Has anyone automated deploying a multi VM vApp using PowerCLI. I'm aware of Import-VApp but I don't see any option for setting the network addresses. I have a vApp that uses multiple VMs and static addresses. I'd like to automate the deployment and configuration as it will save a lot of time during testing. I also need to make sure that the ovfenv is properly populated with all of the VM network properties. Thanks.
Hi, dkhan,
I think what you need is using OSCustomizationNicMapping.
Please check the documentation - the example is with using StaticIps as is your case.
I haven't tried it myself, so I'm just suggesting maybe where to look at.
Best regards,
Leni Kirilov
Hi,
You can use VMware Studio 2.6 to automate the deploy of a multi VM vApp.
The OVF file can include the IP addresses and more custom settings.
AAber
Sample StudioCLI command:
studiocli --uploadovf --type vcenter --host vc --port 443 --username elvis -p graceland --datastore vol1 --datacenter dc --managedhost the.king.com \
--network vlan77 --ovf /build/export/ovf/vapp.ovf --name autodeploy63 --resourcepool vapp-test --verbose --overwrite
AAber