Set-SCVMTemplate
Changes properties of a virtual machine template used in VMM.
Syntax
Set-SCVMTemplate
[-VMTemplate] <Template>
[-ProductKey <String>]
[-GuiRunOnceCommands <String[]>]
[-LocalAdministratorCredential <VMMCredential>]
[-MergeAnswerFile \<Boolean\>]
[-DomainJoinCredential <VMMCredential>]
[-AnswerFile <Script>]
[-ApplicationProfile <ApplicationProfile>]
[-SQLProfile <SQLProfile>]
[-LinuxAdministratorSSHKey <SSHKey>]
[-LinuxAdministratorSSHKeyString <String>]
[-LinuxDomainName <String>]
[-Owner <String>]
[-OperatingSystem <OperatingSystem>]
[-Enabled \<Boolean\>]
[-HighlyAvailable \<Boolean\>]
[-HAVMPriority <UInt32>]
[-DRProtectionRequired \<Boolean\>]
[-ReplicationGroup <ReplicationGroup>]
[-SecureBootEnabled \<Boolean\>]
[-NumLock \<Boolean\>]
[-CPULimitFunctionality \<Boolean\>]
[-CPULimitForMigration \<Boolean\>]
[-FullName <String>]
[-OrganizationName <String>]
[-ComputerName <String>]
[-TimeZone <Int32>]
[-RemoveServerFeatures]
[-AutoLogonCredential <RunAsAccount>]
[-AutoLogonCount <UInt32>]
[-DisableAutoLogon]
[-UnattendSettings <System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2[System.String,System.String]>]
[-UpdateManagementProfile <AzureProfile>]
[-DomainJoinOrganizationalUnit <String>]
[-RemoveDomainJoinOrganizationalUnit]
[-Domain <String>]
[-DeploymentTypeNano \<Boolean\>]
[-Workgroup <String>]
[-CapabilityProfile <CapabilityProfile>]
[-RemoveCapabilityProfile]
[-UserRole <UserRole>]
[-JobGroup <Guid>]
[-QuotaPoint <UInt32>]
[-CostCenter <String>]
[-Tag <String>]
[-Custom1 <String>]
[-Custom2 <String>]
[-Custom3 <String>]
[-Custom4 <String>]
[-Custom5 <String>]
[-Custom6 <String>]
[-Custom7 <String>]
[-Custom8 <String>]
[-Custom9 <String>]
[-Custom10 <String>]
[-BlockDynamicOptimization \<Boolean\>]
[-ClearDRProtection]
[-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>]Set-SCVMTemplate
[-VMTemplate] <Template>
[-ProductKey <String>]
[-GuiRunOnceCommands <String[]>]
[-LocalAdministratorCredential <VMMCredential>]
[-MergeAnswerFile \<Boolean\>]
[-DomainJoinCredential <VMMCredential>]
[-AnswerFile <Script>]
[-ApplicationProfile <ApplicationProfile>]
[-SQLProfile <SQLProfile>]
[-LinuxAdministratorSSHKey <SSHKey>]
[-LinuxAdministratorSSHKeyString <String>]
[-LinuxDomainName <String>]
[-Owner <String>]
[-OperatingSystem <OperatingSystem>]
[-Enabled \<Boolean\>]
[-HighlyAvailable \<Boolean\>]
[-HAVMPriority <UInt32>]
[-DRProtectionRequired \<Boolean\>]
[-ReplicationGroup <ReplicationGroup>]
[-SecureBootEnabled \<Boolean\>]
[-NumLock \<Boolean\>]
[-CPULimitFunctionality \<Boolean\>]
[-CPULimitForMigration \<Boolean\>]
[-FullName <String>]
[-OrganizationName <String>]
[-ComputerName <String>]
[-TimeZone <Int32>]
[-RemoveServerFeatures]
[-AutoLogonCredential <RunAsAccount>]
[-AutoLogonCount <UInt32>]
[-DisableAutoLogon]
[-UnattendSettings <System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2[System.String,System.String]>]
[-UpdateManagementProfile <AzureProfile>]
[-DomainJoinOrganizationalUnit <String>]
[-RemoveDomainJoinOrganizationalUnit]
[-Domain <String>]
[-DeploymentTypeNano \<Boolean\>]
[-Workgroup <String>]
[-CapabilityProfile <CapabilityProfile>]
[-RemoveCapabilityProfile]
[-UserRole <UserRole>]
[-Name <String>]
[-JobGroup <Guid>]
[-QuotaPoint <UInt32>]
[-CostCenter <String>]
[-Tag <String>]
[-Custom1 <String>]
[-Custom2 <String>]
[-Custom3 <String>]
[-Custom4 <String>]
[-Custom5 <String>]
[-Custom6 <String>]
[-Custom7 <String>]
[-Custom8 <String>]
[-Custom9 <String>]
[-Custom10 <String>]
[-BlockDynamicOptimization \<Boolean\>]
[-ClearDRProtection]
[-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
Note
A new parameter [-EnableNestedVirtualization] <Boolean> is included in VMM 2019 UR1 and later. For more information, see Parameters.
The Set-SCVMTemplate cmdlet changes one or more properties of a virtual machine template used in a Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) environment.
Properties that you can change include settings for the name of the template, its description, owner, organization name, time zone, operating system, and product key; BIOS boot order; CPU number and characteristics; the amount memory on the host that is assigned to a virtual machine; the amount of bandwidth on the host's network available to a virtual machine; whether a virtual machine created with this template will be highly available (i.e., deployed on a host that is part of a host cluster); values for domain or workgroup as well as domain credentials; a point quota that specifies how many new virtual machines self-service users can create; custom fields; and other options.
Changes that you make to a template affect only the template. Changes do not affect any existing virtual machines that were previously created by using this template.
If you want to change the properties of a virtual disk drive, virtual floppy drive, virtual DVD drive, virtual network adapter, virtual SCSI adapter or virtual COM port associated with a specific template, you can use Set-SCVirtualDiskDrive, Set-SCVirtualFloppyDrive, Set-SCVirtualDVDDrive, Set-SCVirtualNetworkAdapter, Set-SCVirtualScsiAdapter, or Set-SCVirtualCOMPort cmdlets, respectively.
Examples
Example 1: Specify an amount of memory for an existing virtual machine template
PS C:\> $Template = Get-SCVMTemplate | where {$_.Name -eq "VMTemplate01"}
PS C:\> Set-SCVMTemplate -Template $Template -MemoryMB 1024The first command gets the virtual machine template object named VMTemplate01 from the VMM library and stores the object in the $Template variable.
The second command changes the memory value for VMTemplate01 to 1024 MB. This is the amount of memory on the host that a virtual machine created by using this template will use.
Example 2: Specify a new owner for multiple highly available virtual machine templates
PS C:\> $VMTemplates = Get-SCVMTemplate | where {$_.IsHighlyAvailable}
PS C:\> ForEach ($VMTemplate in $VMTemplates) {Set-SCVMTemplate $VMTemplate -Owner "Contoso\NevenSokec"}The first command gets all highly available virtual machine template objects and stores the objects in the $VMTemplates object array.
The second command uses a ForEach loop to specify a new owner for each of the templates in the $VMTemplates array.
For information about the standard PowerShell ForEach loop statement, type Get-Help about_ForEach.
Example 3: Specify a new owner for all virtual machine templates that have the same owner
PS C:\> Get-SCVMTemplate -VMMServer "VMMServer01.Contoso.com" | where {$_.Owner -eq "Contoso\PattiFuller"} | Set-SCVMTemplate -Owner "Contoso\AllieSloan"This command gets all virtual machine template objects from the VMM library, selects only those objects whose owner is "Contoso\PattiFuller", and then passes each object to the Set-SCVMTemplate cmdlet, which changes the owner to Contoso|AllieSloan.
Example 4: Enable Dynamic Memory for an existing virtual machine template
PS C:\> $VMTemplate = Get-SCVMTemplate | where {$_.Name -eq "VMTemplate04"}
PS C:\> Set-SCVMTemplate -VMTemplate $VMTemplate -DynamicMemoryEnabled $True -MemoryMB 1024 -DynamicMemoryMaximumMB 2048The first command gets the virtual machine template object named VMTemplate04 from the VMM library and stores the object in the $VMTemplate variable.
The second command enables dynamic memory, changes the startup memory value for VMTemplate04 to 1024 MB (this is the amount of memory on the host that a virtual machine created by using this template is allocated upon startup), and sets the maximum memory value to 2048 MB (this is the maximum amount of memory that can be allocated to a virtual machine created by using this template). A virtual machine using dynamic memory can only be deployed on a host that is running Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 or later.
Example 5: Specify the root password for an existing customizable Linux virtual machine template
PS C:\> $Template = Get-SCVMTemplate | where {$_.Name -eq "LinuxVMTemplate01"}
PS C:\> $Creds = Get-Credential
PS C:\> Set-SCVMTemplate -Template $Template -LocalAdministratorCredential $CredsThe first command gets the virtual machine template object named LinuxVMTemplate01 from the VMM library and stores the object in the $Template variable.
The second command gets a username (root) and password via the Get-Credential command and stores the result in the $Creds variable.
The last command sets the root account password to the password stored in the $Creds variable.
Example 6: Enable azure update management capabilities on an existing VM template.
PS C:\> $Template = Get-SCVMTemplate | where {$_.Name -eq "VMTemplate01"}
PS C:\> $azureProfile = Get-SCAzureProfile | where { $_.Name -eq "AzUpdateMgmtProfile"}
PS C:\> Set-SCVMTemplate -Template $Template -UpdateManagementProfile $azureProfileThe first command gets the virtual machine template object named VMTemplate01 from the VMM library and stores the object in the $Template variable.
The second command gets an azure update management profile from VMM library and stores the object in the $azureProfile variable.
The third command enables the template with azure update management capabilities by linking an azure profile.
Example 7: Disable azure update management capabilities on a VM template.
PS C:\> $Template = Get-SCVMTemplate | where {$_.Name -eq "VMTemplate01"}
PS C:\> Set-SCVMTemplate -Template $Template -UpdateManagementProfile $nullThe first command gets the virtual machine template object named VMTemplate01 from the VMM library and stores the object in the $Template variable.
The second command disables the template with azure update management capabilities.
Parameters
-AnswerFile
Specifies a script object stored in the Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) library to use as an answer file. The name of the answer file script depends on the operating system that you want to install on a virtual machine:
- Sysprep.inf. Windows XP, Windows Server 2000, or Windows Server 2003
- Unattend.xml. Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows Server 2008
| Type: | Script |
| Aliases: | SysPrepFile |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | True |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-ApplicationProfile
Specifies an application profile object.
| Type: | ApplicationProfile |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-AutoLogonCount
Specifies the number of times that Windows should automatically log the administrator denoted in the Answer File on to the console session.
| Type: | UInt32 |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-AutoLogonCredential
Specifies the Run As account contained in the answer file that Windows uses to log on to the console session when automatic administrator logon is enabled.
| Type: | RunAsAccount |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-AutomaticCriticalErrorAction
Specifies the action to take when the virtual machine 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 |
-BlockDynamicOptimization
Indicates whether dynamic optimization is blocked for a virtual machine.
| Type: | Boolean |
| Aliases: | ExcludeFromPRO |
| 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
| 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 |
-ClearDRProtection
Indicates that this cmdlet resets the disaster recovery protection option.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-ComputerName
Specifies the name of a computer that VMM can uniquely identify on your network. The acceptable values for this parameter are:
- FQDN
- IPv4 or IPv6 address
- NetBIOS name
| Type: | String |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-CostCenter
Specifies the cost center for a virtual machine so that you can collect data about the allocation of virtual machines (or resources allocated to virtual machines) to make use of in your billing system.
| Type: | String |
| 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. 2000.
- VMware ESX. Above Normal. 1500.
- VMware ESX. Normal (default). 1000.
- VMware ESX. Below Normal. 750.
- VMware ESX. Low. 500.
- 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 |
-Custom1
Specifies a custom property on a virtual machine template.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Custom10
Specifies a custom property on a virtual machine template.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Custom2
Specifies a custom property on a virtual machine template.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Custom3
Specifies a custom property on a virtual machine template.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Custom4
Specifies a custom property on a virtual machine template.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Custom5
Specifies a custom property on a virtual machine template.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Custom6
Specifies a custom property on a virtual machine template.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Custom7
Specifies a custom property on a virtual machine template.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Custom8
Specifies a custom property on a virtual machine template.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Custom9
Specifies a custom property on a virtual machine template.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-DeploymentTypeNano
{{Fill DeploymentTypeNano Description}}
| Type: | Boolean |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Description
Specifies a description for the virtual machine template.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-DisableAutoLogon
Disables automatic administrator logon.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| 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 |
-Domain
Specifies a fully qualified domain name (FQDN) for an Active Directory domain.
Example format: -Domain "Domain01.Corp.Contoso.com"
| Type: | String |
| Aliases: | JoinDomain |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-DomainJoinCredential
Specifies the user name and password of an account that has permission to join a computer to the domain. We recommend that you use a limited rights account joining computers to the domain. This includes both virtual and physical computers.
You can use the current parameter to specify credentials on a VMHostProfile for joining a physical host computer to the domain, or to specify credentials, on a new or existing template, on a new or existing guest operating system profile, or on a new virtual machine, for joining a virtual machine to the domain.
| Type: | VMMCredential |
| Aliases: | JoinDomainCredential |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-DomainJoinOrganizationalUnit
Specifies the organizational unit to which the computer is joined during an unattended mini-setup.
| Type: | String |
| 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 is 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 limits 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.
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: -DynamicMemoryMinimumMB 1024
| Type: | Int32 |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Enabled
Enables an object when set to $True, or disables an object when set to $False. For example, if you want to upgrade software on a virtual machine template, you can disable the template object in the VMM library to temporarily prevent users from using that object.
| Type: | Boolean |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-EnableNestedVirtualization
Enables the nested virtualization.
Note
This parameter is applicable for VMM 2019 UR1 and later.
| Type: | Boolean |
| 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 |
-FullName
Specifies the name of the person in whose name a virtual machine is registered.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-GuiRunOnceCommands
Specifies an array of commands to add to the [GuiRunOnce] section of an unattended answer file. Use single quotation marks around each string enclosed in double quotation marks.
Example format: -GuiRunOnceCommands '"C:\APF\APFPostSysPrepCopy.cmd PARAMS1"', '"C:\APF\APFPostSysPrepCopy.cmd PARAMS1"'
For information about how Windows PowerShell uses quotation marks, type Get-Help about_Quoting_Rules.
| Type: | String[] |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| 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 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 |
-LinuxAdministratorSSHKey
Specifies the public key file for a Linux SSH Key.
| Type: | SSHKey |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-LinuxAdministratorSSHKeyString
Specifies a Linux administrator SSH key as a string.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-LinuxDomainName
Specifies a fully qualified domain name (FQDN) to use in conjunction with Linux operating system specialization.
Example format: -LinuxDomainName "Domain01.Corp.Contoso.com"
| Type: | String |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-LocalAdministratorCredential
Specifies the user name and password for the Local Administrator account (or Linux root account in the case of a Linux-compatible Guest Operating System profile).
Specifying credentials on a new or existing template, on a new or existing guest operating system profile, or on a new virtual machine overrides any existing Administrator password.
| Type: | VMMCredential |
| Aliases: | AdminPasswordCredential |
| 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 |
-MergeAnswerFile
Indicates whether this cmdlet merges the answer file together with guest operating system settings. The default value is $True. VMM console uses this parameter. Do not specify this parameter.
| Type: | Boolean |
| 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: -MonitorMaximumResolution "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 template 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 |
-OperatingSystem
Specifies the type of operating system for a virtual machine.
To list the names of all available operating systems in VMM, type Get-SCOperatingSystem.
| Type: | OperatingSystem |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | True |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-OrganizationName
Specifies the name of the organization for the person in whose name a virtual machine is registered.
| Type: | String |
| Aliases: | OrgName |
| 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 |
-ProductKey
Specifies a product key. The product key is a 25-digit number that identifies the product license. A product key can be used to register VMM or an operating system to be installed on a virtual machine or host.
| 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 |
-QuotaPoint
Specifies a quota that limits the number of virtual machines self-service users can deploy.
| Type: | UInt32 |
| 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 |
-RemoveDomainJoinOrganizationalUnit
Indicates that this cmdlet removes the organizational unit that the computer joined during setup.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-RemoveServerFeatures
Indicates that this cmdlet removes all server roles and features from a template.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-ReplicationGroup
Specifies a replication group.
| 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 booting is enabled.
| Type: | Boolean |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-SecureBootTemplate
| Type: | String |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-SQLProfile
Specifies a SQL Server profile object.
| Type: | SQLProfile |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Tag
Specifies a word or phrase to associate with an object so that you can search for all objects with the specified set of tags. You can search for a subset of tags, or you can search for the full set of tags.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-TimeZone
Specifies a number (an index) that identifies a geographical region that shares the same standard time.
For a list of time zone indexes, see Microsoft Time Zone Index Values at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=120935.
If no time zone is specified, the default time zone used for a virtual machine is the same time zone setting that is on the virtual machine host.
Example format to specify the GMT Standard Time zone: -TimeZone 085
| Type: | Int32 |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-UnattendSettings
Specifies a key/value pair consisting of String, String.
| Type: | System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2[System.String,System.String] |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-UpdateManagementProfile
Specifies the azure profile that can be used in VMTemplate. Azure profile provides azure co-management capabilities to the VM.
| Type: | AzureProfile |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-UserRole
Specifies a user role object.
| Type: | UserRole |
| Aliases: | SelfServiceUserRole |
| 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 |
-VMTemplate
Specifies a VMM template object used to create virtual machines.
| Type: | Template |
| Aliases: | Template |
| Position: | 0 |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | True |
| Accept pipeline input: | True |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Workgroup
Specifies on a new or existing template, on a new or existing guest operating system profile, or on a new virtual machine the name of the workgroup to which you want to join a virtual machine. You can use this parameter to override the existing value on a template or on a guest operating system profile.
| Type: | String |
| Aliases: | JoinWorkgroup |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
Outputs
Template
This cmdlet returns a Template object.
Notes
- Requires a VMM virtual machine template object, which can be retrieved by using the Get-SCVMTemplate cmdlet.