OSCustomization

[Thushyaaa]

Hello, I am using the below script to deploy number of vms and do a customization to complete the deployment..

$vms = Import-CSV D:\VMs.csv

foreach ($vm in $vms){

$Template = Get-Template $vm.template

$VMHost = Get-VMHost $vm.host

$Datastore = Get-Datastore $vm.datastore

$OSCustomization = Get-OSCustomizationSpec $vm.customization

New-VM -Name $vm.name -OSCustomizationSpec $vm.OSCustomization -Template $Template -VMHost $VMHost -Datastore $Datastore -RunAsync

}

VMs.csv is...

Name,Template,Host,Datastore,Customization

VM0001,VMTEMPC,192.168.2.3,"datastore1",Deploy-XPSP3

If runs and i am able to deply any number of vms but the issue is the customization part does not work, i tested running it manually that works, why the script not doing the customization ?

thank you.

[Dave_Mishchenko]

Do you see a customization task created and do you power on the VMs after they're created to allow sysprep to run. You might also want to enclose the customization name in quotes as it includes a hyphen.




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[Thushyaaa]

I tried as you have pointed, but no luck. again i tried manual, it worked, do not know what was the issue.

[nnedev]

Hi,

I have the following questions:

1. Is customization succeeding when executing the scripts line by line ?

2. Are you getting errors ? If yes please post them here.

3. Do you have the correct versions of sysprep. Note that you need to have different sysprep for each windows version. Here is an article about sysprep deployment in vCenter - http://vmetc.com/2009/08/18/how-to-add-sysprep-to-vmware-vcenter-for-vm-customizations-vmware-conver...

Looking forward for your next post.

Regards,

Nedko Nedev

PowerCLI Development Team