PowerCLI: Basics

Creating a New Virtual Machine

Hello Guys 

This is my first post with Power Cli, so I'l try to show you how to create a New Virtual Machine.

Here I go!!!

• First, We have to connect to the VMware Infraestructure, If you don't have the vCenter Server installed you can use the ESXi Host.

   Connect-VIServer -Server YourIpServer -User administrator@vsphere.local -Password                      yourpassword

• Then you need to créate a Folder for VM

          Get-Folder VM

          $nf=Get-Folder VM

          New-Folder -Name "YourFolderName" -Location $nf

• After that you need to create a ResourcePool

           $cl=Get-Cluster YourClusterName

           New-ResourcePool -Name YourRpName -Location $cl

• And now we create the variables for using them for the virtual machine creation function.           

          $rp=Get-ResourcePool YourRpName

          $ds=Get-Datastore YourDatastoreName

          $fm=Get-Folder YourFolderName

          $vh=Get-VMHost

    

          Take Note: This symbol $ indicates that is a variable.  

• Here we create the Virtual Machine 

   New-VM -Name "VMCLI" -ResourcePool $rp -Location $fm -Version v8 -Datastore       YourDatastoreName -DiskGB 10 -DiskStorageFormat Thin -MemoryGB 2 -Portgroup YourPortgroupName -VMhost $vh[1]

So, I did it in my lab......

• And now we start the VM

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