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
