Hello,
wondering if anyone can help out, i am trying to deploy 1 or more vm from multiple templates, the variables are being imported from a csv file each line is a new VM with specific name, ip, gateway, host, datastore, etc. The VM provisions no problem but I can't seem to modify the amount of cpu, memory, nic portgroup, IP of nic 1 or 2. Any help in this would be great, also if there was a way to get the vm to start up after the provisioning process that would be even better.
Import-Csv deploy.csv -UseCulture | %{
function UpdateVMSettings {
Write-Host "Changing Portgroup and virtual Hardware..."
Set-VM $"Server Name" | Get-OSCustomizationSpec $_.Customization | -MemoryMB $_.MemoryMB -NumCpu $_.NumCpu -Confirm:$false
Set-VM $"Server Name" | Get-OSCustomizationSpec $_.Customization | Get-OSCustomizationNicMapping | where { $_.Position -eq '1'} | Set-OSCustomizationNicMapping -IpMode UseStaticIP -IpAddress $_."IP Address" -SubnetMask 255.255.255.0 -DefaultGateway $_."GW" -Confirm:$false
Set-VM $"Server Name" | Get-OSCustomizationSpec $_.Customization | Get-OSCustomizationNicMapping | where { $_.Position -eq '2'} | Set-OSCustomizationNicMapping -IpMode UseStaticIP -IpAddress $_."Maint IP Address" -SubnetMask 255.255.0.0 -DefaultGateway $_."GW" -Confirm:$false
Get-VM |Get-NetworkAdapter |Where {$_.NetworkName -eq 140 } |Set-NetworkAdapter -NetworkName $VLAN -Confirm:$false
}
$vm=New-VM -Name $_."Server Name" -Template $_.Template -Host $_."Esx Host" `
-Datastore $_.Datastore -OSCustomizationSpec $_.Customization `
-Confirm:$false -RunAsync
}
As I am sure you can tell I am not a programmer by any means, i play a little in powercli, look on the forums and try to adapt what I see to my needs, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't but I am trying 
, thanks in advance for any advice anyone might have.
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Ok i made the change, not sure if it is right, when i run the script it proceeds to clone the vm but then prompts me if I want to configure parameters on testserver01, if i hit Y it gives an error(vm keeps cloning), then it starts the cloning of the second vm and prompts me again. Below is the script and the error output. THanks again for your help.
Import-Csv deploy.csv -UseCulture | %{
function UpdateVMSettings {
Write-Host "Changing Portgroup and virtual Hardware..."
Get-OSCustomizationSpec $_.Customization | Set-OSCustomizationSpec -MemoryMB $_.MemoryMB -NumCpu $_.NumCpu -Confirm:$false
Get-OSCustomizationSpec $_.Customization | Get-OSCustomizationNicMapping | where { $_.Position -eq '1'} | Set-OSCustomizationNicMapping -IpMode UseStaticIP -IpAddress $_."IP Address" -SubnetMask 255.255.255.0 -DefaultGateway $_."GW" -Confirm:$false
Get-OSCustomizationSpec $_.Customization | Get-OSCustomizationNicMapping | where { $_.Position -eq '2'} | Set-OSCustomizationNicMapping -IpMode UseStaticIP -IpAddress $_."Maint IP Address" -SubnetMask 255.255.0.0 -DefaultGateway $_."GW" -Confirm:$false
}
$vm=New-VM -Name $_."Server Name" -Template $_.Template -Host $_."Esx Host" -Datastore $_.Datastore -OSCustomizationSpec $_.Customization -Location "Deployed VMs" -Description $_.Description -Confirm:$false -RunAsync
while(!(Get-VM -Name $_."Server Name" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)){
sleep 120
Set-vm -VM $_."Server Name" | Get-NetworkAdapter | Where {$_.NetworkName -eq 140 } |Set-NetworkAdapter -StartConnected:$true -Connected:$true -NetworkName $_.VLAN -Confirm:$false
}`
What I would like this to do is to clone the VM(s) first then when done to change the network adapter portgroup, is there a way to get it to clone the VM(s) first then change the portgroup?
This is what I get when I just run through powercli, Afterwards I powered on the VM and it was able to make the change. So do I need to add something to the script to wait for the vm to be finished, power it on, then change the network adapter, memory, and cpu?
