Original function/new-labvm function.ps1
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function New-LabVM { <# .SYNOPSIS Creates a new VM in the lab environment .DESCRIPTION Creates a new VM in the lab environment. Takes the name and IP-address of the VM as a parameter. IP-address must be in the 192.168.0.1/24 notation. The specification of a DNS-server and gateway is optional. If DNS-server or gateway is not specified, the default will be used. .PARAMETER VMName Specifies the name for the newly created VM, both as VM Name in Hyper-V and as hostname. .PARAMETER VMIP Specifies the IP-address for the newly created VM. .PARAMETER DNSIP Specifies the IP to use as DNS server in the newly created VM. If not specified, the default will be used. .PARAMETER GWIP Specifies the IP to use as gateway for the newly created VM. If not specified, the default will be used. .EXAMPLE New-LabVM -VMName HOSTNAME -VMIP 10.0.0.18/29 .EXAMPLE New-LabVM -VMName Hostname -VMIP 192.168.123.20/24 -DNSIP 8.8.8.8 -GWIP 192.168.123.1 #> param ( [Parameter(Mandatory=$true, Position=0)] [string] $VMName, [Parameter(Mandatory=$true, Position=1)] [string] $VMIP, [Parameter(Position=2)] [string] $DNSIP = '8.8.8.8', [Parameter(Position=3)] [string] $GWIP = '172.16.10.1' ) #region define variables # Script Variables that are the same for each server # Adjust these variables according to your environment $diskpath = "C:\vhdx\$VMName.vhdx" $ParentDisk = 'C:\vhdx\W2K16_Template.vhdx' $VMSwitch = 'NATswitch' $SourceXML = 'C:\Users\SvenvanRijen\Documents\GitHub\Experts-Live-2016\unattend.xml' #endregion #region create diff disk # Create new differencing disk New-VHD -ParentPath $ParentDisk -Path $diskpath -Differencing #endregion #region copy adjusted answer file # mount VHD $VHD = (Mount-VHD -Path $diskpath -Passthru | Get-Disk | Get-Partition | Where-Object -FilterScript { $_.Type -eq 'Basic' }).DriveLetter # add XML Content [xml]$Unattend = Get-Content $SourceXML $Unattend.unattend.settings[1].component[2].ComputerName = $VMName $Unattend.unattend.settings[1].component[3].Interfaces.Interface.UnicastIpAddresses.IpAddress.'#text' = $VMIP $Unattend.unattend.settings[1].component[4].Interfaces.Interface.DNSServerSearchOrder.IpAddress.'#Text' = $DNSIP $Unattend.unattend.settings[1].component[3].Interfaces.Interface.Routes.Route.NextHopAddress = $GWIP $Unattend.Save("${VHD}:\\Unattend.xml") # dismount VHD Dismount-VHD $diskpath #endregion #region create new vm # Create VM with new VHD New-VM -Name $VMName -MemoryStartupBytes 2048MB -SwitchName $VMSwitch -VHDPath $diskpath -Generation 2 -BootDevice VHD #endregion #region start new vm and connect to console # Start VM Start-VM $VMName Start-Process vmconnect -ArgumentList localhost,$VMName #endregion } |