Create vSphere Inventory Objects

By using vSphere PowerCLI cmdlets, you can automate creating different inventory objects on vSphere.

Prerequisites

Verify that you are connected to a vCenter Server system.

Procedure

1	Get the inventory root folder and create a new folder named Folder in it. $folder = Get-Folder -NoRecursion | New-Folder -Name Folder
2	Create a new datacenter named DC in the Folder folder. New-Datacenter -Location $folder -Name DC
3	Create a folder named Folder1 under DC. Get-Datacenter DC | New-Folder -Name Folder1 $folder1 = Get-Folder -Name Folder1
4	Create a new cluster Cluster1 in the Folder1 folder. New-Cluster -Location $folder1 -Name Cluster1 -DrsEnabled -DrsAutomationLevel FullyAutomated Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) is a feature that provides automatic allocation of cluster resources.
5	Add a host in the cluster by using the Add-VMHost command, and provide credentials when prompted. $vmhost1 = Add-VMHost -Name 10.23.112.345 -Location (Get-Cluster Cluster1)
6	Create a resource pool in the root resource pool of the cluster. $myClusterRootRP = Get-Cluster Cluster1 | Get-ResourcePool -Name Resources New-ResourcePool -Location $myClusterRootRP -Name MyRP1 -CpuExpandableReservation $true -CpuReservationMhz 500 -CpuSharesLevel high -MemExpandableReservation $true -MemReservationGB 1 -MemSharesLevel high
7	Create a virtual machine asynchronously. $vmCreationTask = New-VM -Name VM2 -VMHost $vmhost1 -ResourcePool MyRP01 -DiskGB 100 -MemoryGB 2 -RunAsync The RunAsync parameter indicates that the command runs asynchronously. This means that in contrast to a synchronous operation, you do not have to wait for the process to complete before supplying the next command at the command line.