# encoding: ascii
# api: powershell
# title: PowerCLI New-Farm
# description: This is a PowerCLI sample script I wrote to demonstrate how you could entirely automate the creation of a relatively complex virtual farm environment.
# version: 0.1
# license: CC0
# x-poshcode-id: 1547
# x-archived: 2010-09-20T08:02:19
#
#
# Connect to vCenter
Connect-VIServer vcenter.domain.com
# root folder is used for datacenter location
$rootfolder = Get-Folder -NoRecursion
# datacenter
$dc = New-Datacenter -Name "vFarm" -Location $rootfolder
# Build hostname strings for ESX servers in format sssrrrnn (site/role/number)
$esxname = 1..10 | ForEach-Object { "atlesx{0:00}" -f $_ }
# prompt for ESX server credentials
$esxcred = Get-Credential
# Add ESX servers to vCenter
$vmhost = $esxname | ForEach-Object {
Add-VMHost -Name $_ -Credential $esxcred
}
# Customer codenames, same number as there are hosts
$custname = "TGT", "WAL", "THD", "LOW", "KRO", "CVS", "TOY", "MAC", "SEA", "OLD"
# Create customer resource pools, one per ESX host
$rpool = for ( $i = 0; $i -lt $vmhost.length; $i++ ) {
# Can set resource settings such as mem or cpu limit here
New-ResourcePool -Location $vmhost[$i] -Name $custname[$i]
}
# Create array of hashtables (think of it like a spreadsheet)
# describing role names and number of VMs in each
$roleinfo = @(
@{ Name = "ProxyServer"; Num = 2 },
@{ Name = "WebServer"; Num = 4 },
@{ Name = "AppServer"; Num = 2 },
@{ Name = "DBServer"; Num = 2 }
)
# Create role resource pools and all VMs
foreach ( $custpool in $rpool ) {
foreach ( $role in $roleinfo ) {
# Create role resource pool
$rolepool = New-ResourcePool -Name $role["Name"] -Location $custpool
# Use number field to determine how many VMs to make and what to name them
1..$role["Num"] | ForEach-Object {
# Create VM name, e.g. KRO-WebServer-1
$vmname = $custpool.Name + "-" + $role["Name"] + "-$_"
# Create VM based on predefined templates
New-VM -Name $vmname -ResourcePool $rolepool -Template $role["Name"]
}
}
}