View source for PowerCLI: Scripted edit of a VMX file

===  Scripted edit of a VMX file ===
author: Craig Baltzer
==== Description ====
Craig shows here how you can adjust keys and values in a scripted manner for the hardware configuration of your virtual machine.

==== Code ====
  $vm = Get-View (Get-VM +NameofVMtoUpdate+).ID
  $vmConfigSpec = New-Object VMware.Vim.VirtualMachineConfigSpec
  $vmConfigSpec.extraconfig += New-Object VMware.Vim.optionvalue
  $vmConfigSpec.extraconfig[0].Key="lefthandsideofentry"
  $vmConfigSpec.extraconfig[0].Value="rigthhandsideofentry"
  $vm.ReconfigVM($vmConfigSpec)

Where

* NameofVMtoUpdate is the name of the VM you want to update (from the vCenter inventory)
* lefthandsideofentry is the advanced configuration entry you want to set
* rigthhandsideofentry is the value for the advanced configuration entry

==== Location ====

[http://communities.vmware.com/thread/189302 VMTN: Scripted edit of a VMX file]

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