PowerCLI to change standard vSwitch network to Distributed vSwitch

I'm working on a deployment script to build my VMs from a template. After its construction, I need to switch from the network to a dvSwitch. I need help to understand the correct syntex.

It did not work:

$vmname = test2008_11

$vlan = XXX_XX_57_x

Get - vm $vmname | Get-NetworkAdapter | Together-NetworkAdapter - StartConnected $true - DistributedSwitch dvSwitch1 - NetworkName $vlan - confirm: $false

Here's the info of powerCLI

PowerCLI > Get-VirtualSwitch-name dvSwitch1

Name NumPorts Num Ports Mtu Key Notes
Available
----            --------   ---------- ---   ---                            -----
dvSwitch1 2474 1500 FC 12 50 f2 a5 b5-64 1 c b2...


PowerCLI C:\Users\bxg4211\Documents\PowerCli\Deploy > Get-VirtualSwitch-name dvSwitch1 | Get-VirtualPortGroup

Name key VLanId PortBinding NumPorts
----                      ---                            ------ ----------- --------
XXX_XX_61_x dvportgroup-12662 128 static
XXX_XX_50_x dvportgroup-12676 128 static
XXX_XX_44_x dvportgroup-12675 Street 128 static
dvSwitch1-DVUplinks-12654 dvportgroup-12655 static 42
XXX_XX_00_x dvportgroup-12664 128 static
XXX_XX_40_x dvportgroup-12674 128 static
XXX_XX_60_x dvportgroup-12680 128 static
XXX_XX_01_x dvportgroup-12665 128 static
XXX_XX_14_x dvportgroup-12673 128 static
XXX_XX_02_x dvportgroup-12666 128 static
XXX_XX_13_x dvportgroup-12672 128 static
XXX_XX_03_x dvportgroup-12667 128 static
XXX_XX_12_x dvportgroup-12671 128 static
XXX_XX_56_x dvportgroup-12679 128 static
XXX_XX_04_x dvportgroup-12668 128 static
XXX_XX_11_x dvportgroup-12670 128 static
XXX_XX_57_x dvportgroup-12678 128 static
dvSwitch1 all dvportgroup-12661 128 static
XXX_XX_10_x dvportgroup-12669 128 static
XXX_XX_54_x dvportgroup-12677 128 static

The Ps and the names have been changed to protect the innocent.

On the portgroup, the script finds all available ports.

Then, it checks all virtual machines that already have a connection to this portgroup and removes this Portkey to the list.

I keep the portkeys in a hash table, because that makes it easy to remove entries.

$nicTypes = "VirtualE1000","VirtualE1000e","VirtualPCNet32","VirtualVmxnet","VirtualVmxnet2","VirtualVmxnet3" $ports = @{}$pgName = "MyPG"

# Get all the portkeys on the portgroup $pg = Get-VirtualPortGroup -Distributed -Name $pgName $pg.ExtensionData.PortKeys | %{$ports.Add($_,$pg.Name)}

# Remove the portkeys in use Get-View $pg.ExtensionData.Vm | %{    $nic = $_.Config.Hardware.Device |       where {$nicTypes -contains $_.GetType().Name -and $_.Backing.GetType().Name -match "Distributed"}    $nic | %{$ports.Remove($_.Backing.Port.PortKey)}}

# Assign the first free portkey $key = ($ports.Keys | Sort-Object)[0]

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