Cloning VMs to alternate datastore

[Gaprofitt17]

I'm trying to clone a list of VM's to an alternate datastore, I have a list of VM's in a .CSV file.

## Connect-VIServer vcenter.server

$VMHost = "hostname.test"

$srcvms = Import-Csv -Path ./Documents/vmnames.csv -UseCulture | select -ExpandProperty VM

Foreach ($srcvm in $srcvms) {

new-vm -name "clone_$srcvm" -VM $srcvm -VMHost $VMHost -Datastore "test" -DiskStorageFormat Thin -RunAsync

}

My variable returns hostname.test, I am connected to my vCenter, but it's barking about the $VMhost variable..

new-vm -name "clone_$srcvm" -VM $srcvm -VMHost '$VMHost'
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| 5/9/2022 12:52:48 PM New-VM Please specify at least one of the following parameters: "ResourcePool" or "VMHost".

All the hosts have the test datastore mounted, can I forego the VMhost requirement or what am I doing wrong?

Thanks,

Greg

[LucD · Accepted solution]

Did you already try with changing that line to

$VMHost = Get-VMHost -Name "hostname.test"

Adding the Verbose switch, and/or the WhatIf switch, on the New-VM cmdlet might provide some more feedback.
For testing I would in any case remove the RunAsync switch

[Gaprofitt17]

That worked.  Thanks a bunch..