script to import ovf with param

[tdubb123]

trying to get a script working for importing ovf for multiple locations

any idea how i can do it with params

params are

$datastore = get-datastore -name "myDS"

$vmHost = Get-VMHost -Name "MyHost"

Import-vApp -Source 'C:\my.ova' -Datastore $myDatastore -vmhost $vmhost -Force

[LucD · Accepted solution]

Do you mean something like this, i.e. a function?

function My-OvfImport{
  param(
    [string]$OvfSource,
    [string]$Datastore,
    [string]$VMHost
  )

  $ds = Get-Datastore -Name $Datastore
  $esx = Get-VMHost -Name $VMHost

  Import-VApp -Source $OvfSource -Datastore $ds -VMHost $esx -Force
}

My-OvfImport -OvfSource 'C:\MyOva1' -VMHost 'MyEsx1' -Datastore 'MyDatastore1'
My-OvfImport -OvfSource 'C:\MyOva2' -VMHost 'MyEsx1' -Datastore 'MyDatastore2'

[tdubb123]

yes this is very nice. Thank you

So I would need to manually load the function everytime I use it?

[LucD]

If you stay in the same PowerShell/PowerCLI session, you only need to dot-source the .ps1 file containing the function once.
You can then call the function, in the same session, multiple times.