Hi,
I'm creating the following in Workstation, and am unable to understand how to go about it.
The following script adds hosts to the vCenter, then a Distributed Switch is created and hosts added to it, then Portgroups added to the Distributed Switch. Now only 2 things remain, the vmnics, and vmkernels which is what I'm not understanding. When I do them using GUI they work fine and transfer successfully but how to achieve the same via PowerCLI. The problem is when I try to add vmnic0 (management vmnic) the connection is lost, I have tested the script without vmnic0 and it works fine.
CSV File Content
Hosts,Cluster,NIC,PortGroup,VMK,IP
esxi21.v.lab,vSAN_Cluster,vmnic0,ManagementPG,ManagementNetwork,192.168.2.21
esxi22.v.lab,vSAN_Cluster,vmnic0,ManagementPG,ManagementNetwork,192.168.2.22
esxi23.v.lab,vSAN_Cluster,vmnic0,ManagementPG,ManagementNetwork,192.168.2.23
esxi24.v.lab,iSCSI_Cluster,vmnic0,ManagementPG,ManagementNetwork,192.168.2.34
esxi25.v.lab,iSCSI_Cluster,vmnic0,ManagementPG,ManagementNetwork,192.168.2.25
esxi21.v.lab,vSAN_Cluster,vmnic1,ManagementPG,ManagementNetwork2,192.168.2.31
esxi22.v.lab,vSAN_Cluster,vmnic1,ManagementPG,ManagementNetwork2,192.168.2.32
esxi23.v.lab,vSAN_Cluster,vmnic1,ManagementPG,ManagementNetwork2,192.168.2.33
esxi24.v.lab,iSCSI_Cluster,vmnic1,ManagementPG,ManagementNetwork2,192.168.2.34
esxi25.v.lab,iSCSI_Cluster,vmnic1,ManagementPG,ManagementNetwork2,192.168.2.35
esxi21.v.lab,vSAN_Cluster,vmnic2,NFSPG,NFS,192.168.3.21
esxi22.v.lab,vSAN_Cluster,vmnic2,NFSPG,NFS,192.168.3.22
esxi23.v.lab,vSAN_Cluster,vmnic2,NFSPG,NFS,192.168.3.23
esxi24.v.lab,iSCSI_Cluster,vmnic2,NFSPG,NFS,192.168.3.24
esxi25.v.lab,iSCSI_Cluster,vmnic2,NFSPG,NFS,192.168.3.25
esxi21.v.lab,vSAN_Cluster,vmnic3,vSANPG,vSAN,192.168.5.21
esxi22.v.lab,vSAN_Cluster,vmnic3,vSANPG,vSAN,192.168.5.22
esxi23.v.lab,vSAN_Cluster,vmnic3,vSANPG,vSAN,192.168.5.23
esxi24.v.lab,iSCSI_Cluster,vmnic3,iSCSI1PG,iSCSI1,192.168.4.24
esxi25.v.lab,iSCSI_Cluster,vmnic3,iSCSI1PG,iSCSI1,192.168.4.25
esxi21.v.lab,vSAN_Cluster,vmnic4,vSANPG,vSAN,192.168.5.31
esxi22.v.lab,vSAN_Cluster,vmnic4,vSANPG,vSAN,192.168.5.32
esxi23.v.lab,vSAN_Cluster,vmnic4,vSANPG,vSAN,192.168.5.33
esxi24.v.lab,iSCSI_Cluster,vmnic4,iSCSI2PG,iSCSI2,192.168.4.34
esxi25.v.lab,iSCSI_Cluster,vmnic4,iSCSI2PG,iSCSI2,192.168.4.35
esxi21.v.lab,vSAN_Cluster,vmnic5,vMotionPG,vMotion,192.168.6.21
esxi22.v.lab,vSAN_Cluster,vmnic5,vMotionPG,vMotion,192.168.6.22
esxi23.v.lab,vSAN_Cluster,vmnic5,vMotionPG,vMotion,192.168.6.23
esxi21.v.lab,vSAN_Cluster,vmnic6,vMotionPG,vMotion,192.168.6.31
esxi22.v.lab,vSAN_Cluster,vmnic6,vMotionPG,vMotion,192.168.6.32
esxi23.v.lab,vSAN_Cluster,vmnic6,vMotionPG,vMotion,192.168.6.33
esxi21.v.lab,vSAN_Cluster,vmnic7,FT,FT,192.168.7.21
esxi22.v.lab,vSAN_Cluster,vmnic7,FT,FT,192.168.7.22
esxi23.v.lab,vSAN_Cluster,vmnic7,FT,FT,192.168.7.23
esxi21.v.lab,vSAN_Cluster,vmnic8,FT,FT,192.168.7.31
esxi22.v.lab,vSAN_Cluster,vmnic8,FT,FT,192.168.7.32
esxi23.v.lab,vSAN_Cluster,vmnic8,FT,FT,192.168.7.33
PowerCLI Script
$csvFile = Import-CSV -Path C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\esxiHostsdvSwitch.csv
Connect-VIServer vcsa.v.lab -Force
Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -Scope User -ParticipateInCEIP $false -confirm:$false
$dc = New-Datacenter -location (Get-Folder -NoRecursion) -Name vDatacenter
New-Cluster -Name iSCSI_Cluster -Location $dc
New-Cluster -Name vSAN_Cluster -Location $dc
$dvSwitch = "vDCSwitch"
New-VDSwitch -Name $dvSwitch -Location vDatacenter -NumUplinkPorts 9 -MaxPorts 256 -Version "6.6.0"
foreach ($val in $csvFile)
{
$esxiHosts = $val.Hosts
$clusterName = $val.Cluster
$nic = $val.NIC
$pgroup = $val.PortGroup
$ip = $val.IP
Add-VMHost $esxiHosts -User root -Password "" -Location $clusterName -Force
Add-VDSwitchVMHost -VMHost $esxiHosts -VDSwitch $dvSwitch
New-VDPortgroup -Name $pgroup -VDSwitch $dvSwitch -NumPorts 8
}
foreach ($val in $csvFile)
{
$esxiHosts = $val.Hosts
$nic = $val.NIC
$dSwitch = Get-VMHost $esxiHosts | Get-VMHostNetworkAdapter -Physical -Name $nic
Get-VDSwitch $dvSwitch | Add-VDSwitchPhysicalNetworkAdapter -VMHostNetworkAdapter $dSwitch -Confirm:$false
}
Thank You
