Hi,
ok glad it helped. If the ESXi hosts are in a vSphere cluster it should take care of it for you.

thanks

This script helped a lot with my project, but I have a question.

$ESXi=Get-Cluster $Cluster | Get-VMHost -state connected | Get-Random

I know this line distributes VMs over the ESXi hosts within the vSphere cluster, but what happens if one the hosts is full? Will it throw an error if it randomly chooses a host with no space for a new VM?

Thanks!

Hi,
the idea with this script is to create multiple VMs when you run the script once. If you just want one VM to be created you can just run the last piece in the script:
New-VM -Name $VM_Name -VM $clone -VMHost $ESXi -Datastore $ds -Location $Folder -OSCustomizationSpec $customspecification -RunAsync

You will have to specify the variables or just change them for static values.

thanks

– DM

Hi,
if you need to create only 15 VMs, you should change $vm_count to 15 meaning
$vm_count = “15”
Yes you can use D1 and the + is the correct way. Will update the original script.

Thanks

Quick question about your script please…

$y=”{0:D2}” -f $_
– OR –
$y=”{0:D2}” -f + $_

The 1st was in your original script. The 2nd was in your updated post with script changes. You mentioned the line had no changes, but it looks like there is a slight change with the “+” after the -f.

Also, I’m only creating/cloning 15 VM’s, so I think I can edit $y=”{0:D2)” to read $y=”{0:D1)”…is this correct?

Thanks in advance for your help!

– DM

Hi,
not sure I can do that much since it complains about the customer spec. Do you really have a spec called INPUN-DSVCSLS112-customization?

thanks

New-VM : 17-10-2018 11:12:26 New-VM OSCustomizationSpec parameter: Could not find any of the objects specified by
name.
At C:\Users\sachin.thopate\Desktop\CSLS.ps1:44 char:1
+ New-VM -Name $VM_Name -VM $clone -VMHost $ESXi -Datastore $ds -Locati …
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (VMware.VimAutom…stomizationSpec:RuntimePropertyInfo) [New-VM], ObnRec
ordProcessingFailedException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Core_ObnSelector_SetNewParameterValue_ObjectNotFoundCritical,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore
.Cmdlets.Commands.NewVM

I am getting above error please help on this.

Hi,
the below lie will do just that meaning distribute VMs over the ESXi hosts within the vSphere cluster.
$ESXi=Get-Cluster $Cluster | Get-VMHost -state connected | Get-Random

Doesn’t it work?

thanks

I tried:
$Host = Get-VMHost – Name $vm.Host

but am receiving :

Cannot overwrite variable Host because it is read-only or constant.
At C:\Scripts\Connect.ps1:12 char:1
+ $Host = Get-VMHost -Name $vm.Host

I have joined your rss feed and look ahead to in the hunt for more of
your great post. Additionally, I’ve shared your website in my social networks

Hi, using WordPress and it works great.

thanks

hi,
actually had time to test this now and use the following:
# No changes required to the below line
$y=”{0:D2}” -f + $_
# New line below, change 50 to whatever your start number is in the VM naming convention.
$count = 50 + $y
# Updated line below, change $y at the end of the below line to $count
$VM_name = $VM_prefix + $count