archive/Tools/PSAutoLab/EN-US/About_PSAutolab.help.txt

This is the help file for the PS AutoLab. This lab configures VM environements on Hyper-V form DSC configuration files.
For more information, see: http://GitHub/theJasonHelmick/PS-AutoLab-Env
 
 
## To get started:
 
     
To run the full lab setup, which includes Setup-Lab, Run-Lab, Enable-Internet, and Validate-Lab:
     
PS> Unattend-Lab
     
     
 
To run the commands individually to setup the lab environment:
 
     
 
Run the following for initial setup:
     
PS> Setup-Lab
 
     
 
To start the LAb, and apply configurations the first time:
     
PS> Run-Lab
 
     
 
To enable Internet access for the VM's, run:
     
PS> Enable-Internet
 
     
 
To validate when configurations have converged:
     
PS> Validate-Lab
   
 
  
## To Stop and snapshot the lab
 
     
 
To stop the lab VM's:
     
PS> Shutdown-lab
 
     
 
To checkpoint the VM's:
     
PS> Snapshot-Lab
 
     
 
To quickly rebuild the labs from the checkpoint, run:
     
PS> Refresh-Lab
 
## To remove a lab
     
     
 
To destroy the lab to build again:
     
PS> Wipe-Lab