I’m not sure why it’s been so hard to find a snippet online that gives me the ability to create a linked clone while selecting a static IP address, but it was. I ended up writing a quick function to help.
It should be pretty self explanatory.. just edit the variables in the parameter section and call the function.
Cheers!
Github: https://github.com/jonhowe/Virtjunkie.com/blob/master/Deploy-VM.ps1
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function New-VirtJunkieLinkedClone { [CmdletBinding()] <# Github: https://github.com/jonhowe/Virtjunkie.com/blob/master/Deploy-VM.ps1 Link: https://www.virtjunkie.com/?p=774 #> param ( #vCenter Info $vCenter = 'vcsa.home.lab', $username = 'administrator@vsphere.local', $password = 'VMWare1!', $TemplateCustomSpec = 'WS16to19', #Parent VM Info $ParentVMName = 'WS16-GUI', $SnapshotName = "Base", #New VM Info $VMName = "vra-iaas-2", $VMIP = "192.168.86.214", $VMNetmask = "255.255.255.0", $VMGateway = "192.168.86.1", $VMDNS = "192.168.86.232" ) begin { $vc_conn = Connect-VIServer -Server $vCenter -User $username -Password $password } process { # Get the OS CustomizationSpec and clone $OSCusSpec = Get-OSCustomizationSpec -Name $TemplateCustomSpec | New-OSCustomizationSpec -Name 'tempcustomspec' -Type NonPersistent #Update Spec with IP information Get-OSCustomizationNicMapping -OSCustomizationSpec $OSCusSpec | Set-OSCustomizationNicMapping -IPMode UseStaticIP ` -IPAddress $VMIP ` -SubnetMask $VMNetmask ` -DefaultGateway $VMGateway ` -Dns $VMDNS $mySourceVM = Get-VM -Name $ParentVMName $myReferenceSnapshot = Get-Snapshot -VM $mySourceVM -Name $SnapshotName $Cluster = Get-Cluster 'Cluster' $myDatastore = Get-Datastore -Name 'Shared' New-VM -Name $VMName -VM $mySourceVM -LinkedClone -ReferenceSnapshot $myReferenceSnapshot -ResourcePool $Cluster ` -Datastore $myDatastore -OSCustomizationSpec $OSCusSpec } end { Get-OSCustomizationSpec -Name $OSCusSpec | Remove-OSCustomizationSpec -Confirm:$false } } |