Horizon 7 Powershell connect/disconnect NIC

[DaveARino]

I am new to the Horizon world, so please forgive if this is a 101 question.  I have downloaded all of the powershell modules/apis.  I can 'get' a ton of info about the HVMachines.  What I need to do is to disconnect the NIC on a specific HVMachine, then reconnect it later.

I can't really find a cmdlt that hints at anything like that, so it may not be a thing.  But if it is a thing, can someone point me in the right direction?

I'm hoping that if I can connect to the right "thing", I can maybe use the standard powercli to manage the hvmachine, or something.

Thank you for your time

Dave

[diegodco31]

Hi

please see whether https:VMware vSphere PowerCLI Cmdlets Reference helps.

[DaveARino]

Hi Diego,

Thank you for your reply, but this seems to need Horizon specific commandlets. I've tried connecting to the connection servers, and I can get info on the machines, but I can't find much on modifying.

[RoderikdeBlock]

Hi,

To change the NIC settings of the VM you have to connect to your vcenter server using PowerLI "Connect-VIServer".

After that it possible to change the NIC configuration of a VM by using something like this:

Get-VM <YOURVM> | Get-NetworkAdpater | Set-NetworkAdpater -connected:$false startconnected:$false

[DaveARino]

Ho Roderik, in the Horizon environment, which server is the 'VI' server?  It's not the HV server, it won't connect using VIserver command?  The connection server?  Some other server I don't know about?

I'm telling you, I know very little about Horizon, but it does not seem to use the standard powercli cmdlets for much

[RoderikdeBlock]

VIServer is the vCenter server.

[DaveARino]

When I connect-VIServer to the Vcenter, and run the  get-vm command, all that is listed is the appvol, and connection servers.  not the desktops I need to manage.

[RoderikdeBlock]

Maybe there is another vcenter where the VDI's are running? You can see this in Horizon View Admin (in which vcenter the desktops are provisioned)

[DaveARino · Accepted solution]

OK, for everyone's edification, the VIServer you need to connect to is the "Standalone Horizon Composer Server"  Then the standard powercli commands mostly work.

Thanks for the input folks.!