For loop create linked Clone

I have a script that will create a clone that is linked to from a snapshot, apply a cuztomization and start the virtual machine, what I want to do is create a loop for who would do this for multiple virtual machines. but I have no idea how to do so I don't know a loop, that's what I need, but I don't know how I should format the code.

Here is my script up to now:

[Code]

to connect-viserver 'vCenter5 '.
$sourceVM = get - VM 'Pano-VM-1 | Get-View
$cloneName = 'Pano-VM-1.
$cloneFolder = $sourceVM.parent
$cloneSpec = new-object Vmware.Vim.VirtualMachineCloneSpec
$cloneSpec.Snapshot = $sourceVM.Snapshot.CurrentSnapshot
$cloneSpec.Location = new-object Vmware.Vim.VirtualMachineRelocateSpec
$cloneSpec.Location.DiskMoveType = [Vmware.Vim.VirtualMachineRelocateDiskMoveOptions]: createNewChildDiskBacking
$sourceVM.CloneVM_Task ($cloneFolder, $cloneName, $cloneSpec)
Set-VM 'Pano-VM-1' - OSCustomizationSpec "Pano-VDI" - confirm: $false
Start-VM 'Pano-VM-1' - confirm: $false

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Thank you.

for ($i=0; $i -lt 10; $i++) {
$sourceVM = get - VM 'Pano-VM-1 | Get-View
$cloneName = ' Pano-VM-Clone-$I ".
$cloneFolder = $sourceVM.parent
$cloneSpec = new-object Vmware.Vim.VirtualMachineCloneSpec
$cloneSpec.Snapshot = $sourceVM.Snapshot.CurrentSnapshot
$cloneSpec.Location = new-object Vmware.Vim.VirtualMachineRelocateSpec
$cloneSpec.Location.DiskMoveType = [Vmware.Vim.VirtualMachineRelocateDiskMoveOptions]: createNewChildDiskBacking
$sourceVM.CloneVM_Task ($cloneFolder, $cloneName, $cloneSpec)
Set-VM ' Pano-VM-Clone-$I '-OSCustomizationSpec "Pano-VDI" - confirm: $false
Start-VM ' Pano-VM-Clone-$I "-confirm: $false
}

It should work.

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