New-VM

-------------------------- Example 1 --------------------------

$myTargetVMHost = Get-VMHost -Name MyVMHost1
New-VM -Name MyVM1 -ResourcePool $myTargetVMHost -Datastore MyDatastore1 -NumCPU 2 -MemoryGB 4 -DiskGB 40 -NetworkName "VM Network" -Floppy -CD -DiskStorageFormat Thin -GuestID winNetDatacenterGuest

Creates a virtual machine by specifying a target host, a target datastore, and a network to connect to, and configures the settings for the virtual machine.

-------------------------- Example 2 --------------------------

$myCluster = Get-Cluster -Name MyCluster1
New-VM -Name MyVM1 -ResourcePool $myCluster

Creates a virtual machine by specifying a cluster. The ResourcePool parameter accepts ResourcePool, Cluster, VApp, and standalone VMHost objects.

-------------------------- Example 3 --------------------------

$vmhost = Get-VMHost -Name MyVMHost1
$myCluster = Get-Cluster -Name MyCluster1
New-VM -Name MyVM1 -VMHost $vmhost -ResourcePool $myCluster -DiskGB 4 -MemoryGB 1

Creates a virtual machine by specifying a cluster and explicitly selecting the host, instead of allowing auto-selection of a target host.

-------------------------- Example 4 --------------------------

$vmhost = Get-VMHost -Name MyVMHost1
New-VM -Name MyVM1 -ResourePool $vmhost -DiskGB 40,100

Creates a virtual machine with multiple disks.

-------------------------- Example 5 --------------------------

$vmhost = Get-VMHost -Name MyVMHost1
New-VM -Name MyVM1 -ResourcePool $vmhost -DiskPath "[Storage1] WindowsXP/WindowsXP.vmdk"

Creates a virtual machine by specifying an existing disk.

-------------------------- Example 6 --------------------------

$vmhost = Get-VMHost -Name MyVMHost1
New-VM -Name MyVM1 -ResourcePool $vmhost -HardwareVersion vmx-04

Creates a virtual machine by explicitly specifying the version of the virtual machine hardware through the HardwareVersion parameter.

-------------------------- Example 7 --------------------------

$kmsCluster = Get-KmsCluster "MyKmsCluster"
$ds = Get-Datastore -VMHost MyHost1
New-VM -Name 'MyVM' -VMHost MyHost1 -Datastore $ds -KmsCluster $kmsCluster

Creates an encrypted virtual machine on the given datastore $ds and MyHost1 host.

-------------------------- Example 8 --------------------------

$policy = Get-SpbmStoragePolicy "MyPolicy"
$ds = Get-Datastore -VMHost MyHost1
New-VM -Name 'MyVM' -VMHost MyHost1 -Datastore $ds -StoragePolicy $policy -SkipHardDisks

Creates a virtual machine with the storage policy $policy attached to its VM Home on the given datastore $ds and MyHost1 host. If the $policy is an encryption policy, VM Home of the virtual machine will be encrypted during creation.

-------------------------- Example 9 --------------------------

$myDatastore = Get-Datastore -Name MyDatastore1
$vmhost = Get-VMHost -Name MyVMHost1
New-VM -Name MyVM2 -VM MyVM1 -Datastore $myDatastore -VMHost $vmhost

Creates a new virtual machine named MyVM2 by cloning the MyVM1 virtual machine on the specified datastore and host.

-------------------------- Example 10 --------------------------

New-VM -VM MyVM1, MyVM2 -Location MyFolder1 -VMHost MyHost1

Copies the MyVM1 and MyVM2 virtual machines to the MyFolder1 folder on the MyHost1 host.

-------------------------- Example 11 --------------------------

$myResourcePool = Get-ResourcePool -Name MyResourcePool1
$mySpecification = Get-OSCustomizationSpec -Name WindowsSpec
New-VM -VM MyVM1 -Name MyVM2 -OSCustomizationSpec $mySpecification -ResourcePool $myResourcePool

Clones the virtual machine MyVM1 to MyVM2 and applies a customization specification on the cloned virtual machine.

-------------------------- Example 12 --------------------------

$myResourcePool = Get-ResourcePool -Name MyResourcePool1
$myTemplate = Get-Template -Name WindowsTemplate
$mySpecification = Get-OSCustomizationSpec -Name WindowsSpec
New-VM -Name MyVM2 -Template $myTemplate -ResourcePool $myResourcePool -OSCustomizationSpec $mySpecification

Creates a virtual machine from the specified template and applies the specified customization specification.

-------------------------- Example 13 --------------------------

cd vmstores:\myserver@443\Datacenter\Storage1\MyVM1\
$vmxFile = Get-Item MyVM1.vmx
$vmhost = Get-VMHost -Name MyVMHost1
New-VM -VMHost $vmhost -VMFilePath $vmxFile.DatastoreFullPath

Retrieves the specified configuration file for the MyVM1 virtual machine and registers the MyVM1 virtual machine on the specified host.

-------------------------- Example 14 --------------------------

$vmhost = Get-VMHost -Name MyVMHost1
$myDatastoreCluster = Get-DatastoreCluster -Name MyStorageCluster1
New-VM -Name MyVM1 -DiskGB 40,40 -Datastore $myDatastoreCluster -ResourcePool $vmhost

Creates a virtual machine on a datastore cluster. By default, the new virtual machine has an intra-VM affinity rule.

-------------------------- Example 15 --------------------------

$vmhost = Get-VMHost -Name MyVMHost1
$myDatastoreCluster = Get-DatastoreCluster -Name MyStorageCluster1
$myAdvancedOption = New-Object 'VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Types.V1.DatastoreManagement.SdrsVMDiskAntiAffinityRule' 1,2
New-VM -Name MyVM1 -DiskGB 40,40,40 -Datastore $myDatastoreCluster -AdvancedOption $myAdvancedOption -ResourcePool $vmhost

Creates a virtual machine on a datastore cluster. The machine has three hard disks. For the first two disks, intra-VM anti-affinity rule is specified and they will be placed on a datastore different from the datastore cluster. Identifying the hard disk in the intra-VM anti-affinity happens by indexing the disks starting from 1.

-------------------------- Example 16 --------------------------

$myVM1 = Get-VM -Name WindowsXP
$myResourcePool = Get-ResourcePool -Name MyResourcePool1
$myAdvancedOption = New-Object 'VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Types.V1.DatastoreManagement.SdrsVMAntiAffinityRule' $myVM1
$myDatastoreCluster = Get-DatastoreCluster -Name MyStorageCluster1
New-VM -Name MyVM1 -DiskGB 40,40,40 -Datastore $myDatastoreCluster -AdvancedOption $myAdvancedOption -ResourcePool $myResourcePool

Creates a virtual machine on a datastore cluster and specifies a VM anti-affinity rule between the new virtual machine and an existing virtual machine.

-------------------------- Example 17 --------------------------

$mySourceVM = Get-VM -Name MySourceVM1
$vmhost = Get-VMHost -Name MyVMHost1
$hardDiskList = Get-HardDisk -VM $vm | select -First 2
$myDatastoreCluster = Get-DatastoreCluster -Name MyStorageCluster1
$myAdvancedOption = New-Object 'VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Types.V1.DatastoreManagement.SdrsVMDiskAntiAffinityRule' $hardDiskList
New-VM -Name MyVM1 -VM $mySourceVM -Datastore $myDatastoreCluster -AdvancedOption $myAdvancedOption -ResourcePool $vmhost

Clones a virtual machine on a datastore cluster and specifies an intra-VM anti-affinity rule by using references to the hard disks of the source virtual machine. When you apply this rule to the AdvancedOption parameter of the New-VM cmdlet, the first and second disk of the new virtual machine will be placed on different datastores within the specified datastore cluster.

-------------------------- Example 18 --------------------------

$mySourceVM = Get-VM -Name MySourceVM1
$myVM1 = Get-VM -Name WindowsXP
$myAdvancedOption = New-Object 'VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Types.V1.DatastoreManagement.SdrsVMAntiAffinityRule' $myVM1
$myDatastoreCluster = Get-DatastoreCluster -Name MyStorageCluster1
$vmhost = Get-VMHost -Name MyVMHost1
New-VM -Name MyVM2 -VM $mySourceVM -Datastore $myDatastoreCluster -AdvancedOption $myAdvancedOption -ResourcePool $vmhost

Clones a virtual machine on a datastore cluster and specifies a VM anti-afffinity rule between the new virtual machine and an existing virtual machine. When you apply this rule to the AdvancedOption parameter of the New-VM cmdlet, the new virtual machine and the WindowsXP virtual machine will be placed on different datastores within the specified datastore cluster.

-------------------------- Example 19 --------------------------

$mySourceTemplate = Get-Template -Name WindowsTemplate
$myDatastoreCluster = Get-DatastoreCluster -Name MyStorageCluster
$myAdvancedOption = New-Object 'VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Types.V1.DatastoreManagement.SdrsVMDiskAntiAffinityRule' $hardDiskList
$vmhost = Get-VMHost -Name MyVMHost1
New-VM -Name MyVM1 -Template $mySourceTemplate -Datastore $myDatastoreCluster -AdvancedOption $myAdvancedOption -ResourcePool $vmhost

Creates a virtual machine from a template, specifies a VM anti-affinity rule and stores the virtual machine on a specified datastore cluster.

-------------------------- Example 20 --------------------------

$vmhost = Get-VMHost -Name MyVMHost1
$myVM = Get-VM -Name WindowsXP
$mySourceTemplate = Get-Template -Name WindowsTemplate
$myDatastoreCluster = Get-DatastoreCluster -Name MyStorageCluster1
$myAdvancedOption = New-Object 'VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Types.V1.DatastoreManagement.SdrsVMAntiAffinityRule' $myVM
New-VM -Name VM -Template $mySourceTemplate -Datastore $myDatastoreCluster -AdvancedOption $myAdvancedOption -ResourcePool $vmhost

Creates a virtual machine from a template, specifies a VM anti-affinity rule and stores the virtual machine on a specified datastore cluster.

-------------------------- Example 21 --------------------------

$mySourceVM = Get-VM -Name MySourceVM1
$myReferenceSnapshot = Get-Snapshot -VM $mySourceVM -Name "InitialState"
$vmhost = Get-VMHost -Name MyVMHost1
$myDatastore = Get-Datastore -Name MyDatastore1
New-VM -Name MyLinkedCloneVM1 -VM $mySourceVM -LinkedClone -ReferenceSnapshot $myReferenceSnapshot -ResourcePool $vmhost -Datastore $myDatastore

Creates a linked clone from the specified snapshot of the parent virtual machine. The linked clone is stored to the specified VM host and datastore.

-------------------------- Example 22 --------------------------

$myCluster = Get-Cluster -Name "MyCluster"
$myVDPortGroup = Get-VDPortgroup -Name "MyVDPortGroup"
$mySharedDatastore = Get-Datastore -Name "MySharedDatastore"
New-VM -Name MyVM -ResourcePool $myCluster -Portgroup $myVDPortGroup -DiskGB 40 -MemoryGB 4 -Datastore $mySharedDatastore

Creates a new virtual machine with the specified configuration and connects it to the specified distributed port group.