Set-SCHardwareProfile

Reference

Module:: VirtualMachineManager

Changes the properties of a hardware profile used in VMM.

Syntax

Set-SCHardwareProfile
   [-HardwareProfile] <HardwareProfile>
   [-HighlyAvailable <Boolean>]
   [-HAVMPriority <UInt32>]
   [-DRProtectionRequired <Boolean>]
   [-ReplicationGroup <ReplicationGroup>]
   [-SecureBootEnabled <Boolean>]
   [-NumLock <Boolean>]
   [-CPULimitFunctionality <Boolean>]
   [-CPULimitForMigration <Boolean>]
   [-Name <String>]
   [-RemoveCapabilityProfile]
   [-Owner <String>]
   [-UserRole <UserRole>]
   [-JobGroup <Guid>]
   [-CapabilityProfile <CapabilityProfile>]
   [-Description <String>]
   [-MemoryMB <Int32>]
   [-DynamicMemoryEnabled <Boolean>]
   [-DynamicMemoryMaximumMB <Int32>]
   [-DynamicMemoryBufferPercentage <Int32>]
   [-MemoryWeight <Int32>]
   [-VirtualVideoAdapterEnabled <Boolean>]
   [-MonitorMaximumCount <Int32>]
   [-MonitorMaximumResolution <String>]
   [-RecoveryPointObjective <Int32>]
   [-ProtectionProvider <ProtectionProvider>]
   [-BootOrder <BootDevice[]>]
   [-FirstBootDevice <String>]
   [-SecureBootTemplate <String>]
   [-CPUCount <Byte>]
   [-CPUType <ProcessorType>]
   [-CPUExpectedUtilizationPercent <Int32>]
   [-DiskIops <Int32>]
   [-NetworkUtilizationMbps <Int32>]
   [-CPURelativeWeight <Int32>]
   [-CPUReserve <Int32>]
   [-CPUMaximumPercent <Int32>]
   [-CPUPerVirtualNumaNodeMaximum <Byte>]
   [-MemoryPerVirtualNumaNodeMaximumMB <Int32>]
   [-VirtualNumaNodesPerSocketMaximum <Byte>]
   [-DynamicMemoryMinimumMB <Int32>]
   [-NumaIsolationRequired <Boolean>]
   [-AutomaticCriticalErrorAction <UInt16>]
   [-AutomaticCriticalErrorActionTimeout <Int32>]
   [-CheckpointType <CheckpointType>]
   [-RunAsynchronously]
   [-PROTipID <Guid>]
   [-JobVariable <String>]
   [<CommonParameters>]

Description

The Set-SCHardwareProfile cmdlet changes one or more properties of a hardware profile object used in a Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) environment. Properties that you can change include settings for boot order, CPU settings, the amount memory on the host that is assigned to a virtual machine, and other options.

To change the properties of a virtual floppy drive, virtual DVD drive, virtual COM port, virtual network adapter, or virtual SCSI adapter associated with a specific hardware profile, use the Set-SCVirtualFloppyDrive, Set-SCVirtualDVDDrive, Set-SCVirtualCOMPort, Set-SCVirtualNetworkAdapter, or Set-SCVirtualScsiAdapter cmdlets, respectively.

Changes made to a hardware profile affect only the hardware profile itself. The changes do not affect any existing virtual machines that were created by using this profile.

Examples

Example 1: Specify an amount of memory for an existing hardware profile

PS C:\> $HWProfile = Get-SCHardwareProfile | where { $_.Name -eq "NewHWProfile01" }
PS C:\> Set-SCHardwareProfile -HardwareProfile $HWProfile -MemoryMB 1024

The first command gets the hardware profile object named NewHWProfile01 and stores the object in the $HWProfile variable.

The second command changes the memory value for NewHWProfile01 to 1024 MB.

Example 2: Specify a new owner for multiple hardware profiles

PS C:\> $HWProfiles = Get-SCHardwareProfile | where {$_.Name -match "Profile"}
PS C:\> ForEach ($HWProfile in $HWProfiles) {Set-SCHardwareProfile -HardwareProfile $HWProfile -Owner "Contoso\Cesar"}

The first command gets the hardware profile objects that match the search criteria and stores the objects in the $HWProfiles object array.

The second command uses a ForEach statement to specify a new owner for each of the profiles in the array.

For more information about the standard PowerShell ForEach loop statement, type Get-Help about_ForEach.

Example 3: Specify a new boot order for multiple hardware profiles

PS C:\> $HWProfiles = @(Get-SCHardwareProfile | where {$_.Name -match "HWProfile"})
PS C:\> ForEach ($HWProfile in $HWProfiles) {Set-SCHardwareProfile -HardwareProfile $HWProfile -BootOrder PXEBoot,CD,IDEHardDrive,Floppy}

The first command gets all hardware profile objects the library that match the search criteria (the profile name contains the string "HWProfile") and stores the hardware profile objects in the $HWProfiles object array. Using the @ symbol and parentheses ensures that the command stores the results in an array, in case the command returns a single object or a $Null value.

The second command uses a ForEach statement to specify a new boot order for each hardware profile object in the $HWProfiles array.

Example 4: Search for hardware profiles with a specific configuration and append text to the description field

PS C:\> $HWProfiles = @(Get-SCHardwareProfile | where {$_.CPUCount -eq 4})
PS C:\> ForEach ($HWProfile in $HWProfiles) {$Text = $HWProfile.Description; Set-SCHardwareProfile -HardwareProfile $HWProfile -Description $Text" (Contains four Processors)"}

The first command gets all hardware profile objects that match the search criteria (CPU count is equal to 4) and stores the hardware profile objects in the $HWProfiles object array.

The second command uses a ForEach statement to iterate through each profile object in the $HWProfiles array. For each profile, the description text is stored to a variable ($Text), and then the Set-SCHardwareProfile cmdlet uses the Description parameter to append "(Contains four Processors)" to the contents of each instance of $Text.

Example 5: Enable Dynamic Memory for an existing hardware profile

PS C:\> $HWProfile = Get-SCHardwareProfile | where { $_.Name -eq "NewHWProfile05" }
PS C:\> Set-SCHardwareProfile -HardwareProfile $HWProfile -DynamicMemoryEnabled $True -MemoryMB 1024 -DynamicMemoryMaximumMB 2048

The first command gets the hardware profile object named NewProfile5 and stores the object in the $HWProfile variable.

The second command enables dynamic memory for NewHWProfile05, changes the startup memory value to 1024 MB and sets the maximum memory value to 2048 MB.

Parameters

-AutomaticCriticalErrorAction

Specifies the action to take when the VM encounters a critical error, and exceeds the timeout duration specified by the AutomaticCriticalErrorActionTimeout parameter. The acceptable values for this parameter are: Pause and None.

Type:	UInt16
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-AutomaticCriticalErrorActionTimeout

Specifies the amount of time, in minutes, to wait in critical pause before powering off the virtual machine.

Type:	Int32
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-BootOrder

Specifies the order, as an array, of devices that a virtual machine on a Hyper-V host uses to start. Valid values are:

CD
IDEHardDrive
PXEBoot
Floppy

Example format: -BootOrder PXEBoot,IDEHardDrive,CD,Floppy

Type:	BootDevice[]
Accepted values:	Floppy, CD, IdeHardDrive, PxeBoot, Unknown
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-CapabilityProfile

Specifies a capability profile object.

Type:	CapabilityProfile
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-CheckpointType

Specifies the Checkpoint type. The acceptable values for this parameter are:

Disabled
Production
ProductionOnly
Standard

Type:	CheckpointType
Accepted values:	Disabled, Production, ProductionOnly, Standard
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-CPUCount

Specifies the number of CPUs on a virtual machine, on a hardware profile, or on a template.

Types of hosts support the following number of CPUs:

Hyper-V. Up to four CPUs per virtual machine, depending on guest operating system.
VMware ESX. Up to four CPUs per virtual machine, but only one CPU on a virtual machine that runs Windows NT 4.0.
Citrix XenServer. Up to eight CPUs per virtual machine, depending on guest operating system.

Type:	Byte
Aliases:	ProcessorCount
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-CPUExpectedUtilizationPercent

Specifies the percent of CPU on the host that you expect this virtual machine to use. This value is used only when VMM determines a suitable host for the virtual machine.

Type:	Int32
Aliases:	ExpectedCPUUtilization
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-CPULimitForMigration

Indicates whether to limit processor features for the specified virtual machine in order to enable migration to a physical computer that has a different version of the same processor as the source computer. VMM does not support migrating virtual machines between physical computers that have processors from different manufacturers.

Type:	Boolean
Aliases:	LimitCPUForMigration
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-CPULimitFunctionality

Indicates whether to enable running an older operating system such as Windows NT 4.0 on a virtual machine deployed on a Hyper-V host or on a VMware ESX host by providing limited CPU functionality for the virtual machine.

Type:	Boolean
Aliases:	LimitCPUFunctionality
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-CPUMaximumPercent

Specifies the highest percentage of the total resources of a single CPU on the host that can be used by a specific virtual machine at any given time.

Example: -CPUMaximumPercent 80 (to specify 80 per cent)

Type:	Int32
Aliases:	CPUMax
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-CPUPerVirtualNumaNodeMaximum

Specifies the maximum number of CPUs allowed for each virtual NUMA node.

Type:	Byte
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-CPURelativeWeight

Specifies the amount of CPU resources on a host that this virtual machine can use relative to other virtual machines on the same host. A virtual machine with a higher weight value is allocated more CPU resources than a virtual machine with a lower weight value. The VMware term for these values is shares.

Types of hosts support the following relative values:

Hyper-V. 1 to 10000.
VMware ESX. High.

VMware ESX. Above Normal.

VMware ESX. Normal (default). 1000.
VMware ESX. Below Normal.

VMware ESX. Low.

VMware ESX. Custom 1 to 1000000.
Citrix XenServer. 1 to 65536, normal is 256.

Type:	Int32
Aliases:	RelativeWeight
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-CPUReserve

Specifies the minimum percentage of the resources of a single CPU on the host to allocate to a virtual machine. The percentage of CPU capacity that is available to the virtual machine is never less than this percentage.

Type:	Int32
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-CPUType

Specifies the type of CPU for a virtual machine. To retrieve a list of all CPU types that are available for use in virtual machines in a VMM environment, type Get-SCCPUType.

Type:	ProcessorType
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-Description

States a description for the specified object.

Type:	String
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-DiskIops

Specifies the number of disk input/output operations per second (IOPS) on the host that can be used by a specific virtual machine.

Example: -DiskIO 1500 (to specify 1500 IOPS)

Type:	Int32
Aliases:	DiskIO
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-DRProtectionRequired

This parameter is reserved for future use.

Type:	Boolean
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-DynamicMemoryBufferPercentage

Specifies the percentage of memory above a virtual machine's current memory allocation which the host should try to reserve as a buffer. The default value is 20.

Example format: -DynamicMemoryTargetBufferPercentage 20

Type:	Int32
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-DynamicMemoryEnabled

Indicates whether to enable dynamic memory for virtual machines. You can enable dynamic memory directly on a virtual machine, or on a template or hardware profile that will be used to create virtual machines. The default value is $False.

Required: You can enable dynamic memory for a virtual machine only if that virtual machine is deployed on a host running Windows Server 2008 SP1 or later or if the virtual machine is stored in a library in a stopped state (hardware changes to a stored virtual machine can only be made if the virtual machine does not have snapshots). Enabling dynamic memory on a virtual machine stored in a library will limit placement of that machine to hosts running Windows Server 2008 SP1 or later.

Example format: -DynamicMemoryEnabled $True

Type:	Boolean
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-DynamicMemoryMaximumMB

Specifies the maximum amount of memory that can be allocated to a virtual machine if dynamic memory is enabled. The default value is 65536.

Required: You can enable dynamic memory for a virtual machine only if that virtual machine is deployed on a host running Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 or later or if the virtual machine is stored in a library in a stopped state (hardware changes to a stored virtual machine can only be made if the virtual machine does not have snapshots). Enabling dynamic memory on a virtual machine stored in a library will limit placement of that machine to hosts running Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 or later.

Example format: -DynamicMemoryMaximumMB 1024

Type:	Int32
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-DynamicMemoryMinimumMB

Specifies the minimum amount of memory that can be allocated to a virtual machine if dynamic memory is enabled. The default value is 65536.

Example format: -DynamicMemoryMinimumMB 1024

Type:	Int32
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-FirstBootDevice

Specifies the device on which a boot is first attempted.

Type:	String
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-HardwareProfile

Specifies a hardware profile object.

Type:	HardwareProfile
Position:	0
Default value:	None
Required:	True
Accept pipeline input:	True
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-HAVMPriority

Specifies the virtual machine priority. Virtual machines start in priority order up to the limits of a host cluster node. Valid input for this parameter is a numeric representation of the priority:

High. 3000
Medium. 2000
Low. 1000

If you specify a value of zero (0), the virtual machine does not restart automatically.

Type:	UInt32
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-HighlyAvailable

Indicates whether to place a virtual machine on a Hyper-V host that is part of a host cluster. Configure this setting on a virtual machine, or on a template or hardware profile that will be used to create virtual machines.

Type:	Boolean
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-JobGroup

Specifies an identifier for a series of commands that will run as a set just before the final command that includes the same job group identifier runs.

Type:	Guid
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-JobVariable

Specifies that job progress is tracked and stored in the variable named by this parameter.

Type:	String
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-MemoryMB

Specifies the amount of random access memory (RAM), in megabytes (MB), on the host that this cmdlet allocates to the converted virtual machine. The default value is 512 MB. For a virtual machine on which dynamic memory is enabled on a host that runs Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 or later versions, specify the startup memory value.

Types of hosts have the following maximum memory assignable to virtual machines:

Hyper-V. Up to 65536 MB RAM per virtual machine.
VMware ESX Server 3.0.x. Up to 16384 MB RAM per virtual machine.
VMware ESX Server 3.5.x. Up to 65532 MB RAM per virtual machine.
Citrix XenServer. Up to 32265 MB RAM per virtual machine.

Type:	Int32
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-MemoryPerVirtualNumaNodeMaximumMB

Specifies the maximum amount of memory, in MB, that each virtual NUMA node is allowed.

Type:	Int32
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-MemoryWeight

Indicates the priority in allocating memory to a virtual machine, relative to other virtual machines on the same host. A virtual machine with a higher setting is allocated more memory resources than a virtual machine with a lower setting.

For a host running Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 or later:

5000 - Normal
10000 - High
0 - Low
1 to 10000 - Custom

Type:	Int32
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-MonitorMaximumCount

Specifies the maximum number of monitors that a virtual video adapter supports.

Type:	Int32
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-MonitorMaximumResolution

Specifies the value, as a string, that represents the maximum possible monitor resolution of a virtual video adapter. The acceptable values for this parameter are:

1024x768
1280x1024
1600x1200
1920x1200

The default value is 1280x1024.

Example format: -MonitorResolutionMaximum "1600x1200"

Type:	String
Aliases:	MonitorResolutionMaximum
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-Name

Specifies the name of a VMM object.

Type:	String
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-NetworkUtilizationMbps

Specifies, in megabits per second (Mbps), the amount of bandwidth on the host's network that can be used by a specific virtual machine.

Example format: -NetworkUtilization 10

Type:	Int32
Aliases:	NetworkUtilization
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-NumaIsolationRequired

Indicates whether NUMA isolation is required.

Type:	Boolean
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-NumLock

Indicates whether to enable the BIOS value for NumLock on a hardware profile that is used to create virtual machines on a Hyper-V host. This parameter does not apply to virtual machines on VMware ESX hosts, or on Citrix XenServer hosts.

Type:	Boolean
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-Owner

Specifies the owner of a VMM object in the form of a valid domain user account.

Example format: -Owner "Contoso\PattiFuller"
Example format: -Owner "PattiFuller@Contoso"

Type:	String
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-ProtectionProvider

Specifies a protection provider.

Type:	ProtectionProvider
Accepted values:	None, HVR8, HVRBlue, HVRAzure, DiskReplication, SANReplication
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-PROTipID

Specifies the ID of the Performance and Resource Optimization tip (PRO tip) that triggered this action. This parameter lets you audit PRO tips.

Type:	Guid
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-RecoveryPointObjective

Specifies the maximum period for which it is tolerable to lose data from an IT service due to a major incident.

Type:	Int32
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-RemoveCapabilityProfile

Removes one or more specified capability profile objects.

Type:	SwitchParameter
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-ReplicationGroup

Specifies a ReplicationGroup object.

Type:	ReplicationGroup
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-RunAsynchronously

Indicates that the job runs asynchronously so that control returns to the command shell immediately.

Type:	SwitchParameter
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-SecureBootEnabled

Indicates whether secure boot is enabled.

Type:	Boolean
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-SecureBootTemplate

Specifies a secure boot template.

Type:	String
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-UserRole

Specifies a user role object.

Type:	UserRole
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-VirtualNumaNodesPerSocketMaximum

Specifies the maximum number of NUMA nodes allowed for each socket.

Type:	Byte
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-VirtualVideoAdapterEnabled

Indicates whether to enable the Microsoft Synthetic 3D Virtual Video Adapter for virtual machines. You can enable the Virtual Video Adapter directly on a virtual machine, or on a template or hardware profile that will be used to create virtual machines.

Required: You can enable the Microsoft Synthetic 3D Virtual Video Adapter for a virtual machine only if that virtual machine is deployed on a host running Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (with the Remote Desktop Services role and Remote Desktop Virtual Graphics role service installed) or later or if the virtual machine is stored in a library in a stopped state (hardware changes to a stored virtual machine can only be made if the virtual machine does not have snapshots). Enabling the Microsoft Synthetic 3D Virtual Video Adapter on a virtual machine stored in a library will limit placement of that machine to hosts running Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (with the Remote Desktop Services role and Remote Desktop Virtual Graphics role service installed) or later.

Example format: -VirtualVideoAdapterEnabled $True

Type:	Boolean
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

Outputs

HardwareProfile

This cmdlet returns a HardwareProfile object.

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