I’m not sure why it’s been so hard to find a snippet online that gives me the ability to create a linked clone while selecting a static IP address, but it was. I ended up writing a quick function to help.
It should be pretty self explanatory.. just edit the variables in the parameter section and call the function.
Cheers!
Github: https://github.com/jonhowe/Virtjunkie.com/blob/master/Deploy-VM.ps1
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function New-VirtJunkieLinkedClone {
[CmdletBinding()]
<#
Github: https://github.com/jonhowe/Virtjunkie.com/blob/master/Deploy-VM.ps1
Link: https://www.virtjunkie.com/?p=774
#>
param (
#vCenter Info
$vCenter = 'vcsa.home.lab',
$username = 'administrator@vsphere.local',
$password = 'VMWare1!',
$TemplateCustomSpec = 'WS16to19',
#Parent VM Info
$ParentVMName = 'WS16-GUI',
$SnapshotName = "Base",
#New VM Info
$VMName = "vra-iaas-2",
$VMIP = "192.168.86.214",
$VMNetmask = "255.255.255.0",
$VMGateway = "192.168.86.1",
$VMDNS = "192.168.86.232"
)
begin {
$vc_conn = Connect-VIServer -Server $vCenter -User $username -Password $password
}
process {
# Get the OS CustomizationSpec and clone
$OSCusSpec = Get-OSCustomizationSpec -Name $TemplateCustomSpec |
New-OSCustomizationSpec -Name 'tempcustomspec' -Type NonPersistent
#Update Spec with IP information
Get-OSCustomizationNicMapping -OSCustomizationSpec $OSCusSpec |
Set-OSCustomizationNicMapping -IPMode UseStaticIP `
-IPAddress $VMIP `
-SubnetMask $VMNetmask `
-DefaultGateway $VMGateway `
-Dns $VMDNS
$mySourceVM = Get-VM -Name $ParentVMName
$myReferenceSnapshot = Get-Snapshot -VM $mySourceVM -Name $SnapshotName
$Cluster = Get-Cluster 'Cluster'
$myDatastore = Get-Datastore -Name 'Shared'
New-VM -Name $VMName -VM $mySourceVM -LinkedClone -ReferenceSnapshot $myReferenceSnapshot -ResourcePool $Cluster `
-Datastore $myDatastore -OSCustomizationSpec $OSCusSpec
}
end {
Get-OSCustomizationSpec -Name $OSCusSpec | Remove-OSCustomizationSpec -Confirm:$false
}
}
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