Stop/start multiple virtual machines with names created automatically

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• Create multiple virtual machines with 2 network cards

  Hey guys -.

  Been researching some scripts of difference but did not find one who will help me in my situation.

  I'm looking for a script that will allow me to clone model and apply network settings to 2 network cards.

  1 clone Vms + 20 model

  2 Let me send it to a particular lun (using a few LUNS to available)

  3. choose a custom unique specification

  4. apply intellectual property on 2 NICs (primary and backup).

  Any help would be sincerely appreciated.

  Thank you

  Sorry to lose this thread out of my sight.

  What follows is an attempt to meet all the conditions you listed.

  $numberOfVM = 20$baseVMName = "VM"$templateName = "Template"$osCustName = "MyCust"$IPBase1 = "192.168.1."$IPBase2 = "192.168.2."$IPMask = "255.255.255.0"$IPGate1 = "192.168.1.254"$IPGate2 = "192.168.2.254"$IPDns1 = "192.168.1.100"$IPDns2 = "192.168.2.100"
  
  # Target resourcepool$resPool = Get-ResourcePool -Name Resources
  
  # Get the template$template = Get-Template -Name $templateName
  
  # Create a copy of the OS Customisation SpecTry {    Get-OSCustomizationSpec -Name tempOSCust |    Remove-OSCustomizationSpec -Confirm:$false -ErrorAction Stop}Catch {}
  
  $osCust = Get-OSCustomizationSpec -Name $osCustName |     New-OSCustomizationSpec -Name tempOSCust -Type NonPersistent
  
  # Clone the number of requested VM1..$numberOfVm | %{    # Find the datastore with the most free space    $ds = Get-Datastore | Sort-Object -Property FreeSpaceGB -Descending |        Select -First 1
  
      # Update the OS Customisation Spec NIC parts with the IP addresses    Get-OSCustomizationNicMapping -OSCustomizationSpec $osCust |    Set-OSCustomizationNicMapping -Position 1 -IpMode UseStaticIP -IpAddress "$IPBase1$_" `        -SubnetMask $IPMask -DefaultGateway $IPGate1 -Dns $IPDns1 -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Out-Null
  
      Get-OSCustomizationNicMapping -OSCustomizationSpec $osCust |    Set-OSCustomizationNicMapping -Position 2 -IpMode UseStaticIP -IpAddress "$IPBase2$_" `        -SubnetMask $IPMask -DefaultGateway $IPGate2 -Dns $IPDns2 -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Out-Null
  
      # Create the new VM    New-VM -Name "$baseVMName$_" -Template $template -OSCustomizationSpec $osCust `        -Datastore $ds -ResourcePool $resPool  | Out-Null}
  

  The script will create clones of $numberOfVM of the model. The virtual machines will be created at the root of the bunch, and they will be called VM1, VM2...

  The OSCustomizationSpec needs to exist and must have 2 network cards.

  The script finds the data store with more free space to create each virtual computer.

  Addresses IP of NIC are consecutive, for example on NIC1 you get 192.168.1.1, 192.168.1.2... and so on.

  Let me know if you have any questions.

• Cannot start the virtual machine after you create snapshop

  I found a strange behaviour. I have a Windows 2008 guest that I just copied in my new box ESXi. I am trying to create a snapshot before upgrading the guest to 2012 Windows operating system. The virtual machine has currently no snapshots. Whenever I have create a snapshot, he succeeds, but then I can't start the virtual machine saying that it does not find the vmdk file delta even though I see there in the data store. In order to start the virtual machine, I have to delete the inventory and it readd, but then I lose the snapshot. I also have another computer virtual running Windows 8.1 that does exactly the same thing. How can I create snapshots safely without damaging the virtual machine? I also tried to create the snapshot while the virtual machine has been activated but that makes crashing and then it does not start again, so I have to repeat the process to remove the inventory and it time. Frustrating. See the screenshots, I have attached.

  Once these virtual machines have been in Hyper-V in the past and I just convert to VMware format using the StarWind V2V converter.

  Yes, for an ESXi host and target you must either select the ESX f.vmdk as format target (growable option is for VMware Workstation), or you must convert the virtual machine once more instead of simply upload the files to an ESXi host.

  André

• Cannot start a virtual machine with more than 1 CPU socket added

  I've set up a few boxes of ESXi 5.5 with the free license in recent weeks, they have all been without problems so far. All 4 servers have the same exact hardware

  Environment:

  Dell Poweredge T620

  E5-2630 2 Intel CPU

  40 GB OF DDR3 ECC RAM

  ESXi is installed on 2 x 146 GB 15 K SAS drives RAID-1

  Data for virtual machines store are 8 x 600 GB 10 K SAS RAID-10 disc

  Guest operating system is Server2012r2 on all virtual machines

  Installed it on ESXi 3 previous were conducted with custom ESXi 5.5 Dell without problem.

  The 4th is where I will have questions. I used the following ESXi installed just in case there is a bug somewhere

  5.5 of VMware ESXi

  ESXi 5.5 customized by Dell

  5.5 U1 of VMware ESXi

  Any version of the ESXi I use I can't have a virtual machine to begin with more than 1 CPU socket added to it. The virtual machine does not start even the VMWare BIOS. I tried the Bios EFI as well with no luck. The error message I get in the events is ' fatal error VMware ESX: vcpu (vcpu-X)-X:VM - entry failed; Valid VMCS (error code 8). The vcpu-X is always another. I have attached the log file is created. If I give the VM 1 single processor TI starts very well. I'm at a loss as to what could be the issue.

  Problem is solved. I caught another server with identical hardware, verified it worked properly, then started to swap parts between them. Turned out to be CPU1. Once this has been replaced from a working server I have not had any problems. Warranty has been appealed.

  Thanks for all the help!

• Cannot start multiple virtual machines.  Maybe I corrupted the model

  We had problems with disk space, and I was looking around to see if he had left garbage data store.  I am very new to VM, but even though I'm new I'm responsible for helping maintain.  So I learn a lesson the hard way.

  I found a number of virtual machines in organized which did not seem to relate to existing models.  For example, we have a model name 000729-Server2008 Server 2008, that they are in lm401\729.  But it appers to be a clone of 729 to lm401\16.  I'm going to guess that 16 was the original version and changes or clones have been made for him and we are now sitting to 729.

  Then I moved 16 in another data store, but it failed because there is a lock on the hard master.  So I moved everything back.  Now, when we try to start up of VMs driven from this model we get "file & lt; filename not specified & gt; not found"I went back and tried to deploy and supply on the model but I get

  Impossible to deploy virtual machines in the pool of resources 'resgroup-131.

  • Not to feed one or more virtual machines.

  • Error when powering on a virtual machine '2008 X 86'.

  • Cannot power on the operation on a virtual machine
    carried out because one of the files is locked. Consolidation of the
    virtual machine can solve this problem.

  • The operation cannot be performed because a file is locked.

  So I cancelled and tried to consolidate while I get

  Host '172.31.7.111' reported an error. A disk error has occurred: the parent of this virtual disk could not be opened. Host '172.31.7.111' reported an error. A disk error has occurred: the parent of this virtual disk could not be opened.

  Can someone help me?

  This article may help: http://www.vmware.com/kb/1007969

  If you have found this helpful at all prices please points using the correct or useful!  Thank you!

• ESXi 5.1 cannot start a virtual machine with Admission check has no memory error

  I see that there were a number of people who have this error and adjusting the reserve memory for the VIM under resources system has solved this problem, but not for me. My booking in the VIM process setting is '0'. Vital signs:

  Reference Dell T110 II server

  4 GB OF RAM

  Intel Xeon processor E31220 @ 3.10 GHz

  4 cores of the processor

  Hard drive 500 GB

  ESXi version 5.1

  A Linux VM with 4 GB RAM allocation, 2 cores of CPU and 45 GB of storage.

  Error I get on a attempted to start:

  Has no power on the virtual machine.

  Could not power on VM: check for Admission has no resource memory see the management of VMware ESX Resource Guide for management information settings.

  Group vm.4757: invalid memory for VM vmm0:Mitel_Applications_Suite allocation settings. (min: 524288, max:-1, minLimit:-1 actions:-4, units: pages)

  Group vm.4757: can not admint VM: admission of memory has failed. booking request: 536579 pages

  I changed the memory to the VM all the way up to 1 GB, no change.

  I played a bit with the allocation of memory VIM, no change.

  A fact interesting is that the Allocation of resources for the tab host watch memory @ 1747MB capacity, capacity reserved @ 0MB and available @ 1747MB capacity, but I have 4 GB of RAM and the vSphere Client shows it under the Configuration tab.

  Take a look at this blog post: http://www.vmwarearena.com/2012/07/failed-to-power-on-vm-admission-check.html

• Start the virtual machine with LaunchAgent

  I've got following launchctl below .plist file. When I load, I get output using vmrun. Someone knows what's the problem? Anyone done this?

  Here is an example of work on my system at: /Users/WKZ/Library/LaunchAgents/com.vmrun.test.plist

  
  
  
  
       Disabled
       
       Label
       com.vmrun.test
       ProgramArguments
       
            /Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion/vmrun
            -T
            fusion
            start
            /Users/WKZ/Documents/Virtual Machines.localized/DSL1.vmwarevm
       
       QueueDirectories
       
       RunAtLoad
       
       WatchPaths
       
  
  
  

• Help for a demo: create multiple virtual machines

  Hello

  I am a beginner in vCO, I completed the installation and configuration with success and I started to create workflows, but I guess that I need help with an example that I started yesterday:

  I am creating several virtual machines at the same time, I mean all the user have to do is say how VMs, he wants to be created and the workflow must do the rest, but I don't know what is the best way to do so, in the present workflow in the library , find us only 'create simple VM' so I added a few scriptable tasks to this workflow, but still can't do what I want.

  Any solution plese? or a few best practices to perform this type of workflow? Maybe I missed a workflow can create multiple virtual machines with different names but the same configuration.

  Thanks in advance,

  This can help out you.

• Create a virtual machine with the physical RAM total?

  I want to virtualize ESXi 4 on my MacBook Pro. However, I have 2 GB of RAM and ESXi 4 requires a minimum of 2 GB.

  I posted in the community of ESXi (is it possible to virtualize ESXi 4 with less than 2 GB of RAM?) and there is a solution for using ESXi with less RAM, but the problem is that I first need to run the installation with 2 GB.

  Basically, I tried to create a virtual machine with 2 GB, but the maximum I can use is 1840MB. Is it something that I do with Fusion to increase this limit? I understand that I am under a host operating system and requiring too little RAM, but just to get through the ESXi installation isn't it possible to push the VM of RAM to 2 GB and the host what OS increase the pagefile to deal with the lack of RAM?

  Any help would be appreciated!

  Thank you

  You may be able to edit the .vmx file and change the memsize option either 2048 or more. The merger is able to start a virtual machine with more memory that the host, just UI prevents common users to exceed the limits of security in general.

  I'm not quite sure what would happen if the VM actually tries to use all of the memory. If all goes well, it will be just talk and run slowly. Of course, the worst case are that it crashes.

• [Q] cannot start a virtual machine - internal error [SOLVED]

  Hallo,

  I installed Workstation 8 and cannot start a virtual machine - or those created those previous or new. Turn the machine gives me an "internal error."

  My characteristics: Win 7 64-bit (SP1), Core i7 2600 K with 8 GB of Ram

  The newspaper of vmware:

  011 10 - 03 T 19: 22:38.013 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: Log for VMware Workstation pid = 3424 version 8.0.0 = Build = build-471780 option = output
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.013 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: The process is 64-bit.
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.013 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: Host = encoding windows-1252 = windows-1252 codepage
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.013 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: Host is Windows 7 Home Premium, 64-bit Service Pack 1 (Build 7601)
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:37.713 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: VTHREAD initialize main thread id 0 "vmx" host 6336
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:37.738 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: Settings REGIONAL windows-1252-> user NULL = System = c07 c07
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:37.738 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: Msg_SetLocaleEx: HostLocale = windows-1252 UserLocale = NULL
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:37.743 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: FILE: FileLockDynaLink: other process validation tools are: available
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.014 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: Hostname = KOENIG
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.017 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: IP = d fe80::41: e6a3:5dd2:fa9f % 11
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.017 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: IP = fe80::1cf:3682:36e8:4ccb % 17
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.017 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: IP = fe80::1 d 80: 2f6e:979 c: b57d 18%
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.017 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: IP 192.168.1.4 =
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.017 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: IP = 192.168.30.1
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.017 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: IP = 192.168.158.1
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.017 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: HOSTINFO 1074415970 @ 3331240Hz-> 0 Hz 1000000000
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.017 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: HOSTINFO ((x * 2518163806) > > 23) + 322527338056
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.037 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: System uptime 321912074 us
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.037 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: command line: "C:\Program Files (x 86) \VMware\VMware" "-s" 'vmx.stdio.keep = TRUE' "-#" "product = 1; name = VMware Workstation; version 8.0.0 =; BuildNumber = 471780; licensename = VMware Workstation; licenseversion = + 8.0; ""-@ ""pipe=\\.\pipe\vmxf3ce37cf9b6f9c3e;" "D:\VM\Windows 7 x64\Windows 7 x64.vmx".
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.037 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: Msg_SetLocaleEx: HostLocale = windows-1252 UserLocale = NULL
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.056 + 02:00 | VMX | "I120: UI connection on pipes '\\.\pipe\vmxf3ce37cf9b6f9c3e' user (null)".
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.057 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: VMXVmdb: local connection timeout: 60000 ms.
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.104 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: VmdbAddConnection: cnxPath = / db/connection / #1 /, cnxIx = 1
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.105 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: Vix: [6336 mainDispatch.c:483]: VMAutomation: initialize VMAutomation.
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.105 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: Vix: [6336 mainDispatch.c:780]: VMAutomationOpenListenerSocket() to listen
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.122 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: Vix: [6336 mainDispatch.c:4067]: VMAutomation_ReportPowerOpFinished: VarEtat = 0, newAppState = 1870, success = 1 additionalError = 0
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.122 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: Past vmx/execState/val of poweredOff
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.122 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: Vix: [6336 mainDispatch.c:4067]: VMAutomation_ReportPowerOpFinished: VarEtat = 1, newAppState = 1873, success = 1 additionalError = 0
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.122 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: Vix: [6336 mainDispatch.c:4067]: VMAutomation_ReportPowerOpFinished: VarEtat = 2, newAppState = 1877, success = 1 additionalError = 0
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.122 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: Vix: [6336 mainDispatch.c:4067]: VMAutomation_ReportPowerOpFinished: VarEtat = 3, newAppState = 1881, success = 1 additionalError = 0
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.122 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: VMMon_GetkHzEstimate: calculated 3411189 kHz
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.123 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: VMMon_RememberkHzEstimate: calculated 3411189 kHz
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.123 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: TSC kHz estimates: Memoirs of vmmon 3411189, 3411189, osReported 3401000. With the help of 3411189 kHz.
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.123 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: CPU 0 # TSC = 1100186590922
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.123 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: CPU # 1 TSC = 1100186590888
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.123 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: # 2 CPU TSC = 1100186590603
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.123 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: CPU # 3 TSC = 1100186590637
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.123 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: CPU # 4 TSC = 1100186590948
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.123 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: CPU # TSC 5 = 1100186590906
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.123 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: CPU # 6 TSC = 1100186590898
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.123 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: CPU # 7 TSC = 1100186590836
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.123 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: TSC of measured first delta 345
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.123 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: TSC 387 min Delta
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.123 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: PTSC: RefClockToPTSC 0 3331240 Hz-> 0 to 3411189000 Hz
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.123 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: PTSC: RefClockToPTSC ((x * 4294966339) > > 22) +-1100565306901
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.124 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: PTSC: tscOffset-1100187618517
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.124 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: PTSC: using TSC
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.124 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: PTSC: material TSCs are synchronized.
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.124 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: PTSC: PTSC current = 289960
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.124 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: Module CPUID initialization failed.
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.124 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: Vix: [6336 mainDispatch.c:869]: VMAutomation_LateShutdown()
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.124 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: Vix: [6336 mainDispatch.c:819]: VMAutomationCloseListenerSocket. Close the socket of the receiver.
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.125 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: VMX VMDB Flushing connections
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.125 + 02:00 | VMX | "I120: VmdbDbRemoveCnx: remove Cnx Db for ' / db/connection / #1 /"
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.125 + 02:00 | VMX | I120: VmdbCnxDisconnect: Disconnect: pipe closed for pub cnx ' / db/connection / #1 /' (0)
  2011-10 - 03T 19: 22:38.129 + 02:00 | VMX | W110: Failed to initialize the virtual machine.

  I scored an error... I tried to reinstall, clean... nothing helps.

  Curiously, I can use the Player app to run all VM´s without problem...

  All solutions?

  Thanks in advance

  Marcus4Aspern

  Is - the name change "vmware.exe" with something else?

• Virtual machines with RDM

  Hello

  I hope not to be stupid.  Scenario of multiple virtual machines with large RDM disks attached.  The VM OS discs are in RecoverPoint protected lun.  These are the RDM disks.  However, MRS is not these LUNS RecoverPoint.  How can I use RS in this scenario?

  Thank you

  SRM 4.0 soon 4.1.1

  Graeme

  I built exactly the same environment without problems, the only key is to have the RDM LUN in the same RecoverPoint consistency group.  Pointer RDM files should also be on a LUN in the center of gravity even, if all goes well stocked with your virtual machine configuration files.  I can't really tell from your comment if you are in the same centre of gravity or not.  See you soon

• Start and stop Virtual Machines with the system

  Hello

  In a server cluster @vcenter HA/DRS 5.1, I enabled start and stop virtual machines with the system option but after I checked two days later, he is off again somehow. What makes this option off? I had a power failure in the datacenter. vCenter server has not been upward. I started all of the ESXi servers manually then went all VMs account is declining. I want that they start automatically when server ESXi upward.

  Thanks in advance,

  Thank you. This option is more valid than if the hosts are part of an HA Cluster license. I suspect that you configured through the traditional vSphere Client and that it is a bug with this client. If you try with the new vSphere Web Client, you will find a notice that it is disabled and there is no button "Edit".

  Concerning

• Photos of virtual machines with multiple disks on different LUNS - Question

  I have some questions on how to manage the snapshots of virtual machines with multiple disks on different LUNS.  First of all, the LUNS are VMFS.  We are just starting to add virtual machines with dedicated for data storage format VMFS LUNS.  I don't think an extra space must be made for snapshots, as well as at least 100 GB LUN is required to store the data, and then say, add about 25 to 50% of this amount?  Set the 100 GB vmdk file but have the GB from 25 to 50 additional disk space for snapshots, if necessary (rather than just to get a unit number logic needed 100 GB of data and devote all of the 100 GB to the vmdk file).  In addition, if a virtual machine has several files vmdk on different LUNS, which will be a problem to take a snapshot, and is it possible to do just a snapshot of a disk of a virtual computer (as the volume of the BONE)?

  Thanks for any help.

  Snapshot files are created in the home folder of the VM by default for all virtual disks, no matter on what data store they are. You must make sure you have enough free disk space on the data store for snapshots.

  If you want to exclude a virtual disks of taking snapshots, you can set it to 'Independent' - 'Persistent' machine virtual settings to the HARD drive.

  André

• Cannot create a virtual machine with a vmdk file copied from another location, please find the attached error

  Hi all

  I copied a file from one place vmdk and try to make a new virtual machine with this vmdk file. But when I turn on after the creation of vm error is coming. Error in the text and the image below

  Power on the virtual machine: cannot open scsi0:0 disc: disc not supported or not valid type 7. Ensure that the disk has been imported.

  See the error of the stack for more details on the cause of this problem.

  Time: 31/03/2015-14:40:05

  Target: DBServer

  vCenter Server: vcsa

  Error stack

  An error was received from the ESX host turning on DBServer VM.

  Unable to start the virtual machine.

  Power DevicePowerOn module has failed.

  Unable to create the virtual SCSI device for scsi0:0, ' / vmfs/volumes/543d140b-feb33d52-7640-90b11c9796c3/vmdk/kapuatdb.vmdk'

  Could not open scsi0:0 disc: disc not supported or not valid type 7. Ensure that the disk has been imported.

  This error message generally if the hard files have been copied hosted as VMware Workstation product, which uses a format of sparse file that is not supported on an ESXi host. Instead of the hard copy, you can use VMware Converter, or - if you prefer - you can convert the hard using vmware-vdiskmanager (before transfer) or vmkfstools (after downloading). I deal to use vmkfstools you will need to load the mutliextent module (see for example "Clone or migration operations involving virtual discs non-VMFS on ESXi fail with an error" vSphere 5.1 Release Notes)

  André

• Script to create multiple virtual machines model works is not for the network adapter variable

  We are working on a script to create multiple virtual machines from a template. The script works fine, but when we try to include commands to set the NIC to a group of specific ports on a dvswitch script errors on. Here's what we have so far. This script (less network variables) works, but we would like to include the network configs in the script as well.

  -------------------

  This is the part of the script that configures the network/dvswitch adapter... but does not work properly.

  $myResourcePool = get-ResourcePool-name DQOL

  $dsName = get-Datastore-name "DQOL-DS01.

  $myTemplate = get-Template-name "DQVTemplate".

  $distributedSwitchPortGroup = get-VirtualSwitch-distributed - name "CVE-dvS04-Nexus - k 5 | Get-VirtualPortGroup-name '979-DQ-SHARED '.

  New-VM-name MyVM1-model $myTemplate - Networkname ResourcePool - $myResourcePool - OSCustomizationSpec $mySpecification $distributedSwitchPortGroup - Datastore

  (Get-$dsName data store)

  New-VM-name MyVM2-model $myTemplate - ResourcePool $myResourcePool - OSCustomizationSpec $mySpecification - Datastore (Get-$dsName data store)

  _____________________

  !!!!!!!  This part works, but without specifying a network/dvswitch... card!

  $myResourcePool = get-ResourcePool-name DQOL

  $dsName = get-Datastore-name "CVE-SAN-ISG-DS02-02ef.

  $myTemplate = get-Template-name "DQVTemplate".

  New-VM-name MyVM3-model $myTemplate - ResourcePool $myResourcePool - OSCustomizationSpec $mySpecification - Datastore (Get-$dsName data store)

  New-VM-name MyVM4-model $myTemplate - ResourcePool $myResourcePool - OSCustomizationSpec $mySpecification - Datastore (Get-$dsName data store)

  Here is the error we get:

  New-VM: all parameters can be resolved by using the specified named parameters.

  C:\Users\capuanoj\Desktop\Create-multiplevms-fromtemplate.ps1:6 char: 7

  + New-VM < < < <-name MyVM1-model $myTemplate - Networkname $distributedSwitchPortGroup - ResourcePool

  ePool - OSCustomizationSpec $mySpecification - Datastore (Get-$dsName data store)

  + CategoryInfo: InvalidArgument: (:)) [new-VM], ParameterBindingException)

  + FullyQualifiedErrorId: AmbiguousParameterSet, VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.NewVM

  You cannot use the - model and Networkname - parameters of the cmdlet New - VM in a single order, because both are in different parameter sets. You must first create the virtual machine and then use the cmdlet Set-NetworkAdapter to change the portgroup of the virtual machine. As in example 4, assistance from cmdlet Set-NIC:

  --------------  Example 4 --------------

  C:\PS>$myNetworkAdapters = Get - VM | Get-NetworkAdapter-name "NIC 1.
  $myVDPortGroup = get-VDPortgroup-name MyVDPortGroup
  Together-NetworkAdapter NetworkAdapter - $myNetworkAdapters - $myVDPortGroup Portgroup

  Retrieves all network named "NIC 1" cards of all virtual machines and connects to the specified distributed port group.