Automation

I have one vCenter server with multiple clusters as described below...

yomama

jomama

Each cluster has a bunch of folders and they BOTH have the folder called 'Discovered virtual machine'.

I need to deploy my VM from a template but I need to target the specific cluster but when I try the below command.....

New-VM -Name doooofus -Template win2016x64 -Datastore superdoooperfast_ssd -Location "Discovered virtual machine" -ResourcePool yomama -DiskStorageFormat Thin

I get the below message....

"The specified parameter 'Location' expects a single value, but your name

criteria 'Discovered virtual machine' corresponds to multiple values."

But the VM deploys BUT it is in the root of the cluster.

How do I tell it explicitly what cluster to put my vm in and put it in the folder called 'Discovered virtual machine' in that specific cluster?

Thanks

The "Discovered virtual machine" folder is normally created under a datacenter, not a cluster.

Do you have those 2 clusters in 2 different datacenters?

"Do you have those 2 clusters in 2 different datacenters?"

Yes. In different Geo Locations.

Try like this

Thank you sir! That did it.

I wanted it one liner so I made like this.....

New-VM -Name doooofus -Template 'win2016x64' -Datastore 'superdoooperfast_ssd' -Location (Get-Cluster -Name 'yomama' | Get-Datacenter | Get-Folder -Name 'Discovered virtual machine') -ResourcePool 'yomama' -DiskStorageFormat Thin

Works. Thanks again!