{"id":49344,"date":"2023-05-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-28T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jotelulu.com\/blog\/how-to-create-a-hyper-v-vm-using-powershell\/"},"modified":"2023-05-29T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-28T22:00:00","slug":"how-to-create-a-hyper-v-vm-using-powershell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jotelulu.com\/en-gb\/blog\/how-to-create-a-hyper-v-vm-using-powershell\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Create a Hyper-V VM Using PowerShell"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this article, we’ll explain how to <\/strong>create a Hyper-V VM<\/strong> quickly and easily using PowerShell <\/strong><\/p>\n

Deploying <\/strong>new servers or creating virtual machines <\/strong>(VMs) can be quite a boring task<\/strong>, particularly if you have deploy multiple servers that are largely similar or all the same.<\/p>\n

That’s why we’ve written this article to show you how you can use <\/strong>PowerShell <\/strong>to deploy your VMs <\/strong>with a few simple commands<\/strong>. You can also use these commands to create scripts <\/strong>so you can automate the process in the future.<\/p>\n

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How to Create a Hyper-V VM Using PowerShell<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Basic PowerShell Commands for Creating a VM<\/strong><\/h3>\n

PowerShell offers countless commands for use with multiple processes and services, and that includes Hyper-V! Even though most processes and services have a graphic interface, PowerShell can really speed things up to make life easier for sysadmins.<\/p>\n

NOTE:<\/strong> In the summary at the end, we’ve included some links to other articles about Hyper-V and PowerShell in case you’re interested in learning more.<\/em><\/p>\n

In this case, since we’re talking about creating a new Hyper-V VM<\/strong>, we’ll start with the «New-VM» command<\/strong>. This command has quite a rich syntax and there are many different available parameters:<\/p>\n

New-VM
\n[[-Name] <String>]
\n[[-MemoryStartupBytes] <Int64>]
\n[-BootDevice <BootDevice>]
\n[-SwitchName <String>]
\n-NewVHDPath <String>
\n-NewVHDSizeBytes <UInt64>
\n[-Path <String>]
\n[-Version <Version>]
\n[-Prerelease]
\n[-Experimental]
\n[[-Generation] <Int16>]
\n[-Force]
\n[-AsJob]
\n[-CimSession <CimSession[]>]
\n[-ComputerName <String[]>]
\n[-Credential <PSCredential[]>]
\n[-WhatIf]
\n[-Confirm]
\n[<CommonParameters>]
\n…<\/em><\/p>\n

Don’t worry, we’re not going to look at everything here. We’re going to keep things simple and have a look at a few of these parameters, as well as show you some examples.<\/p>\n

However, before we do anything else, as we mentioned in a previous article<\/a>, it’s important to first make sure that all the PowerShell help files are up to date<\/strong>. You can do this using the «Update-Help» command<\/strong>. Once updated, if you need more information about any of the available commands, you can simply run the command «Get-Help <PowerShell_Command>»<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Image – Updating PowerShell help files using the Update-Help command<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

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Creating a Hyper-V Virtual Machine<\/strong><\/h3>\n

As with anything else in life, it’s best to start with the simple things first. So, we’ll first create a VM assigning just a name and allocating the startup memory<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

# New-VM -Name «<Name>» -MemoryStartupBytes <RAM><\/em><\/p>\n

Where:<\/p>\n