Using Mike Foley's How to provision 500 VM’s. Fast. » I keep getting the following error. I am using 5.1 PowerCLI SDK
Name Port User
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0.0.0.0 443 STORK
Collecting Template lists
Collecting Datastore lists
Collecting Host lists
Collecting number of VMs per host
Collecting number of VMs per datastore
Finding host with least amount of tv-test VMs on it
Finding datastore with least amount of tv-test VMs on it
Create a virtual machine called tv-testjwten0 on cec-esxi03.cxo.storage.lr.net using a template called onto a datastore called
Get-Datastore : Cannot validate argument on parameter 'Name'. The argument is null or empty. Supply an argument that is not null or empty and the
try the command again.
At C:\scripts\vmdeploy.ps1:66 char:119
+ $taskTab[(New-VM -Name $VM_Name -Template $template -VMHost (Get-VMhost $LeastHost.Name) -Datastore (Get-Datastore <<<< $LeastDatastore.Na
-DiskStorageFormat Thin -RunAsync ).Id] = $VM_Name
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Get-Datastore], ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationError,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.GetDatastore
Property 'NumVM' cannot be found on this object; make sure it exists and is settable.
At C:\scripts\vmdeploy.ps1:67 char:72
+ $DSVMs | Where { $_.Name -eq $LeastDatastore.Name } | Foreach { $_. <<<< NumVM++ }
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (NumVM:String) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : PropertyNotFound
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VM Deployment completed
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Starting VM's
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script is from 2010 and I am using 5.1 and 5.5 ESXI / PowerCLI SDK's
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# 1st draft written by Mike Foley, @mikefoley, Virtualization Evangelist, RSA, The Security Division of EMC
# Contributions from Alan Renouf, @alanrenouf, EMC vSpecialist and PowerCLI guru
# Many thanks to those who's code we used, especially Luc Dekens, @LucD
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# All information, statements, and descriptions herein are offered AS IS
# only and are provided for informational purposes only. EMC Corporation
# does not guarantee the performance of, or offer a warranty of any kind,
# whether express, implied, or statutory, regarding the information herein
# or the compatibility of the information herein with EMC Corporation software
# or hardware products or other products.
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# 06-Apr-2010, Mike Foley, A simple Powershell/PowerCLI script to create a bunch of VM's. Written from lots of examples
# 20-Apr-2010, Alan Renouf, applied a different method of working out the numbers and re-wrote some of the code
# 21-Apr-2010, Alan Renouf, Fixed datastores which are used for deployment as per email from Mike.
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# You'll need to have the PowerCLI cmdlets installed. Get these from VMware.
# http://www.vmware.com/go/powercli
Add-PSSnapin -Name "VMware.VimAutomation.Core" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
#
#Things you can change
#------------------------------
$vchost = "00.00.00.00"
$num_vms_total = 1
$vm_prefix = "tv-test"
$Template_prefix = "00-Template"
#-------------------------------
#Don't change below
$Template_Name = $vm_prefix + "*"
Connect-VIserver $vchost -user FAKE -password FAKE
Write-Host "Collecting Template lists"
$Template_List = Get-Template $Template_Name | Select Name, @{N="Datastore";E={Get-VIObjectByVIView (Get-View ($_).DatastoreIdList)}} | Sort Name, Datastore
Write-Host "Collecting Datastore lists"
$Datastore_list = $Template_List | Select -Expand Datastore
Write-Host "Collecting Host lists"
$hosts = Get-VMHost | Sort Name
Write-Host "Collecting number of VMs per host"
$HostVMs = $hosts | Select Name, @{N="NumVM";E={@(($_ | Get-Vm ($vm_prefix + "*"))).Count}} | Sort NumVM, Name
Write-Host "Collecting number of VMs per datastore"
$DSVMs = $Datastore_list | Select name, @{N="NumVM";E={@($_ | Get-VM ($vm_prefix + "*")).Count}} | Sort NumVM, Name
#Setup for Get-Random in the loop below
$min = [char]'a'
$max = [char]'z'
$alpha = [char[]]($min..$max)
$ofs = ''
$taskTab = @{}
$vm_count = 0
While ($vm_count -lt $num_vms_total){
Write-Host "Finding host with least amount of $vm_prefix VMs on it"
$LeastHost = $HostVMs | Sort NumVM | Select -First 1
Write-Host "Finding datastore with least amount of $vm_prefix VMs on it"
$LeastDatastore = $DSVMs | Sort NumVM | Select -First 1
$ran_text = [string]( $alpha | Get-Random -Count 5 )
$VM_Name = $vm_prefix + $ran_text + $vm_count
$Template = ($Template_List | Where {$_.Datastore.Name -eq $LeastDatastore.Name}).Name
Write "Create a virtual machine called $VM_Name on $($LeastHost.Name) using a template called $Template onto a datastore called $($LeastDatastore.Name)"
$taskTab[(New-VM -Name $VM_Name -Template $template -VMHost (Get-VMhost $LeastHost.Name) -Datastore (Get-Datastore $LeastDatastore.Name) -DiskStorageFormat Thin -RunAsync ).Id] = $VM_Name
$DSVMs | Where { $_.Name -eq $LeastDatastore.Name } | Foreach { $_.NumVM++ }
$HostVMs | Where { $_.Name -eq $LeastHost.Name } | Foreach { $_.NumVM++ }
$vm_count ++
}
Write-Host "-----------------------"
Write-Host "VM Deployment completed"
Write-Host "-----------------------"
Write-Host "-----------------------"
Write-Host "Starting VM's"
Write-Host "-----------------------"
#
## Start each VM that is completed
$runningTasks = $taskTab.Count
while($runningTasks -gt 0){
Get-Task | % {
if($taskTab.ContainsKey($_.Id) -and $_.State -eq "Success"){
$xx = Get-VM $taskTab[$_.Id]
Write-Host "Starting VM " $xx.Name
Get-VM $taskTab[$_.Id] | Start-VM
$taskTab.Remove($_.Id)
$runningTasks--
}
elseif($taskTab.ContainsKey($_.Id) -and $_.State -eq "Error"){
$taskTab.Remove($_.Id)
$runningTasks--
}
}
Start-Sleep -Seconds 15
}
#
#Disconnect-VIserver -server $vchost -confirm:$false
#
#
#
#foreach($Name in $newVmList){
# $taskTab[(New-VM -VM (Get-VM $modelVm) -Name $Name -VMHost (Get-VMHost -Name $esxName) -RunAsync).Id] = $Name
#}
