VM Provisioning without template Script.

[prabuvmware]

Hi Friends,

I'm looking for the PowerCLi script which can automate VM provisioning without using template.

User Input will be Hostname, Manual mac ,CPU and Mem..

Solution :

Create a VM using (NewVM) ---> then install the Guest OS (Anyone)

Thx, Waiting for the response.

[LucD]

You will need at least to give an ESXi hosts as well.

Something like this should do it

$esxName = "MyEsx"
Import-Csv input.csv -UseCulture | %{
  $vm = New-VM -Name $_.Hostname -NumCPU $_.CPU -MemoryMB $_.MemoryGB -VMHost $esxName
  Get-NetworkAdapter -VM $vm | Set-NetworkAdapter -MacAddress $_.MAC
}

And for the CSV file it assumes a layout like this

"Hostname","CPU","MemoryGB","MAC"

"testVM","1","2","11:22:33:44:55:66"

[prabuvmware]

Hi Lucd,

Thanks for the info. How the script will pickup the data store and stuff...

I'm a beginner to PowerCLi , Please let me know the complete script.

[LucD]

If you don't specify values for parameters, like for example the datastore, the defaults will be taken.

[prabuvmware]

Great.Let me try out and let you know the results.

Thanks a lot.