Create vSphere Inventory Objects

By using 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 data center 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.