Register VM Not Working Correctly

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I am running the following script but it is not working as expected.

$ESXHost = "Test-01.Test.com"

$ResourcePool = Get-VMHost $ESXHost | Get-ResourcePool | Get-View
$vmFolder = Get-View (Get-Datacenter -Name $Datacenter | Get-Folder -Name "vm").id
$vmFolder.RegisterVM_Task("[TIER2_VMSHARED_LASCX02_LUN2017] " +  $VMName + "/" + $VMName + ".vmx", $VMName, $false, $ResourcePool.MoRef, $null)

When the script runs it registers the VM on Test-04?  Any suggestions?

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[LucD · Accepted solution]

The last parameter to RegisterVM_Task is the host where you want the guest to be registered.

You pass $null, so DRS will decide for you.

If you want a specific host, you can do

$ESXHost = "Test-01.Test.com"
$esx = Get-VMHost -Name $ESXHost 
$ResourcePool = $esx | Get-ResourcePool | Get-View 
$vmFolder = Get-View (Get-Datacenter -Name $Datacenter | Get-Folder -Name "vm").id
$vmFolder.RegisterVM_Task("[TIER2_VMSHARED_LASCX02_LUN2017] " +  $VMName + "/" + $VMName + ".vmx", $VMName, $false, $ResourcePool.MoRef, $esx.Extensiondata.MoRef)

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Thanks, you are the man!