I have ESXi server on the server and VMWare Workstation 11.1.0 on Windows 7 laptop. To manage VMs on ESXi I use PowerCLI and to debug certain things I'd like to use the same code to manage VMs locally on the VMWare Workstation (clones of those on ESXi). Though whenever I try to connect using Connect-VIServer -Server localhost to local Workstation it requests username/password and then fails with the:
Is it something I'm doing wrongly while connecting to the Workstation or Workstation doesn't support PowerCLI interface at all? Couldn't find any official statements on this matter of the vmware web-site or else where.
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Apparently Workstation can host a vSphere server. I'd expect PowerCLI to connect with that vSphere server, but I'd be surprised if Workstation itself listens for PowerCLI at all. If you find a definitive answer online or from VMware support, I'd be curious to hear it.
That was simple enough. Now the VMs have been powered on, and are running through the VM customization that I set during the build process. So, I need to figure out a way to make sure that the script waits until the system has finished this process before continuing. When I first started this process, I thought about just using the sleep command.
I just need to wait until the DNS name, matches the name that is in the CSV file. I put this piece into the script, and it worked perfectly. The script waited just the correct amount of time for the customization to complete.
I had to start with authenticating to the guest VM. This script works with multiple different operating sytems, so it needs to be universal. As a result, the first part of the script uses a WMI query to get the network card name, and scrubs the variable into a usable information. Then uses NETSH.exe to configure the network interface. So the line starting with $netsh sets the static IP address, subnet mask, and gateway using the information from the WMI query. Then the next 2 line sets the DNS settings and the last 2 lines sets the WINS. It then uses Invoke-VMScript to push these settings to the VM via the VMware Tools, which is why it so important that the tools are up to date.
Mayur,
Happy holidays! Sorry for the delay in my response, the holidays are rather busy at my house. I have read your comments and I hope I have answered everything.
1.The variable $GC is used with the lines that start with Invoke-VMScript. This allows for authentication to the guest VM.
2.Just looking at the errors you posted you might need to check out the template you are using as it might be the issues ->
3.I have a better script for building VMs that you might give a try, link here -> ( _VMs_using_OSCustomizationSpec.ps1).
Hi, I need to change the IP,subnet and DG on multiple VMs. Could I use this script purely for this? I have a script I can run which will then change the port groups of each VM to the new network. I just need a script to actually change the IP settings.
When I ppulate the CSV with a single VM and run the script it prompts for credentials which I enter and then I ht enter to run the script and it just keeps returning the server name over and over until I cancel it. Any ideas? Thanks
If I replace the $NetworkName with the actual LAN connection name it seems to work. So the problem seems to be when reading the name of the LAN connection before applying the IP. I will look into this, maybe I can remove that part from the script and populate the CSV with the LAN name and create a new variable. I will try and use a seperate powershell script to perhaps set a generic LAN connection name on all servers before running the powercli script.
Tyler,
There is a way to configure a VM with two NICs. Either use the current script on this page and modify it to take the second NIC or use OSCustomizationSpec with OSCustomizationNicMapping. I have a post about this, -vms-using-oscustomizationspec/, and it is fairly simple to do. Below is an example of how it should look for configuring multiple IPs on a single VM.
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