Help!! automated clone VM & delete old cloned VM

[Patton_Jeong]

We need automated "clone and delete old VM" process for specific VM.

For automated VM cloning, I found out "Task job on vCenter".

vCenter's Task job offer daily cloning.

But to success daily cloning, it need deleting cloned VM daily maullay.

vCenter dosn't offer deleting VM task.

I found out that VI toolkit "remove-vm -deletefromdisk" offer delete VM operation without VI Client.

But I don't know power-shell nothing.

Moreover "remove-vm" command need confirmnation.

How can I do it?

[ewannema]

You can auto confirm the actions by explicitly setting confirm to $false. Be careful that you have the correct VM objects when doing this.

Remove-VM -confirm:$false

[Patton_Jeong]

Thanks, ewannema

"Remove-VM -deletefromdisk -VM vmanme -confirm:$false" works.

But still I don't know how to make automated schdule job with power-shell script.

I trying to make a script and enroll it to schedule job.

[Patton_Jeong]

Thanks, ewannema.

Finally I cleared automation issue.

Thanks.

[muthuvairavantu]

Hi Patton,

Can you provide me the complete script that will create a clone and delete it once a fresh clone is taken?? Appreciate your help in advance!!!

Cheers,

M