Hello,
This is my first post and hoping if someone can assist/point me in the right direction with the following issue.
I’m using a script to deploy multiple VMs with static IP from a csv file.
Customization Spec is configured to prompt a user for IP.
The problem is everything goes as planned except the first VM skips the assigned IP and the next VM picks up the IP assigned for the first VM and the process goes on.
Example:
TestVM1 – 10.10.0.1
TestVM2 – 10.10.0.2
TestVM3 – 10.10.0.3
When the VM gets deployed, it provisions the VM as:
TestVM1 – DHCP assigned IP address
TestVM2 – 10.10.0.1
TestVM3 – 10.10.0.2
Script that I am using:
# List to deploy from CSV file with headings for script to pull from
$deploylist = " c:\VMdeploy.csv"
# vCenter name, use FQDN
$vcserver = " vCENTER01.domain.name"
# Connect to vCenter server.
Connect-VIServer $vcserver
# Deployment loop and customization done during server creation
Import-Csv $deploylist -UseCulture | %{
# Creates a New VM from the template
new-vm -Name $_."ServerName" -Template $_."Template" -Host $_."EsxHost" `
-Datastore $_."Datastore" -OSCustomizationSpec $_."Customization"
# Gets Customization info to set NIC and assign static IP address
Get-OSCustomizationSpec $_."Customization" | Get-OSCustomizationNicMapping | `
# Sets the Static IP info
Set-OSCustomizationNicMapping -IpMode UseStaticIP -IpAddress $_."IPAddress" `
-SubnetMask 255.255.255.0 -DefaultGateway $_."Gateway" -Dns $_."FirstDNS",$_."SecondDNS" `
# Set the Network Name
Get-VM -Name $_."ServerName" | Get-NetworkAdapter | Set-NetworkAdapter -NetworkName "Guest Network" -Confirm:$false
}
CSV file format:
ServerName | EsxHost | Datastore | Template | Customization | IPAddress | Gateway | FirstDNS | SecondDNS |
Any assistance that I can get would be much appreciated.
Thank you
