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 -Version v4

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

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

$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 8 --------------

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 9 --------------

$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 10 --------------

$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 11 --------------

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 12 --------------

$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 13 --------------

$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 14 --------------

$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 15 --------------

$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 New-VM, the first and second disk of the new virtual machine will be placed on different datastores within the specified datastore cluster.

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

$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 New-VM, the new virtual machine and the WindowsXP virtual machine will be placed on different datastores within the specified datastore cluster.

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

$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 18 --------------

$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 19 --------------

$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 20 --------------

$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.