Align Windows Network Adapter Names to vSphere NIC Network-Labels

Align Windows Network Adapter Names to vSphere NIC Network-Labels

Tested with:

  • Windows 2012 R2
  • VMware ESXi 5.5 U2
  • VMware vCenter 5.5 U2
  • VMware PowerCLI 6.0 Release 2 build 3056836

Example Output:

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if (!(get-pssnapin -name VMware.VimAutomation.Core -erroraction silentlycontinue)) {

  add-pssnapin VMware.VimAutomation.Core

}

$i = 1

$GCred = Get-Credential

#Change VM Name here

$VMtoProcess = Get-VM -Name MyTestVM

Write-Host -foregroundcolor DarkGreen -backgroundcolor white "vSphere Network Config of the VM:"

$VMtoProcess | Get-NetworkAdapter | Select Parent, NetworkName, MacAddress | ft -AutoSize

Write-Host -foregroundcolor DarkGreen -backgroundcolor white "NIC count of the VM:"

$NICcount = ($VMtoProcess | Get-NetworkAdapter).count

$NICcount

while($i -le $NICcount){

    $MacAddress = ($VMtoProcess | Get-NetworkAdapter -Name *$i).MacAddress

    $NetworkName = ($VMtoProcess | Get-NetworkAdapter -Name *$i).NetworkName

    $MacAddressWIN = $MacAddress -replace ":", "-"

    $script = 'Get-NetAdapter | Where-Object {$_.MacAddress -eq "'  + $MacAddressWIN + '"} | Rename-NetAdapter -NewName ' + $NetworkName + ' -PassThru'

    Write-Host -foregroundcolor DarkGreen -backgroundcolor white "InGuest Script to process:"

    $script

    $VMtoProcess | Invoke-VMScript -ScriptText $Script -GuestCredential $GCred -ScriptType Powershell | Out-Null

    $i++

}

$script = 'Get-NetAdapter | Select Name, MacAddress | ft -AutoSize'

Write-Host -foregroundcolor DarkGreen -backgroundcolor white "New InGuest NIC Config:"

$VMtoProcess | Invoke-VMScript -ScriptText $Script -GuestCredential $GCred -ScriptType Powershell

Comments

Hello,

an updatet version is now also available on my BLOG:

http://mycloudrevolution.com/2016/01/08/vm-und-os-netzwerknamen-angleichen/

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‎11-05-2015 04:42 AM
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