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    <title>topic Re: Clone VM Script in VMware PowerCLI Discussions</title>
    <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Clone-VM-Script/m-p/942096#M28479</link>
    <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Did you read the document I pointed to ?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2015 04:57:37 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>LucD</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2015-04-16T04:57:37Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Clone VM Script</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Clone-VM-Script/m-p/942081#M28464</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;I'm looking to create a PowerCLI script to clone a VM, and overwrite any existing clones that are present. Just doing some searching, here is what I found:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #333333; text-align: justify; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri;"&gt;New-VM -Name VM2 -VM VM1 -Datastore datastorename -vmhost hostname&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;I have not tested the script yet, but it does look like it will do at least part of what I am looking to accomplish. Do I need to use the Datastore and VMhost parameters? And is there anything I can do to delete any existing clones before the script is run? Thank you.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2013 20:28:18 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Clone-VM-Script/m-p/942081#M28464</guid>
      <dc:creator>elihuj</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-09-30T20:28:18Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Clone VM Script</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Clone-VM-Script/m-p/942082#M28465</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;You need the VMHost parameter, or a ResourcePool or a vApp.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;You don't need the Datastore parameter, if the new VM can be created on the same datastore as the source VM.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;If you want to override this behavior and use another datastore, you have to use the Datastore parameter.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;You can do a Get-VM on the name VM2, and if it exists remove it.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Something like this&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;PRE&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #800080;"&gt;$newVMName&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #000000;"&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #ff0000;"&gt;=&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #000000;"&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #800000;"&gt;"VM1"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #000000;"&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #800080;"&gt;$sourceVMName&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #000000;"&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #ff0000;"&gt;=&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #000000;"&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #800000;"&gt;"VM2"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #000000;"&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #800080;"&gt;$esxName&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #000000;"&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #ff0000;"&gt;=&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #000000;"&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #800000;"&gt;"MyEsx"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #000000;"&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #5f9ea0;"&gt;Get-VM&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #000000;"&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #5f9ea0;"&gt;-Name&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #000000;"&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #800080;"&gt;$newVMName&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #000000;"&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #0000ff;"&gt;|&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #000000;"&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #5f9ea0;"&gt;Remove-VM&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #000000;"&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #5f9ea0;"&gt;-DeletePermanently&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #000000;"&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #ff0000;"&gt;-&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #0000ff;"&gt;Confirm&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #000000;"&gt;:&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #0000ff;"&gt;$false&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #000000;"&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #5f9ea0;"&gt;New-VM&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #000000;"&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #5f9ea0;"&gt;-Name&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #000000;"&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #800080;"&gt;$newVMName&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #000000;"&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #5f9ea0;"&gt;-VM&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #000000;"&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #800080;"&gt;$sourceVMName&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #000000;"&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #5f9ea0;"&gt;-VMHost&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #000000;"&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #800080;"&gt;$esxName&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/PRE&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2013 20:58:08 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Clone-VM-Script/m-p/942082#M28465</guid>
      <dc:creator>LucD</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-09-30T20:58:08Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Clone VM Script</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Clone-VM-Script/m-p/942083#M28466</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks LucD. I'm going to play around with this in my lab and post results.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2013 21:02:08 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Clone-VM-Script/m-p/942083#M28466</guid>
      <dc:creator>elihuj</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-09-30T21:02:08Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Clone VM Script</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Clone-VM-Script/m-p/942084#M28467</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Pretty slick LucD. Worked like a charm! &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;This is also pretty error proof right? Meaning the only way a VM is going to get overwritten is if it explicitly matches the $newVMName parameter correct?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 14:25:53 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Clone-VM-Script/m-p/942084#M28467</guid>
      <dc:creator>elihuj</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-10-01T14:25:53Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Clone VM Script</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Clone-VM-Script/m-p/942085#M28468</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;That is correct.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 15:44:57 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Clone-VM-Script/m-p/942085#M28468</guid>
      <dc:creator>LucD</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-10-01T15:44:57Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Clone VM Script</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Clone-VM-Script/m-p/942086#M28469</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Just a followup question.. I notice when I run the script with credentials in the script, I get some messages once the script completes:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;
&lt;P&gt;WARNING: 'Description' property is obsolete. Use 'Notes' instead.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;WARNING: 'HardDisks' property is obsolete. Use 'Get-HardDisk' cmdlet instead.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;WARNING: 'NetworkAdapters' property is obsolete. Use 'Get-NetworkAdapter'&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;cmdlet instead.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;WARNING: 'UsbDevices' property is obsolete. Use 'Get-UsbDevice' cmdlet instead.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;WARNING: 'CDDrives' property is obsolete. Use 'Get-CDDrive' cmdlet instead.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;WARNING: 'FloppyDrives' property is obsolete. Use 'Get-FloppyDrive' cmdlet&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;instead.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;WARNING: 'Host' property is obsolete. Use 'VMHost' instead.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;WARNING: 'HostId' property is obsolete. Use 'VMHostId' instead.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;PowerState: PoweredOff&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Version: v7&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Notes: Cloned by Administrator&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;NumCpu: 1&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;MemoryMB: 1024&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;There is no output when I run the script and supply credentials manually. I assume this is safe to ignore?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 16:10:31 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Clone-VM-Script/m-p/942086#M28469</guid>
      <dc:creator>elihuj</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-10-01T16:10:31Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Clone VM Script</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Clone-VM-Script/m-p/942087#M28470</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;These are just warnings. They are there to inform you which properties might disappear in a future release, and hence not to use them anymore in your scripts.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;You can suppress them by using the &lt;STRONG&gt;DisplayDepreciationWarnings&lt;/STRONG&gt; switch on the &lt;A href="http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/PowerCLI/PowerCLI55/html/Set-PowerCLIConfiguration.html"&gt;Set-PowerCLIConfiguration&lt;/A&gt; cmdlet.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The New-VM cmdlet will place the PowerCLI object for the newly created VM in the pipeline.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Those are the 5 last lines you see in the output.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 16:51:17 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Clone-VM-Script/m-p/942087#M28470</guid>
      <dc:creator>LucD</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-10-01T16:51:17Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Clone VM Script</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Clone-VM-Script/m-p/942088#M28471</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Excellent. Thank you again LucD.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 20:17:02 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Clone-VM-Script/m-p/942088#M28471</guid>
      <dc:creator>elihuj</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-10-02T20:17:02Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Clone VM Script</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Clone-VM-Script/m-p/942089#M28472</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;I noticed this message today when I ran the script:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Remove-VM - An item with the same key has already been added. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;+ Get-VM -Name $newVMName | Remove-VM &amp;lt;&amp;lt;&amp;lt;&amp;lt; -DeletePeremanently -Confirm:$false&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; + Category Info&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; : NotSpecified: (:) [Remove-VM], ViError&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; + FullyQualifiedErrorID&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; : Client20_MoServiceImpl_Remove_SingleObject_ViError,VMware.VImAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.RemoveVM&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The script does its job correctly though. What does this error mean? &lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Oct 2013 17:02:44 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Clone-VM-Script/m-p/942089#M28472</guid>
      <dc:creator>elihuj</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-10-15T17:02:44Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Clone VM Script</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Clone-VM-Script/m-p/942090#M28473</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hi,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;This is really quick and great script,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I am looking for similar kind of script to create a template by cloning a VM and Delete the Old template on regular basis.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;VCP&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2015 13:24:18 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Clone-VM-Script/m-p/942090#M28473</guid>
      <dc:creator>SatishRayala</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-02-10T13:24:18Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Clone VM Script</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Clone-VM-Script/m-p/942091#M28474</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hey Luc, what if I want to clone the VM but not specify a VMHost since I am using a cluster of 10 hosts?&amp;nbsp; Or does that really even matter since at power on it would move to whatever server it thinks is best for it.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2015 15:13:42 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Clone-VM-Script/m-p/942091#M28474</guid>
      <dc:creator>rolltidega</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-03-12T15:13:42Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Clone VM Script</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Clone-VM-Script/m-p/942092#M28475</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Did you try specifying a ResourcePool instead of a VMHost ?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2015 15:32:34 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>LucD</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-03-12T15:32:34Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Clone VM Script</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Clone-VM-Script/m-p/942093#M28476</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;
&lt;P&gt;elihuj escreveu:&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;I'm looking to create a PowerCLI script to clone a VM, and overwrite any existing clones that are present. Just doing some searching, here is what I found:&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote"&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="text-align: justify; color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;New-VM -Name VM2 -VM VM1 -Datastore datastorename -vmhost hostname&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;I have not tested the script yet, but it does look like it will do at least part of what I am looking to accomplish. Do I need to use the Datastore and VMhost parameters? And is there anything I can do to delete any existing clones before the script is run? Thank you.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;Dear Friends&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;in what place this script Works ?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;how im can execute this script ?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Almir&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2015 21:27:10 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Clone-VM-Script/m-p/942093#M28476</guid>
      <dc:creator>MicroMarket</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-04-14T21:27:10Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Clone VM Script</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Clone-VM-Script/m-p/942094#M28477</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;You will have to install the PowerCLI module/pssnapin on a Windows box that has the required prerequisites (see the Release Notes).&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Then you start the PowerCLI prompt, and run the script, that you saved in a .ps1 file.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;See &lt;A href="http://xtravirt.com/media/2012/11/Beginners-Guide-to-Managing-VMware-using-Powershell.pdf"&gt;XtraVirt's Beginner's Guide &lt;/A&gt;for a good description on starting with PowerCLI.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2015 04:50:55 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Clone-VM-Script/m-p/942094#M28477</guid>
      <dc:creator>LucD</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-04-15T04:50:55Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Clone VM Script</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Clone-VM-Script/m-p/942095#M28478</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;
&lt;P&gt;LucD wrote:&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;You will have to install the PowerCLI module/pssnapin on a Windows box that has the required prerequisites (see the Release Notes).&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Then you start the PowerCLI prompt, and run the script, that you saved in a .ps1 file.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;See &lt;A class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://xtravirt.com/media/2012/11/Beginners-Guide-to-Managing-VMware-using-Powershell.pdf"&gt;XtraVirt's Beginner's Guide &lt;/A&gt;for a good description on starting with PowerCLI.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Dear Friend&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;im have windows powershell ISE installed in mywindows 8&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;im need any additional resource or plugin ???&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;but what is the module/pssnapin ????&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Almir&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2015 18:14:55 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>MicroMarket</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-04-15T18:14:55Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Clone VM Script</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Clone-VM-Script/m-p/942096#M28479</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Did you read the document I pointed to ?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2015 04:57:37 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Clone-VM-Script/m-p/942096#M28479</guid>
      <dc:creator>LucD</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-04-16T04:57:37Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Clone VM Script</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Clone-VM-Script/m-p/942097#M28480</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Dear Friend&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Im download the pdf and follow all steps&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;im run the Vmware PowerCli and all commands such as Get-VM, Start-VM and Stop-VM &lt;SPAN class="short_text" lang="en"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;worked&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class="hps"&gt;successfully&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;when im open script and copy all lines all steps works fine&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;but im don´t now how im can call the script called .psc1&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;Im do the script but how im can call the script direct from cmd ???&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;im try this line bellow&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #ff0000;"&gt;C:\WINDOWS\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe -PSConsoleFile “C:\Programiles\VMware\Infrastructure\VSphere PowerCLI\vim.psc1” -NoExit –Command&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Almir&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2015 18:39:03 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Clone-VM-Script/m-p/942097#M28480</guid>
      <dc:creator>MicroMarket</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-04-30T18:39:03Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Clone VM Script</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Clone-VM-Script/m-p/942098#M28481</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;The .psc1 file is what is called a PSConsoleFile, it is used to load PSSnapins.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The powershell.exe command has multiple options (you can do &lt;STRONG&gt;powershell.exe /?&lt;/STRONG&gt; to see them).&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;If your script is stored in a .ps1 file, you can use the &lt;STRONG&gt;File&lt;/STRONG&gt; parameter to run it.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2015 21:16:29 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Clone-VM-Script/m-p/942098#M28481</guid>
      <dc:creator>LucD</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-04-30T21:16:29Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Clone VM Script</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Clone-VM-Script/m-p/942099#M28482</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;
&lt;P&gt;LucD escreveu:&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;The .psc1 file is what is called a PSConsoleFile, it is used to load PSSnapins.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;The powershell.exe command has multiple options (you can do &lt;STRONG&gt;powershell.exe /?&lt;/STRONG&gt; to see them).&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;If your script is stored in a .ps1 file, you can use the &lt;STRONG&gt;File&lt;/STRONG&gt; parameter to run it.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Dear LucD&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Great !! The Parameter &lt;SPAN style="color: #ff0000;"&gt;-File&lt;/SPAN&gt; works&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Now im ant to test the script line per line&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;My script is that bellow. but im have another problem&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;See bellow the blue lines&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;When im insert the while apears two arrows &amp;gt;&amp;gt; in the lef side&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;and im cannot exit of this to continue insert anothers lines of the script&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #ff0000;"&gt;how im can do ?? &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="line-height: 1.5em; color: #ff0000; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;is normal ????&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;$tgtEsxName = "ESXI HOST" #ESXI Host you want to clone to&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;$tgtDatastoreName = "DATASTORE" #Datastore you want to clone to&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;$Vc = "mcb-vcenter" #Name of Vcenter Server&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;$vcUser = "USER" # Username for VCENTER&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;$vcPass = "PASSWORD"# Password for VCENTER&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;#set up email &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;$emailSMTP = "IP.IP.IP.IP" #Ip address of SMTP server&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;$emailfrom = "&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;A class="jive-link-email-small" href="mailto:CLONING@YOURDOMAIN.COM"&gt;CLONING@YOURDOMAIN.COM&lt;/A&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;" #From Email&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;$emailRCpt = "&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;A class="jive-link-email-small" href="mailto:ADMINS@YOURDOMAIN.COM"&gt;ADMINS@YOURDOMAIN.COM&lt;/A&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;" #Recipient email&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;$smtp = New-Object Net.Mail.SmtpClient -arg $emailSMTP&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;# add snapin for VMware &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;add-pssnapin VMware.VimAutomation.Core&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Connect-VIServer -Server $vc -User $vcUser -Password $vcPass # log into server&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;# import CSV File&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;$importFrom = "CSV"&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;$vmPath = "C:\CLONES\CLONES.CSV" #path of CSV&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;$vmList = Import-csv $vmPath # Retrieve the CSV file&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;$Lines = Get-Content $vmPath | Measure-Object #count the lines&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;#count line ins CSV file&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;$Total = $Lines.Count - 1&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;#initiate Counters&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;$i = 0 &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;$ttl = 1&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;#start loop&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt; &lt;SPAN style="color: #0000ff;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; While ($ttl -le $Total) {&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #0000ff;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; # set date format &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #0000ff;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; $date = Get-Date -Format "MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Function doDate() {&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp; $now = Get-Date -Format "ddd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss"&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp; Write-Host -NoNewline "`n$now | "}&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;$VM = Get-VM $vmList[$i].Name&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;$fromVMname = $vm&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;$newvmname = "$fromVmname $date"&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Write-Host "Creating clone of $VM ($ttl of $Total)"&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;#Command to clone VM&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;New-VM -Name ($newvmname) -VM ($fromvmname) -Datastore ($tgtDatastoreName) -VMHost ($tgtEsxName) -location ("Remote_clones")&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;$test = Get-Vm -name $newvmname&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;#if statement for if Vm is not found&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;if (!$test){&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;#vm not found&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;#else Statement used if the VM is found&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;else{&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;$path = "C:\CLONES\$vm.txt"#path of log file REPLACE EVERYTHING BEFORE\$VM.TXT&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;$deleteVM = Get-Content $path #pull line from log file&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Remove-VM $deleteVM -deletepermanently -confirm:$false #remove old clone&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Clear-Content $path #Delete content of log file&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;$newvmname | Out-File $path #put name of new server in log file&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;}&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;$i++&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;$ttl++&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;}&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2015 13:32:21 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Clone-VM-Script/m-p/942099#M28482</guid>
      <dc:creator>MicroMarket</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-05-05T13:32:21Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Clone VM Script</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Clone-VM-Script/m-p/942100#M28483</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;You're missing some closing braces in a couple of code blocks.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Try like this&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;DIV style="text-align: Left; font-family: Segoe UI; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12; color: #000000;"&gt;&lt;P style="font-family: Lucida Console; margin: 0 0 0 0; background-color: #ffffff;"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 16;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #ff4500;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;$tgtEsxName&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #f5deb3;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #a9a9a9;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;=&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #f5deb3;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: Courier New; color: #8b0000;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;"ESXI HOST"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #f5deb3;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: Courier New; color: #006400;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;#ESXI Host you want to clone to&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="font-family: Lucida Console; margin: 0 0 0 0; background-color: #ffffff;"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #ff4500;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;$tgtDatastoreName&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #f5deb3;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #a9a9a9;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;=&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #f5deb3;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: Courier New; color: #8b0000;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;"DATASTORE"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #f5deb3;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: Courier New; color: #006400;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;#Datastore you want to clone to&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="font-family: Lucida Console; margin: 0 0 0 0; background-color: #ffffff;"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #ff4500;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;$Vc&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #f5deb3;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #a9a9a9;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;=&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #f5deb3;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: Courier New; color: #8b0000;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;"mcb-vcenter"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #f5deb3;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: Courier New; color: #006400;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;#Name of Vcenter Server&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="font-family: Lucida Console; margin: 0 0 0 0; background-color: #ffffff;"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #ff4500;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;$vcUser&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #f5deb3;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #a9a9a9;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;=&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #f5deb3;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: Courier New; color: #8b0000;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;"USER"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #f5deb3;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: Courier New; color: #006400;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;# Username for VCENTER&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="font-family: Lucida Console; margin: 0 0 0 0; background-color: #ffffff;"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #ff4500;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;$vcPass&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #f5deb3;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #a9a9a9;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;=&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #f5deb3;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: Courier New; color: #8b0000;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;"PASSWORD"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: Courier New; color: #006400;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;# Password for VCENTER&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="font-family: Lucida Console; margin: 0 0 0 0; background-color: #ffffff;"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: Courier New; color: #006400;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;#set up email&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="font-family: Lucida Console; margin: 0 0 0 0; background-color: #ffffff;"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #ff4500;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;$emailSMTP&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #f5deb3;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #a9a9a9;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;=&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #f5deb3;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: Courier New; color: #8b0000;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;"IP.IP.IP.IP"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #f5deb3;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: Courier New; color: #006400;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;#Ip address of SMTP server&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="font-family: Lucida Console; margin: 0 0 0 0; background-color: #ffffff;"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #ff4500;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;$emailfrom&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #f5deb3;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #a9a9a9;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;=&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #f5deb3;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: Courier New; color: #8b0000;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;A class="jive-link-email-small" href="mailto:CLONING@YOURDOMAIN.COM"&gt;CLONING@YOURDOMAIN.COM&lt;/A&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #f5deb3;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: Courier New; color: #006400;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;#From Email&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="font-family: Lucida Console; margin: 0 0 0 0; background-color: #ffffff;"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #ff4500;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;$emailRCpt&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #f5deb3;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #a9a9a9;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;=&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #f5deb3;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: Courier New; color: #8b0000;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;A class="jive-link-email-small" href="mailto:ADMINS@YOURDOMAIN.COM"&gt;ADMINS@YOURDOMAIN.COM&lt;/A&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #f5deb3;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: Courier New; color: #006400;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;#Recipient email&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="font-family: Lucida Console; margin: 0 0 0 0; background-color: #ffffff;"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #ff4500;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;$smtp&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #f5deb3;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #a9a9a9;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;=&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #f5deb3;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #0000ff;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;New-Object&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #f5deb3;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: Courier New; color: #8a2be2;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Net.Mail.SmtpClient&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #f5deb3;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #000080;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;-arg&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #f5deb3;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #ff4500;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;$emailSMTP&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="font-family: Lucida Console; margin: 0 0 0 0; background-color: #ffffff;"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: Courier New; color: #006400;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;# add snapin for VMware&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="font-family: Lucida Console; margin: 0 0 0 0; background-color: #ffffff;"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #0000ff;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;add-pssnapin&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #f5deb3;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: Courier New; color: #8a2be2;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;VMware.VimAutomation.Core&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="font-family: Lucida Console; margin: 0 0 0 0; background-color: #ffffff;"&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="font-family: Lucida Console; margin: 0 0 0 0; background-color: #ffffff;"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #0000ff;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Connect-VIServer&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #f5deb3;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; 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margin: 0 0 0 0; background-color: #ffffff;"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #00008b;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;if&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #f5deb3;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #a9a9a9;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;!&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #ff4500;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;$test&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;){&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="font-family: Lucida Console; margin: 0 0 0 0; background-color: #ffffff;"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #f5deb3;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: Courier New; color: #006400;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;#vm not found&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="font-family: Lucida Console; margin: 0 0 0 0; background-color: #ffffff;"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #f5deb3;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="font-family: Lucida Console; margin: 0 0 0 0; background-color: #ffffff;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;}&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="font-family: Lucida Console; margin: 0 0 0 0; background-color: #ffffff;"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #00008b;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;else&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;{&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="font-family: Lucida Console; margin: 0 0 0 0; background-color: #ffffff;"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #f5deb3;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: Courier New; color: #006400;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;#else Statement used if the VM is found&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="font-family: Lucida Console; margin: 0 0 0 0; background-color: #ffffff;"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #f5deb3;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #ff4500;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;$path&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #f5deb3;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #a9a9a9;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;=&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #f5deb3;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; 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      <pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2015 13:47:08 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>LucD</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-05-05T13:47:08Z</dc:date>
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