My PowerShell Commands to manage Hyper-V

Some PowerShell commands to manage Hyper-V.

Main

• PowerShell Direct to manage Virtual Machine

PS C:\Users\Administrator> Enter-PSSession -VMName VM_Name

• Create private VMSwitch

PS C:\Users\Administrator> New-VMSwitch -Name "Switch" -SwitchType Private

• Create Internal VMSwitch

PS C:\Users\Administrator> New-VMSwitch -Name "Switch" -SwitchType Internal

• Create External VMSwitch

PS C:\Users\Administrator> New-VMSwitch -Name "Switch" -AllowManagementOS $true -NetAdapterName 'NIC01'

• List VMSwitch

PS C:\Users\Administrator> Get-VMSwitch

• Delete VMSwitch

PS C:\Users\Administrator> Remove-VMSwitch -Name "Switch" -Force

• Get VM informations

PS C:\Users\Administrator> Get-VM

• Get VM version

PS C:\Users\Administrator> Get-VM | ft Name, Version

• Update VM version

PS C:\Users\Administrator> Update-VmConfigurationVersion VM_Name

• Create vhdx disk (Dynamic for thin provisionning or Fixed)

PS C:\Users\Administrator> New-VHD -Path D:\VM\VDISK01.vhdx -SizeBytes 10GB -Dynamic

• Create Virtual Machine

PS C:\Users\Administrator> $Params = @{
Path = 'D:\VM'
Name = 'VM01'
MemoryStartupBytes = (2 * 1Gb)
SwitchName = 'Switch'
Generation = '2'
NewVHDPath = 'D:\VM\VM01\VDISK01.vhdx'
NewVHDSizeBytes = (80 * 1Gb)
}

PS C:\Users\Administrator> $VM = New-VM @Params

PS C:\Users\Administrator> $ISOPath = "C:\Users\Administrator\Downloads\14393.0.161119-1705.RS1_REFRESH_SERVER_EVAL_X64.ISO"

PS C:\Users\Administrator> $DVD = Add-VMDvdDrive -VMName $VM.VMName -Path $ISOPath -Passthru

PS C:\Users\Administrator> Set-VMFirmware -VM $VM -FirstBootDevice $DVD

PS C:\Users\Administrator> Set-VMProcessor $VM.Name -Count 4

• Export Virtual Machine

PS C:\Users\Administrator> Export-VM -Name VM01 -Path D:\Export\VM01

• Import Virtual Machine

PS C:\Users\Administrator> Import-VM -Path D:\Export\VM01

• Start Virtual Machine

PS C:\Users\Administrator> Start-VM -Name VM01

Group

• Create new Virtual Machine Group

PS C:\Users\Administrator> New-VMGroup -Name GroupName -GroupType VMCollectionType

• Rename Virtual Machine Group

PS C:\Users\Administrator> Rename-VMGroup -Name OldName -NewName NewName

• List Virtual Machine Group

PS C:\Users\Administrator> Get-VMGroup

• Add Virtual Machine to a group

PS C:\Users\Administrator> $vm01 = Get-VM -Name VM01

PS C:\Users\Administrator> $group1 = Get-VMGroup -Name VMGroup

PS C:\Users\Administrator> Add-VMGroupMember -VMGroup $group1 -vm $vm01

• Remove Virtual Machine Group

PS C:\Users\Administrator> $vm01 = Remove-VMGroup -Name VMGroup

• Remove Virtual Machine from a Group

PS C:\Users\Administrator> $vm01 = Get-VM -Name VM01

PS C:\Users\Administrator> Remove-VMGroupMember -Name VMGroup -VM $vm01

Snapshots

• List Virtual Machine snapshots

PS C:\Users\Administrator> Get-VMSnapshot -VMName <VMName> -ComputerName <Computer.name>| fl

• Remove Virtual Machine snapshots

PS C:\Users\Administrator> Get-VMSnapshot -VMName <VMName> -ComputerName <Computer.name>| Remove-VMSnapshot