So this is the final script in total, in case anyone else ever wants to use a master set of templates on a shared datastore to deploy to several vcenters.
#Assumes template name = file name = folder name, all templates are in "_Templates" folder
#Assumes SANS are named $teamSAN, vcenter is vcenter$team.dev.fco
if (-not (Get-PSSnapin VMware.VimAutomation.Core -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)) {
Add-PSSnapin VMware.VimAutomation.Core
}
$team = "team1", "team2"
foreach($tm in $team){
connect-viserver ("vcenter"+$tm+".dev.fco") -user user@vsphere.local -password user
$ds1 = Get-Datastore zSharedTemplates
$ds2 = Get-Datastore ($tm + "SAN")
New-PSDrive -Location $ds1 -Name source -PSProvider VimDatastore -Root '\'
New-PSDrive -Name dest -PSProvider ViMdatastore -Root '\' -location $ds2
$templates = get-folder _Templates | get-template
foreach($tmpl in $templates){
$folderID = (get-template $tmpl).folderid
remove-template $tmpl -DeletePermanently:$false -confirm:$false
Copy-DatastoreItem source:\$tmpl\* -Destination dest:\$tmpl\ -Force -Recurse
new-template -Name $tmpl -TemplateFilePath "[$ds2] $tmpl/$tmpl.vmtx" -location (get-folder -id $folderID) -vmhost (Get-VMHost | Where { $_.ConnectionState -eq "Connected" } | Get-Random) #Doesn't work with -DiskStorageFormat Thin
}
disconnect-viserver ("vcenter"+$tm+".dev.fco") -confirm:$false
}
Only weirdness is that the new-template (also tried with new-vm) fails if I add the -DiskStorageFormat Thin, even though this is in the 5.5 new-template cmdlet.
Error is "Parameter set cannot be resolved using the specified named parameters."
Works fine, but now all the templates are thick provisioned. Which isn't good.
LucD any idea how to get around this, or do I have to go the long route like you did here:
http://www.lucd.info/2013/06/30/hl-tools-part-1-clone-a-vm-without-vcenter/
