Powershell command for change boot options bios to efi

[denjoh44]

Hi,

i 'm in vsphere 5.0, i must deploy Windows 2012 so i must change the boot options in my vms

i would change the boot options bios to efi

if i pass this command

$xy=get-vm -name xxxx -location yyy |get-view

$xy.config.firmware   give me

bios

i tried this command powershell, but it's not good

get-vm -name xxxx -location yyy |get-view | foreach-object {$_.Config.Firmware("efi")}

but it's not good

can you help me

[LucD]

Have a look at Change VM Boot Order via PowerShell, that is the method to change the bootorder.

But it doesn't look as if EFI is an option you can select.

Even the 5.5 VirtualMachineBootOptionsBootableDevice object doesn't seem to have that option.

[LucD]

Update, I was too fast with my conclusion.

To change the firmware from BIOS to EFI you can do

$vm = Get-VM TestVM

$spec = New-Object VMware.Vim.VirtualMachineConfigSpec
$spec.Firmware = [VMware.Vim.GuestOsDescriptorFirmwareType]::efi
$vm.ExtensionData.ReconfigVM($spec)

[denjoh44]

Hello,

I will be trying your command luc tomorrow

I inform you of the result

thanks

[denjoh44]

It is exactly that I wanted, luc

Thank you for your help

[dwchan]

How do you change the boot order with an UEFI machine?  I have the code for BIOS base VM, but I presume the syntax is different for UEFI VM

[LucD]

Please open a new thread for a new question.
Make sure you are in the correct community!

[dwchan]

I will open up a new thread.  Thank you in advance