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LucD​Josh26​ctech930​Daryll​Kris​VMware {code}​

Is it possible to set the vmotion IP in vmkernel adapters for esxi host through powercli ?

You could do something like this

No it didn't work. The task is to add host networking where its done in 4 steps.

1. Selecting connection type - VMkernel network adapter

2. Selecting target device -existing network (where I have to point it to the network with name vmotion)

3. a.Port properties - Have to select vmotion from the available services.

    b. IPV4 settings - Have to give IP & subnet mask (255.255.254.0)

4. Ready to finish - Finish

That is way beyond your original question of changing the IP address on a vMotion vmkernel.
Btw, my code does work to change the IP address of a vmkernel which is enabled for vMotion.

I'm not sure anymore what you actually want to do.

Are you creating a new vmkernel or adapting an existing one?

Yeah creating a new vmkernel and point it to existing vmotion network for the cluster.

This is what I'm talking about.

Ok, then the following should do the trick.
I didn't include the NetworkStack, if you need to specify that it will require another parameter.

PS: I used 'splatting' to store the parameters for the cmdlet in a hash table.

The command didn't work as the network label is not specified. Please refer the above screenshot which is taken from an esx host where this is already created. Like this I have to create vmkernel for new hosts manually from VC, which is time consuming task. :smileysad:

Network Label is pointing to the vmotion network for that particular cluster. Switch indicates the cluster name. So the network label would be ESXC1010-ESX-VMOTION-34(ESXC1010-MSL-APP-WINDOWS) as per the below screenshot.

In your command you have mentioned, $switchName = 'MySw'

Here in my case which should be the MySw value? I assumed it is vmk3 as per the above screen shot. I'm not sure.

PS C:\Windows\system32> $esxName = 'xyz.contoso.net'

$switchName = 'vmk3'

$pgName = 'vmotion'

$ip = 'x.x.x.x'

$mask = '255.255.254.0'

$esx = Get-VMHost -Name $esxName

$sw = Get-VirtualSwitch -VMHost $esx -Name $switchName

$pg = Get-VirtualPortGroup -Name $pgName -VirtualSwitch $sw

$sVmk = @{

     VMHost = $esx

     VirtualSwitch = $sw

     PortGroup =  $pg

     VMotionEnabled = $true

     IP = $ip

     SubnetMask = $mask

     Confirm = $false

}

New-VMHostNetworkAdapter @sVmk

Result:

Get-VirtualSwitch : 7/8/2020 9:22:11 AM    Get-VirtualSwitch        VirtualSwitch with name 'vmk3' was not found using the specified

filter(s).   

At line:7 char:7

+ $sw = Get-VirtualSwitch -VMHost $esx -Name $switchName

+       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (:) [Get-VirtualSwitch], VimException

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Core_OutputHelper_WriteNotFoundError,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.Host.GetVirtualSwitc

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Get-VirtualPortGroup : Cannot validate argument on parameter 'VirtualSwitch'. The argument is null or empty. Provide an argument

that is not null or empty, and then try the command again.

At line:8 char:57

+ $pg = Get-VirtualPortGroup -Name $pgName -VirtualSwitch $sw

+                                                         ~~~

    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidData: (:) [Get-VirtualPortGroup], ParameterBindingValidationException

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationError,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.Host.GetVirtualPortGroup

New-VMHostNetworkAdapter : Cannot bind parameter 'VirtualSwitch'. Cannot convert the "" value of type

"System.Management.Automation.PSCustomObject" to type "VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Types.V1.Host.Networking.VirtualSwitchBase".

At line:18 char:26

+ New-VMHostNetworkAdapter @sVmk

+                          ~~~~~

    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (:) [New-VMHostNetworkAdapter], ParameterBindingException

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CannotConvertArgumentNoMessage,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.Host.NewVMHostNetworkAdapt

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No, that should be the name of the VirtualSwitch on which the Portgroup is located in which you want to create the vmkernel.

From your screenshot that would be ESXC1010-MSL-APP-Windows.
And the portgroup would be ESXC1010-ESX-VMOTION-34

Yes it actually worked after mentioning as per your comment. Thank you so much for the help.