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Microsoft Hyper-V PowerShell Automation
Microsoft Hyper-V PowerShell Automation

Microsoft Hyper-V PowerShell Automation: Manage, automate, and streamline your Hyper-V environment effectively with advanced PowerShell cmdlets

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Microsoft Hyper-V PowerShell Automation

Chapter 2. Managing Your Hyper-V Virtual Infrastructure

Managing Hyper-V virtual infrastructure components is an integral part of a Hyper-V administrator's day-to-day activities. Performing these administrative tasks manually is time-consuming and leads to a reduction in productivity; replacing these repetitive tasks with PowerShell leads to better consistency (no typos or execution of incorrect tasks). This also helps a senior administrator delegate these tasks to other members in the team and audit the tasks performed by those individuals so that he or she can concentrate on other important tasks that lead to a better learning curve and improve the creative ability of the administrator to automate complex tasks.

In the current chapter and Chapter 3, Managing Your Hyper-V Virtual Machines, we will explore the various PowerShell cmdlets in depth that can be used to automate these set of repetitive tasks performed by an administrator.

In this chapter, we will cover the following...

Extracting information about Hyper-V hosts and the associated virtual machines

Microsoft offers the ability to extract information related to the Hyper-V infrastructure using PowerShell. It is now possible to perform virtual machine management from the command line using the Hyper-V PowerShell module.

Let's start exploring the ways in which you can extract information related to a Hyper-V host.

For Hyper-V deployments that are not clustered, host-level information can be extracted by the Get-VMHost cmdlet:

Get-VMHost | fl *

Open up a PowerShell prompt in your Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V server in the Run as Administrator mode and type the following cmdlets:

  • Get-ClusterNode: This cmdlet shows details of the nodes in the cluster
  • Get-ClusterNode | select @{l='ComputerName';e={$_.name}}: This cmdlet shows the names of the Hyper-V hosts in the cluster
  • Get-VMHost –computername <HVHostName>: This cmdlet shows details of the Hyper-V hosts

Now, by combining all the preceding...

Creating, deleting, starting, and stopping virtual machines

Creating, deleting, starting, or stopping a virtual machine is one of the most repetitive tasks that a Hyper-V administrator needs to perform, but with PowerShell, all these tasks can be scripted and made simpler to execute.

Creating a virtual machine

Creating a virtual machine is relatively simple with PowerShell using the New-VM PowerShell cmdlet. Before you execute the commands to create a VM, let's look at Get-VM, which gives the list of all the VMs that are present on the Hyper-V host cluster. The following command gets the nodes that are part of the Hyper-V cluster. It creates a value by property and name called ComputerName and passes it to the Get-VM cmdlet:

Get-ClusterNode | select @{l='ComputerName';e={$_.name}} | Get-VM

Windows Server 2012 R2 introduced the concept of generation 1 and generation 2 virtual machines, and the same can be created with PowerShell:

Then, we use the New-VM cmdlet to create virtual...

Configuring properties on virtual machines

Configuring properties on virtual machines can be done using PowerShell cmdlets that have the Set verb in them. To get a list of all the PowerShell cmdlets that can be used to set a virtual machine's properties, type command shown in the following screenshot, in the PowerShell prompt:

Configuring properties on virtual machines

As you can see in the preceding screenshot, there are a number of properties that can be set for the virtual machine, including the BIOS, DVD drive, virtual machine memory, and also network adapter properties. Also, there is a Set-VMHost cmdlet that allows you to set some of the properties related to the Hyper-V host. Let's go through these cmdlets one by one.

Type the following cmdlet in the PowerShell prompt to change the automatic stop action of all the VMs running on both nodes of the Hyper-V cluster:

Get-ClusterNode | select @{l='ComputerName';e={$_.name}} | % {Get-VM -ComputerName $_.computername | Set-VM -AutomaticStopAction shutdown }

Note...

Summary

In this chapter, we covered important cmdlets related to configuring and extracting properties about virtual machines and their associated Hyper-V hosts. In the next chapter, we will cover the other set of relevant cmdlets that can be used to automate Hyper-V administrative tasks in detail.

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This book is great for administrators who are new to automating Hyper-V administration tasks using PowerShell. If you are familiar with the PowerShell command line and have some experience with the Windows Server, this book is perfect for you.

Who is this book for?

This book is great for administrators who are new to automating Hyper-V administration tasks using PowerShell. If you are familiar with the PowerShell command line and have some experience with the Windows Server, this book is perfect for you.

What you will learn

  • Understand and optimize the new features of HyperV on Windows Server 2012 R2
  • Install and configure your HyperV environment on a Windows Server environment using PowerShell
  • Extract information about HyperV hosts and the associated virtual machines
  • Create, delete, start, and stop virtual machines and configure their properties
  • Utilize HyperV PowerShell module cmdlets to create reusable PowerShell scripts
  • Integrate your HyperV environment for enterpriselevel management using SCVMM to create and manage private clouds
  • Troubleshoot your HyperV environment with PowerShell and custom scripts
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Table of Contents

7 Chapters
1. New PowerShell Cmdlets in Hyper-V on Windows Server 2012 R2 Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
2. Managing Your Hyper-V Virtual Infrastructure Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
3. Managing Your Hyper-V Virtual Machines Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
4. Creating Reusable PowerShell Scripts Using Hyper-V PowerShell Module Cmdlets Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
5. The Next Step – Integration with SCVMM Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
6. Troubleshooting Hyper-V Environment Issues and Best Practices Using PowerShell Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
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Rafael Bernardes May 09, 2015
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I'm MVP (Microsoft Most Valuable Professional) in Cluster, and constantly work with some automation in powershell. This book is a great reference source for that is beginning to work with Hyper-V and want to automate manual processes. Or even for those who already have some knowledge and have consultations on how to work with the powershell + Hyper-V.As always, Packt produces great books and I recommend it. Always carry on my Kindle;)
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Michael Apr 23, 2015
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I will call myself a PowerUser of PowerShell, but also this book showed my some new stuff.The Book is focused on PowerShell about HyperV and the Automation of it. Also the finest Details has been covered and explained very simple and clearly.I realy like this book and can recommend it.
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Jack May 05, 2015
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As a novice PowerShell user I think this book will provide even the beginners of PowerShell a very good starting point. Great tips and clear explanations this book will provide you with the necessary steps and information to manage a Hyper-V environment. Loads of tips and screenshots to make it more clear to the reader.Great book to have on your digital shelve for administrating your Hyper-V environment. A must have for IT admins :).
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PowerShell and Hyper-V. You won't find two technologies that need each other more than these. In fact, it seems as if PowerShell was created for Hyper-V! I use both technologies on a regular basis, but I wouldn't claim to be an expert in either so I decided to have a look at this title. The main focus is on Hyper-V in Windows Server 2012 R2, as it should be. There's no point in running Hyper-V on an earlier operating system. The book provides details on the creation and management of virtual machines that any systems administrator can benefit from. This includes, creating and managing snapshots, virtual hard disk management, live migration, and virtual networking. The book also touches on the topic of System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) and how to create scripts to ease management and implement automation. Definitely a good read. I'll caution you that some of the commands aren't written in text, but rather shown in a graphic. If you're reading this on a smaller Kindle they can be very difficult to see. Recommend using a large Kindle, tablet, or buying the print edition instead.
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