Install Vmware Tools after creating VMs

[escapem2]

hi guys

I have this Power CLI code I think I got it from here or from a blog any way. This script creates VMs and I want to know if there is a way to after creating the VM is there a way to install Vmware Tools?

Since I am not able to find it all I see the the powercli command update-tools

$worksheet = Import-CSV "C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\Infrastructure\vSphere PowerCLI\VMs_.csv"

$worksheet | ForEach-Object {

      Get-OSCustomizationSpec -Name $_.Customization

      new-VM `

          -Name $_.VM_Name `

   -VMHost $_.Host `

          -Template $_.Template `

          -Datastore $_.Datastore `

   -OSCustomizationspec $_.Customization `

          -Location $_.Location `

          -DiskStorageFormat $_.DiskStorageFormat |`

   Set-VM -NumCpu $_.CPU -MemoryMB $_.Memory -Confirm:$false

      Start-VM -VM $_.VM_Name

     }

thanks a lot

[LucD]

Update-Tools does exactly that, it updates the installed VMware Tools in a guest OS.

To install the VMware Tools you might want to have a look at Using VUM Powercli for VMTools and Hardware upgrades

It uses the Remediate-Inventory cmdlet from the Update Manager pssnapin to install the VMware Tools.

An alternative would be to use the Copy-VMGuestFile cmdlet to copy the VMware Tools installation files to the guest, and then use the Invoke-VMScript to start the installation.

[escapem2]

yeah I know update-tools do what is say...I mis-typed.

I saw the link to posted...looks not that simple....

[LucD]

In that case go for the Copy-VMGuestFile and the Invoke-VMScript cmdlets.

That is rather straightforward, I think.