I’d like to share a mini Script to create VirtualMachines with Hyper-V and Powershell. It is certainly not enterprise diveable. But it’s enough to create a VM for testing.
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#by JKU 02.08.2019 #VM Base Information $VMName = "TestVM2" $DataPath = "C:\temp" $DataVMPath = $DataPath + "\" + $VMName $DiskDataPath = $DataPath + "\" + $VMName + "\" + $VMName + ".vhdx" $Memory = 2GB $Disk = 12GB $CPUCores = 4 $VMGeneration = 2 #Options are "1","2" -> If you don't have any idea, please let this at Value 2 #Options $MountIso = "true" $StartVMaftreCreation = "true" $IsoPath = "C:\Cloud_JK\NextCloud\jere@nx2309.your-next.cloud\OS\win10\SW_DVD5_Win_Pro_10_64BIT_German_MLF_X20-25597.ISO" #Script IF(Get-VM -Name $VMName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue){ Write-Warning "$VMName : Machine already exists! Please verify your Values." return } IF(Test-Path $DataVMPath){ Write-Warning "$DataVMPath : Folder already exists! Please verify your Values." return } Write-Host "Start to create VM $VMName" -foregroudcolor yellow New-VM -Name $VMName -path $DataPath -MemoryStartupBytes $Memory -NewVHDSizeBytes $Disk -NewVHDPath $DiskDataPath -Generation $VMGeneration $Vm = (Get-VM -Name $VMName) Set-VM -VM $Vm -ProcessorCount $CPUCores IF($MountIso -eq "true"){ $DVD = Add-VMDvdDrive -VMName ($Vm).Name -Path $ISOPath -Passthru Set-VMFirmware -VM $VM -FirstBootDevice $DVD } IF($StartVMaftreCreation -eq "true"){ Start-VM -Name $VMName } Write-Host "Script End" |
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