Vmware:deploy multiple VM ' s from template with Powercli

Last week I is working on a new project, they asked me to install 5 new fileservers based on Windows 2008R2, I installed A new VM and converted it to a template, next I configured a template in "Customization specifications Manager" with the F Ollowing Details:

Customization Template:

Registration Information:name Company

Computer Name:use the virtual machine name (important)

Product key:didn ' t need it because I ' ve configured KMS

Password:company Default local Administrator Password, selected:automatically login as the Administrator:2

TIMEZONE:GMT+0100 (Amsterdam)

Runonce:none

Network:typical settings

Workgroup or domain:selected to auto join the domain with domain administrator credentials + domain name (important)

Operation System Options:Selected:Generate New Security ID (SID)

VM template Settings:

Hard disk:40 GB with configured OS

VMware Tools:latest, this must is installed for specification Template and NIC

Network:vmxnet3 (needed VMware Tools for driver)

Script: (Saved As:FileserverDeploy.ps1)

-vmhost = Target host;

-name = Name of the new VM;

-template:from wich Template you want to deploy the new VM;

-datastore:target Datastore to place the new VM;

-oscustomizationspec = wich "prep" template you want to deploy the new VM;

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New-vm -vmhost esx04.vmpros.local -Name FS-SVR01 -Template WIN2008R2_Template -Datastore datastore2 -OSCustomizationspec WIN2008R2_TemplateNew-vm -vmhost esx04.vmpros.local -Name FS-SVR02 -Template WIN2008R2_Template -Datastore datastore2 -OSCustomizationspec WIN2008R2_TemplateNew-vm -vmhost esx04.vmpros.local -Name FS-SVR03 -Template WIN2008R2_Template -Datastore datastore2 -OSCustomizationspec WIN2008R2_TemplateNew-vm -vmhost esx04.vmpros.local -Name FS-SVR04 -Template WIN2008R2_Template -Datastore datastore2 -OSCustomizationspec WIN2008R2_TemplateNew-vm -vmhost esx04.vmpros.local -Name FS-SVR05 -Template WIN2008R2_Template -Datastore datastore2 -OSCustomizationspec WIN2008R2_Template

powercli:

Running the script:

Final result:

The 5 fileservers deployed from template and joined the domain. great!

Vmware:deploy multiple VM ' s from template with Powercli