set-virtualswitch confirm problem

[Morodin71]

Hi,

to initialize a new host we would like to bundle a few NICs to a virtual switch. In our script, we do

$vs = Get-VirtualSwitch -vmhost $vhost -name "vSwitch1"
set-virtualswitch -virtualswitch $vs -nic "vmnic2","vmnic3"

which works as intended. However, we always get a question (sorry about the german in the last line):

Perform operation?
Perform operation 'Configuring virtual switch.' on virtual switch 'vSwitch1'
[J] Ja  [A] Ja, alle  [N] Nein  [K] Nein, keine  [H] Anhalten  [?] Hilfe (Standard ist "J"):

As far as we understand the documenation and all examples found, this should not happen. Do you have an idea on how to suppress this question?

Thanks in advance,

Morodin

[mattboren · Accepted solution]

Greetings, @Morodin71-

The Set-VirtualSwitch cmdlet (like many cmdlets) has the -Confirm parameter that can be used to add/remove this confirming question.  So, the line would then become:

Set-VirtualSwitch -VirtualSwitch $vs -Nic "vmnic2","vmnic3" -Confirm:$false

Enjoy

[Morodin71]

I feel actually quite stupid

I tried the Confirm parameter, but used the wrong syntax, so that the parameter had no effect on the cmdlet.

Thanks for bringing me back on the right track

[mattboren]

Oh, do not feel stupid -- sometimes we miss things.

Glad to help