I can't see whats wrong, I'm trying to use
http://www.virtu-al.net/2011/03/10/change-vm-video-memory/
and I have the function in the script and I'm calling like the example
Get-VM AutoGLD | Set-VMVideoMemory -MemoryMB 128 -NumDisplays 4 -AutoDetect $false
but I'm getting
PS C:\Users\sjesse\Desktop\build-parent> Get-VM AutoGLD | Set-VMVideoMemory -MemoryMB 128 -NumDisplays 4 -AutoDetect $false
Set-VMVideoMemory : The input object cannot be bound to any parameters for the command either because the command does not take pipeline input or the input and its
properties do not match any of the parameters that take pipeline input.
At line:1 char:18
+ ... M AutoGLD | Set-VMVideoMemory -MemoryMB 128 -NumDisplays 4 -AutoDetec ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (AutoGLD:PSObject) [Set-VMVideoMemory], ParameterBindingException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InputObjectNotBound,Set-VMVideoMemory
The function is below, and it looks correct so I'm not sure why I'm getting this error.
function Set-VMVideoMemory {
<# .SYNOPSIS Changes the video memory of a VM .DESCRIPTION This function changes the video memory of a VM .NOTES Source: http://virtu-al.net Author: Alan Renouf Version: 1.1 .PARAMETER VM Specify the virtual machine .PARAMETER MemoryMB Specify the memory size in MB .EXAMPLE PS> Get-VM VM1 | Set-VMVideoMemory -MemoryMB 4 -AutoDetect $false
#>
Param (
[parameter(valuefrompipeline = $true, mandatory = $true, HelpMessage = "Enter a vm entity")]
[VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Impl.V1.Inventory.VirtualMachineImpl]$VM,
[int64]$MemoryMB,
[bool]$AutoDetect,
[int]$NumDisplays
)
Process {
$VM | Foreach {
$VideoAdapter = $_.ExtensionData.Config.Hardware.Device | Where {$_.GetType().Name -eq "VirtualMachineVideoCard"}
$spec = New-Object VMware.Vim.VirtualMachineConfigSpec
$Config = New-Object VMware.Vim.VirtualDeviceConfigSpec
$Config.device = $VideoAdapter
If ($MemoryMB) {
$Config.device.videoRamSizeInKB = $MemoryMB * 1KB
}
If ($AutoDetect) {
$Config.device.useAutoDetect = $true
} Else {
$Config.device.useAutoDetect = $false
}
Switch ($NumDisplays) {
1{ $Config.device.numDisplays = 1}
2{ $Config.device.numDisplays = 2}
3{ $Config.device.numDisplays = 3}
4{ $Config.device.numDisplays = 4}
Default {}
}
$Config.operation = "edit"
$spec.deviceChange += $Config
$VMView = $_ | Get-View
Write-Host "Setting Video Display for $($_)"
$VMView.ReconfigVM($spec)
}
}
}
