How to pass the start settings in starting a virtual machine?

How can I use PowerCLI to start a new Linux VM and the nucleus of some startup parameters?

What would be more simple: (a) to make and use a virtual machine model, or (b) to boot from an ISO image, or (c) start with a Linux VM and the clone who?

The basic Linux is RedHat on an ISO on the network (ISO can be on a local path running the PowerCLI script if necessary).  If a model would be easier then a diagram how to make one of my ISO would be great!

RedHat Linux can be configured by passing parameters of the kernel startup, so kickstart configures the system, something like

KS=/my/path/KS.cfg otherparams

where KS.cfg says kickstart what to do.

How to pass the start settings in the new virtual machine?

(It is probably completely irrelevant, but I work with Xen using bash scripting and)

$UUID = xe model vm-install = "RedHatLinux64bit."

XE vm-param-set uuid = $UUID PV-args="ks=/my/path/ks.cfg '.

XE-vm-beginning uuid = $UUID

now, it must be implemented on ESX. To determine when the new VM is fuly configured, my scripts from kickstart wrote a semaphore to be detected by the bash script.)

I know very little about ESX and PowerCLI details will be particularly useful if you please!

Thank you!

Enjoy your break

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