Add multiple virtual machines to a running script

Hi all

This script below works fine

$vmtest = get - vm "vmname" | Get-opinion

$vmConfigSpec = new-Object VMware.Vim.VirtualMachineConfigSpec

$vmConfigSpec.changeTrackingEnabled = $true

$vmtest.reconfigVM ($vmConfigSpec)

How can I pass a list of virtual machines in a text file c:\vms.txt for this script?

Thank you

Alex

I guess your TXT file has a vmname on each line, so you might do something like this

$vmConfigSpec = New-Object VMware.Vim.VirtualMachineConfigSpec$vmConfigSpec.changeTrackingEnabled = $true

Get-Content c:\vms.txt | %{  $vmtest = Get-vm -Name $_  $vmtest.ExtensionData.ReconfigVM($vmConfigSpec)}

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Afternoon,

Our vcentre is not set up to handle the dvswitches on the host - bit of a long story.

Until he does, can we use the command line to add a virtual machine to a dvswitch?

If so, can someone help me with this?

Thank you

Martin

vCenter is required to set up and manage a distributed switch.

Multiple virtual machines can share a common hard

I just confirmed that multiple virtual machines can share a hard if they all see it as non-permanent, which is great if you want to experiment with different linux packages at the same time.

Except the hard. REDO_ * files that are produced by a virtual machine are removed when you turn it off, and all the work is lost.

Any ideas how I could prevent the hard. REDO_ * files deleted?

the non-persistent flag is to capture instant temporary vmdk is ignored when the virtual machine is turned off.

The vmdk. REDO_ file is actually a type of snapshot. If you want to avoid that it gets deleted turned off the power, you must use a regular snapshot - but then your sharing of this vmdk with other virtual machines will no longer work.

For your scenario of I don't know one solution stable AND well other than the use of network shares.

There is a hack to really share VMDK between two virtual machines, but is more stable.

Another solution may be that share this drive via iSCSI acrooss your machines virtual more.

Some time ago I tried to interrupt the process of vmware-vmx.exe seconds before turning off the virtual machine and then copy the REDO far so that I can use it again... but if I remember right the next time that you start the virtual computer will be created a new REDO log and it is so pretty useless :-(

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