How to set ip and disk in VM

[Le Hoang]

Hi Team,

I'm newbie to using PowerCLi, here is my script to create multiple VMs using powercli, and i don't know how to set ip and hard disk for VMs can anyone help me? All gusetOS VMs is ubuntu.

Connect-VIServer 192.168.1.172 -Credential (Get-Credential)

$vms = Import-CSV "E:\powercli\deployvms.csv"

foreach ($vm in $vms){

#Assign Variables

$Template = Get-Template -Name $vm.Template

$Cluster = $vm.Cluster

$Datastore = Get-Datastore -Name $vm.Datastore

$vCPU = $vm.vCPU

$Memory = $vm.Memory

$Network = $vm.Network

$VMName = $vm.Name

#Where the VM gets built

New-VM -Name $VMName -Template $Template -ResourcePool (Get-Cluster $Cluster | Get-ResourcePool) -StorageFormat Thin -Datastore $Datastore

Start-Sleep -Seconds 5

#Where the vCPU, memory, and network gets set

$NewVM = Get-VM -Name $VMName

$NewVM | Set-VM -MemoryGB $Memory -NumCpu $vCPU -Confirm:$false

$NewVM | Get-NetworkAdapter | Set-NetworkAdapter -NetworkName $Network -Confirm:$false

Start-VM -VM $VMName -Confirm:$false -RunAsync

}

[LucD]

Adding a hard disk can be done with the New-Harddisk cmdlet.
You can also create one or more hard disks on the New-VM cmdlet with the DiskGB parameter. 

Setting the IP address is something that needs to be done inside the Guest OS.
You can use an OSCustomizationSpec (see New-OSCustomizationSpec) and refer to it on the New-VM cmdlet with the OSCustomizationSpec parameter.
See for example Solved: Re: Deploy a vm with CLI and OSCustomizationNicMap... - VMware Technology Network VMTN

Another option is to launch a script inside the Guest OS via Invoke-VMScript.
See for example BYE DEBIAN/UBUNTU GUEST CUSTOMIZATION, HELLO POWERCLI AND BASH

[Le Hoang]

I use DiskGB parameter with template then this error appears:

New-VM : Parameter set cannot be resolved using the specified named parameters.
At E:\powercli\Create VM.ps1:14 char:1
+ New-VM -Name $VMName -DiskGB 40 -Template $Template -ResourcePool $vm ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [New-VM], ParameterBindingException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : AmbiguousParameterSet,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.NewVM

Here is my script I use to create new vm with template:

Connect-VIServer 192.168.1.172 -Credential (Get-Credential)

#Assign Variables

$vmhost = Get-VMhost -Name 192.168.1.171

$Template = get-template -name ubuntu2004-template

$Cluster = Get-Cluster -Name FTECH

$Datastore = Get-Datastore -Name DellR620-171-datastore2

$VMname = 'test1'

$vCPU = '4'

$Memory = '8'

$Network = 'vlan90'

#Where the VM gets built

New-VM -Name $VMName -DiskGB 40 -Template $Template -ResourcePool $vmhost -StorageFormat Thin -Datastore $Datastore

#Where the vCPU, memory, and network gets set

$NewVM = Get-VM -Name $VMName

$NewVM | Set-VM -MemoryGB $Memory -NumCpu $vCPU -Confirm:$false

$NewVM | Get-NetworkAdapter | Set-NetworkAdapter -NetworkName $Network -Confirm:$false

[LucD]

That is because Template and DiskGB belong to 2 different parametersets of the New-VM cmdlet.
You can't use both parameters together.
If you need to use Template, you will have to add any additional harddisks after the New-VM with New-Harddisk.