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please use only as a template on making your script work... if you chose.
I am by far not a powercli guru like all the others who help out in this forum.. Thanks to great people in this forum, I was able to build exactly what I needed for my environment.
you should be able to understand the variables by the names..
hope it helps...
David
HINT: notice "custemple" I created this PERSISTENT spec on vcenter. It is a one time creation that I just reference in order to build my non-persistent spec called "temp"...
"temp" is the meat and potatoes of it all...
Get-OSCustomizationSpec -Name temp | Remove-OSCustomizationSpec -Confirm:$false
Get-OSCustomizationSpec -Name custemple | New-OSCustomizationSpec -Name temp -Type NonPersistent
Get-OSCustomizationSpec -Name temp | Set-OSCustomizationSpec -Name temp -DnsServer $dns -DnsSuffix $dnsSuffix -Domain $domainname
Get-OSCustomizationSpec -Name temp | Get-OSCustomizationNicMapping |Set-OSCustomizationNicMapping -IpMode UseStaticIP -IpAddress $ip -SubnetMask $subnet -DefaultGateway $gw
New-VM -Name $displayname -OSCustomizationSpec temp -Template ( Get-template $template ) -VMHost $ESXHost -Datastore $datastore
Get-VM -name $displayname | Get-NetworkAdapter | where { $_.Name -eq "Network Adapter 1" } | Set-NetworkAdapter -NetworkName $network -Confirm:$false
Get-vm -Name $displayname | Set-VM -MemoryGB $mem -Confirm:$false
$vm = Get-VM -Name $displayname
$vm | Set-VM -NumCpu ( $cpu ) -Confirm:$false
$vm | New-HardDisk -CapacityGB $HDD1
if ($HDD2 -ne 0) {
$vm | New-HardDisk -CapacityGB $HDD2
}
$vm | Set-VM -Notes $Note -Confirm:$false
Move-VM -VM $displayname -Destination (Get-Folder -Name $folder) -Confirm:$false
Start-VM -VM $displayname