Showing archive results for October 2013

Summary: Use the new Import-VM cmdlet to import a virtual machine with only its .xml file.  I copied a virtual machine to my Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 box and re-created a virtual network with the same name. How can I use Windows PowerShell to import it with without using RSAT?  Use the Import-VM cmdlet in Windows Server&...

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to import virtual machines that were not exported.  Hey, Scripting Guy! Over the weekend, I rebuilt our Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 environment. All of the machines and configuration data are on a second drive. I’d like to avoid spending all afternoon manually re-creating over 200 virtual machines in ...

Summary: Use built-in Hyper-V cmdlets to create virtual switches.  How can I use Windows PowerShell in Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 to create a virtual switch on a private LAN?  Use the New-VMSwitch cmdlet.          For example, to create a virtual switch called SuperSecretLan that you can ...

Summary: Re-create network switches by using only Windows PowerShell.  Hey, Scripting Guy! As part of our continuing disaster recovery tests, my organization would like to know if it is possible to re-create the Hyper-V virtual switches in an isolated location without using the GUI? —SH  Hello SH, Honorary Scripting Guy, Sean Kearne...

It's less than two weeks until PowerShell Saturday #005 in Alpharetta, GA on October 26, 2013. Microsoft employees, MVPs, and community members have been gathered to present 15 sessions covering a wide range of topics. In addition to the sessions, we will have a hands-on-lab and an Iron Scripter scripting contest. Here are a few of the sessions tha...