Deploy Vm from template to a resource pool.

[Glen_A]

I am trying to deploy a vm using a form.. the form works great...but when I try to make the vm deploy to a specific resource pool it fails with "spec.location.pool incorrect". If i remove the resource pool portion from the script, it deploys. Ideas?

sorry for the messy code, but I am troubleshooting this...

VMCreate = New-Object psobject

$VMCreate | Add-Member noteproperty VMName "testvm-vt02"

$VMCreate | Add-Member noteproperty Template "Template 20GB-Windows 2003 R2"

$VMCreate | Add-Member noteproperty Cluster "ACK2"

$VMCreate | Add-Member noteproperty Respool "Tier3"

$VMCreate | Add-Member noteproperty Datastore "T3-VF10KR5-51"

$VMCreate | Add-Member noteproperty Folder "LAB"

$VMCreate | Add-Member noteproperty OSType ""

$VMCreate | Add-Member noteproperty CPUs ""

$VMCreate | Add-Member noteproperty Memory ""

$VMCreate | Add-Member noteproperty Network "" #????

$VMCreate | Add-Member noteproperty Drives "" #This is an array of drive sizes in GB.

$VMCreate | Add-Member noteproperty Owners ""

$VMCreate | Add-Member noteproperty Dept ""

$VMCreate | Add-Member noteproperty Application ""

$VMCreate | Add-Member noteproperty MaintWindow ""

$VMCreate | Add-Member noteproperty Rank ""

$VMCreate | Add-Member noteproperty Notes ""

$Vmhost = "Esxackint-p02.osumc.edu"

#$Respool = Get-Cluster "ack2" | Get-ResourcePool "tier3"

#=======================

#Connect to VC Server- User will be prompted for password and username

$VCEncryptPassword = Read-Host "Please Enter your password" -AsSecureString

$VCPassCvrt=[http://System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal|http://system.runtime.interopservices.marshal/]::SecureStringToCoTaskMemUnicode($VCEncryptPassword)

#Change password back to regular text.

$Password = http://System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal::PtrToStringUni($VCPassCvrt)

$vcs = Connect-VIServer "VI-Server-01" -User "" -Password $Password

#$RespoolID = Get-Cluster $Vmcreate.Cluster | Get-ResourcePool $Vmcreate.Respool | select ID

#$RespoolID = Get-Cluster $Vmcreate.Cluster | Get-ResourcePool $Vmcreate.Respool

#get-template $Vmcreate.Template | New-VM -VMHost $VmCreate.Vmhost -Name $VMCreate.VMName -Datastore $Vmcreate.Datastore -ResourcePool $RespoolID -Location $VmCreate.folder

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get-template $Vmcreate.Template | New-VM -VMHost $Vmhost -Name $VMCreate.VMName -Datastore $Vmcreate.Datastore

Any help would be great....*

*Glen

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[LucD]

First you could check if the resource pool exists.

Does this return anything ?

Get-Cluster "ACK2" | Get-ResourcePool "Tier3"

The correct statement for getting the resource pool into a variable is

$RespoolID = Get-Cluster $Vmcreate.Cluster | Get-ResourcePool $Vmcreate.Respool

Can you perhaps attach the actual script that fails and the exact error messages you see ?

[Glen_A]

UPDATE: I figured it out. In my haste, I realized that I was actually doing it correctly but with a twist.

I was telling VC Deploy this template, to this host, blah blah..but what I failed to notice.. vmhost I was sending it to..did not exist in the cluster that held the resource pool I was trying to send the VM to...if that makes sense. I changed the Vmhost..and it worked like a charm...

Thanks for your help.. It was nice to know I was doing right..but not so nice that it was something so silly, and so self inflicted...

I did that.. darn..

Error in PowerGui:

1/26/2009 2:45:20 PM New-VM 89CB40E2-CA51-4AA4-B168-8FA94D82BC87 The

operation for the entity vm-2733 failed with the following message: "A

specified parameter was not correct.

spec.location.pool"

At :line:39 char:40

+ get-template $Vmcreate.Template | New-VM <<<< -Vmhost $Vmhost -Name

$VMCreate.VMName -ResourcePool $Respool2 -Datastore $Vmcreate.Datastore

-Location $Vmcreate.Folder

Error in VC Recent Tasks:

A Specified parameter was not correct. Spec.Location.Pool

thanks..

Glen

Glen E. Adkins II

VMware Enterprise Admin

Server Support/Engineering

Phone:(614)-293-0731

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Glen.AdkinsII@osumc.edu