Input File for the Sample PowerCLI Scripts to Deploy Linux Desktops

The sample PowerCLI scripts to deploy Linux desktops read one input file that contains information about the desktop machines.

The input file is of type csv and contains the following information:

Desktop virtual machine name
Parent virtual machine name
Guest customization specification
Datastore where the cloned desktop machine resides
ESXi server that hosts the desktop machine
Parent virtual machine's snapshot that is used for cloning
Flag that indicates whether to delete the desktop virtual machine if it exists

The following example shows what the input file might contain.

VMName,Parentvm,CustomSpec,Datastore,Host,FromSnapshot,DeleteIfPresent
linux-001,Ubuntu1804x64,linuxagent,datastore1,10.117.44.172,snapshot1,TRUE
linux-002,Ubuntu1804x64,linuxagent,datastore1,10.117.44.172,snapshot1,TRUE
linux-003,Ubuntu1804x64,linuxagent,datastore1,10.117.44.172,snapshot1,TRUE
linux-004,Ubuntu1804x64,linuxagent,datastore1,10.117.44.172,snapshot1,TRUE
linux-005,Ubuntu1804x64,linuxagent,datastore1,10.117.44.172,snapshot1,TRUE

The sample scripts assume that the name of this input file is CloneVMs.csv and that the file is located in the same folder as the scripts.