Building a VM script using all the pieces

Consider the following parameters:

  • Premise: Create a script that will prompt a user for information to build a new VM
  • Inputs: This includes vCPUs, memory, datacenter, DRS cluster, valid datastore, Resource Pool, VM folder, customization specification, and data disk size
  • Outputs: These are freshly built VM to specs
  • Assumptions: Data gathering will be done on valid information from the virtual environment itself; no hard coded information will be valid unless specified in the script to the user (for example, the OS disk size)
  • Script: Consider the following code snippet:
    Connect-vCenter.ps1 <# .Synopsis Does the lifting of connecting to a vCenter .Description Starts VIMAutomation Module Gets Credentials Gets the ...

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