T E C H N I C A L W H I T E P A P E R / 7 4
VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide –
Volume One
To export the information into a comma-separated values file, type
Get-VM | Export-CSV -NoTypeInformation
C:\Export\AllVMs.csv
To export the information into a html file, type
Get-VM | ConvertTo-Html | Out-File C:\Export\AllVMs.htm
To export the information into a plain text file, type
Get-VM | Out-File C:\Export\AllVMs.txt
Figure 97.
To create a new virtual machine, the
New-VM
cmdlet can be used. This has many parameters that can be used to
specify the exact configuration of the virtual machine. To view these parameters, use the
Get-Help
cmdlet.
We will create a virtual machine with the following configuration:
Name: VM_08
Host: tm-pod01-esx03
Datastore: Datastore Cluster 01
CPUs: 2
Memory: 4GB
Disk: 40GB
DiskType: Thin
Network: Production02
Floppy Drive: Yes
CD-Rom: Yes