DNS SearchDomain

[olan025]

This little one is annoying me.

Trying to set the SearchDomain for the ESX host.

Set-vmhostnetwork doesn't allow you to pass a searchdomain param that I've seen. You clearly see the data in the get-vmhost | get-view.

[LucD]

With the UpdateDnsConfig method of the SDK it can be done like this

$domains = ("mydomain.test", "and.another.domain")

$esx = Get-VMHost -Name esx1.test.local | Get-View
$ns = Get-View -Id $esx.configManager.networkSystem
$dns = $ns.networkConfig.dnsConfig

foreach($domainname in $domains) {
  $dns.SearchDomain += $domainname
}

$ns.UpdateDnsConfig($dns)

The above script will add additional domains to the current SearchDomain content.

If you want to replace the contents of the SearchDomain completely it can be done like this

$domains = ("test.local", "and.another.domain")

$esx = Get-VMHost -Name esx1.test.local | Get-View
$ns = Get-View -Id $esx.configManager.networkSystem
$dns = $ns.networkConfig.dnsConfig

$dns.SearchDomain = @()

foreach($domainname in $domains) {
  $dns.SearchDomain += $domainname
}

$ns.UpdateDnsConfig($dns)

[olan025]

Thanks LucD.