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  • File New-XVM.ps1 — part of check-in [8b7cf1a8d8] at 2018-06-10 13:28:15 on branch trunk — This is a script which I have used to prepare my lab environment with Hyper-V 3.0. I have updated the script after upgrading my test machines to Windows Server 2012 RTM. The example shows how to create a virtual machine on a remote Hyper-V server. (user: Huajun Gu size: 8205)

# encoding: ascii
# api: powershell
# title: New-XVM
# description: This is a script which I have used to prepare my lab environment with Hyper-V 3.0. I have updated the script after upgrading my test machines to Windows Server 2012 RTM. The example shows how to create a virtual machine on a remote Hyper-V server.
# version: 0.1
# type: function
# author: Huajun Gu
# license: CC0
# function: New-XVM
# x-poshcode-id: 3622
# x-derived-from-id: 3623
# x-archived: 2016-11-11T11:27:52
# x-published: 2012-09-05T19:13:00
#
# I know that MemoryStartupBytes and BootDevice are not enough for configuring virtual machines. There are a lot of new features in Hyper-V 3.0, right? :)
# Like Bandwidith Management, DHCP Guard, Router Guard and so on.
# You may extend this script to support more configurations.
#
#EXAMPLES
<#
New-XVM -ComputerName HYPERVSVR02 -Name "WS2012-TESTSVR01" -SwitchName "External(192.168.1.0/24)" -VhdType NoVHD
New-XVM -ComputerName HYPERVSVR02 -Name "WS2012-TESTSVR02" -SwitchName "External(192.168.1.0/24)" -VhdType ExistingVHD -VhdPath D:\vhds\WS2012-TESTSVR02.vhdx
New-XVM -ComputerName HYPERVSVR02 -Name "WS2012-TESTSVR03" -SwitchName "External(192.168.1.0/24)" -VhdType NewVHD
New-XVM -ComputerName HYPERVSVR02 -Name "WS2012-TESTSVR04" -SwitchName "External(192.168.1.0/24)" -VhdType NewVHD -DiskType Dynamic
New-XVM -ComputerName HYPERVSVR02 -Name "WS2012-TESTSVR05" -SwitchName "External(192.168.1.0/24)" -VhdType NewVHD -DiskType Fixed -DiskSize 1GB
New-XVM -ComputerName HYPERVSVR02 -Name "WS2012-TESTSVR06" -SwitchName "External(192.168.1.0/24)" -VhdType Differencing -ParentVhdPath 'D:\vhds\Windows Server 2012 RC Base.vhdx'
New-XVM -ComputerName HYPERVSVR02 -Name "WS2012-TESTSVR07" -SwitchName "External(192.168.1.0/24)" -VhdType NewVHD -Configuration @{"MemoryStartupBytes"=1GB}
#>

Function New-XVM
{
    [cmdletbinding()]
    Param
    (
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$false,Position=1)]
        [string]$ComputerName=$env:COMPUTERNAME,        
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,Position=2)]
        [string]$Name,
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,Position=3)]
        [string]$SwitchName,
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,Position=4)]
        [ValidateSet("NoVHD","ExistingVHD","NewVHD","Differencing")]
        [string]$VhdType,
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$false,Position=5)]
        [hashtable]$Configuration
    )
    DynamicParam
    {
        Switch ($VhdType) {
            "ExistingVHD" {
                $attributes = New-Object System.Management.Automation.ParameterAttribute
                $attributes.ParameterSetName = "ByParam"
                $attributes.Mandatory = $true
                $attributeCollection = New-Object -Type System.Collections.ObjectModel.Collection[System.Attribute]
                $attributeCollection.Add($attributes)
                $vhdPath = New-Object -Type System.Management.Automation.RuntimeDefinedParameter("VhdPath", [String], $attributeCollection)
                $paramDictionary = New-Object -Type System.Management.Automation.RuntimeDefinedParameterDictionary
                $paramDictionary.Add("VhdPath",$vhdPath)
                return $paramDictionary
            }
            "NewVHD" {
                $attributes = New-Object System.Management.Automation.ParameterAttribute
                $attributes.ParameterSetName = "ByParam"
                $attributes.Mandatory = $false
                $attributeCollection = New-Object -Type System.Collections.ObjectModel.Collection[System.Attribute]
                $attributeCollection.Add($attributes)
                $diskType = New-Object -Type System.Management.Automation.RuntimeDefinedParameter("DiskType", [String], $attributeCollection)
                $paramDictionary = New-Object -Type System.Management.Automation.RuntimeDefinedParameterDictionary
                $paramDictionary.Add("DiskType",$diskType)
                $attributes = New-Object System.Management.Automation.ParameterAttribute
                $attributes.ParameterSetName = "ByParam"
                $attributes.Mandatory = $false
                $attributeCollection = New-Object -Type System.Collections.ObjectModel.Collection[System.Attribute]
                $attributeCollection.Add($attributes)
                $diskSize = New-Object -Type System.Management.Automation.RuntimeDefinedParameter("DiskSize", [uint64], $attributeCollection)
                $paramDictionary.Add("DiskSize",$diskSize)
                return $paramDictionary
            }
            "Differencing" {
                $attributes = New-Object System.Management.Automation.ParameterAttribute
                $attributes.ParameterSetName = "ByParam"
                $attributes.Mandatory = $true
                $attributeCollection = New-Object -Type System.Collections.ObjectModel.Collection[System.Attribute]
                $attributeCollection.Add($attributes)
                $parentVhdPath = New-Object -Type System.Management.Automation.RuntimeDefinedParameter("ParentVhdPath", [String], $attributeCollection)
                $paramDictionary = New-Object -Type System.Management.Automation.RuntimeDefinedParameterDictionary
                $paramDictionary.Add("ParentVhdPath",$parentVhdPath)
                return $paramDictionary
            }
        }
    }
    Begin
    {
        Try
        {
            $vmHost = Get-VMHost -ComputerName $ComputerName -ErrorAction:Stop
        }
        Catch
        {
            $PSCmdlet.ThrowTerminatingError($Error[0])
        }
        $defaultVirtualHardDiskPath = $vmHost.VirtualHardDiskPath
    }
    Process
    {
        $validConfigNames = "MemoryStartupBytes","BootDevice"
        $configParams = @()
        Switch ($VhdType) {
            "NoVHD" {
                $vhdFilePath = $null
            }
            "ExistingVHD" {
                $vhdFilePath = $vhdPath.Value
            }
            "NewVhd" {
                if (-not $diskType.IsSet) {$diskType.Value = "Dynamic"}
                if (-not $diskSize.IsSet) {$diskSize.Value = 127GB}
                $newVhdPath = Join-Path -Path $defaultVirtualHardDiskPath -ChildPath "$Name.vhdx"
                Switch ($diskType.Value) {
                    "Fixed" {
                        $vhdFile = New-VHD -ComputerName $ComputerName -Fixed -SizeBytes $diskSize.Value -Path $newVhdPath -ErrorAction Stop
                    }
                    "Dynamic" {
                        $vhdFile = New-VHD -ComputerName $ComputerName -Dynamic -SizeBytes $diskSize.Value -Path $newVhdPath -ErrorAction Stop
                    }
                }
                $vhdFilePath = $vhdFile.Path
            }
            "Differencing" {
                $newVhdPath = Join-Path -Path $defaultVirtualHardDiskPath -ChildPath "$Name.vhdx"
                $vhdFile = New-VHD -ComputerName $ComputerName -Differencing -ParentPath $parentVhdPath.Value -Path $newVhdPath -ErrorAction Stop
                $vhdFilePath = $vhdFile.Path
            }
        }
        if ($vhdFilePath -ne $null) {
            $command = "New-VM -ComputerName $ComputerName -Name '$Name' -SwitchName '$SwitchName' -VHDPath '$vhdFilePath'"
        } else {
            $command = "New-VM -ComputerName $ComputerName -Name '$Name' -SwitchName '$SwitchName' -NoVHD"
        }
        if ($Configuration -ne $null) {
            foreach ($configName in $Configuration.Keys.GetEnumerator()) {
                if ($validConfigNames -contains $configName) {
                    $configParams += "-$configName" + " " + $Configuration[$configName]
                }
            }
            $configParams = $configParams -join " "
        }
        if ($configParams.Count -eq 0) {
            $command += " -ErrorAction Stop"
        } else {
            $command += " $configParams -ErrorAction Stop"        
        }
        Try
        {
            Invoke-Expression -Command $command
        }
        Catch
        {
            $PSCmdlet.WriteError($Error[0])
            Remove-Item -Path $vhdFile.Path
        }
    }
    End {}
}