PowerCli, vCloud Director Configure NIC, Import

[jschandler]

Having problems getting my PowerCli script to fully import a VM as well as configuring the Organization VDC network within the VM guest.

Hoping someone could take a quick look at what I have below (Not working) and advise what code I'd need to add to fully configure the Network on this after a successful import into vDC

#Add correct Snapins for vCenter Server, and vCloud Director

Add-PSSnapin VMware.VimAutomation.Core

Add-PSSnapin vmware.vimautomation.cloud

clear

#Predefined Variables

$ciServerNED = 'ciserver1'

$ciServerMAR = 'ciserver2'

$viServerNED = 'viserver1'

$viServerMAR = 'viserver2'

$ciName = $viName

$vApp = $ciName

#Prompts

$viName = Read-Host "VM Guest?"

$org = Read-Host "VM Organization?"

$viServer = Read-Host "Virtual Center Name?"

$location = Read-Host "NED, or MAR?"

$ciNetwork = Read-Host "VDC_Network_Name?"

$ciNetwork2 = Read-Host "VDC_Network_Name2?"

$ciNetworkIP = Read-Host "Network 1 IP?"

$ciNetworkIP2 = Read-Host "Network 2 IP (Press Enter for NULL)?"

if ($location -eq 'NED')

{

$ciServer = $ciServerNED

$viServer = $viServerNED

}

else

{

$ciServer = $ciServerMAR

$viServer = $viServerMAR

}

#Connecting to Virtual Center, and vCloud Director

Connect-VIServer -Server $viServer

Connect-CIServer -Server $ciServer

#Import Process

Import-CIVApp -VM (Get-VM $viName) -OrgVdc $org -NoCopy:$True -RunAsync #-Confirm $false

Start-Sleep -s 30

$ciName | Get-CINetworkAdapter | Set-CINetworkAdapter -vappnetwork $ciNetwork -IPaddressAllocationMode:Pool -Connected:$True

Set-NetworkAdapter -NetworkAdapter $ciNetwork -WakeOnLan:$true -StartConnected:$true -Connected:$true

Start-Sleep -s 30

#Starting VM Guest through vCloud Director

Start-CIVM -VM $viName

#Disconnecting from vCenter, and vCloud Director

Disconnect-VIServer -Server $viServer -Confirm:$false

Disconnect-CIServer -Server $ciServer -Confirm:$false

#Pop-up indicating the script has finished

$a = new-object -comobject wscript.shell

$b = $a.popup("Script has completed",0,"Script has completed",1)

[JayhawkEric]

I don't see where you are creating your vApp Network.  (New-CIVAppNetwork).  You'll need to do this before your line that is trying to connect to it.  This can be different depending on if it's a vApp Internal Network or connection to a Org VDC Network directly.  See New-CIVAppNetwork - vCloud Snapin Cmdlets Reference

I use the following in my VCD Import script to update the NIC on the VM's to connect to the vApp defined network.  I think the only thing you'll need to change is the $newVappName variable to that of your new vApp variable.

Get-CIVApp -Name $newVappName | Get-CIVM | Get-CINetworkAdapter | Set-CINetworkAdapter -IPAddressAllocationMode Pool -VAppNetwork (Get-CIVApp -Name $newVappName | Get-CIVAppNetwork) -Connected $true

-Eric

[jschandler]

Thanks Eric, although that does not enter in an IP Address.  That's what I'm truly struggling with.  It seems this maybe best done via GUI, instead of PowerCli.

[JayhawkEric]

You'll want to enable guest customization in order to set the IP within the VM you are importing.  If it's a Windows VM I wouldn't allow it to change the SID though.

Give this a shot but change the code in the second to last line to command line changes for NIC within OS depending on OS version (example for Windows = netsh interface ip set address name="Local Area Connection " static $IP 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.1).  You may have to write this out to get the network interface name.

$IP = $viName.ExtensionData.GetNetworkConnectionSection().NetworkConnection[0].IpAddress

$CiVmGc = $viName.ExtensionData.Section | Where {$_.GetType() -like "*GuestCustomizationSection"}

$CiVmGc.Enabled = $true

$CiVmGc.ChangeSid = $false

$CiVmGc.CustomizationScript = [string]::join([environment]::NewLine, "Command line code to set IP address depending on OS via $IP variable")

$CiVmGc.UpdateServerData()

-Eric