#Initial Setup Script for individual ESXi Host #20110106 #http://www.a2-alpha.co.uk #Set Credentials and Host $ESXiHost = "192.168.0.1" $Username = "root" $Password = "Password" #Connect to host Connect-VIServer -Server $ESXiHost -User $Username -Password $Password #Add additional NIC to vSwitch0 $vmnics = New-Object System.Collections.ArrayList $vmnics.Add("vmnic0") $vmnics.Add("vmnic2") Set-VirtualSwitch -VirtualSwitch "vSwitch0" -Nic $vmnics -Confirm:$false #Create vSwitch1 New-VirtualSwitch -Name "vSwitch1" -VMHost (Get-VMHost) -NumPorts "64" #Create PortGroup LAN on vSwitch1 New-VirtualPortGroup -Name "LAN" -VirtualSwitch "vSwitch1" #Add NICs to vSwitch1 $vmnics = New-Object System.Collections.ArrayList $vmnics.Add("vmnic1") $vmnics.Add("vmnic3") $vmnics.Add("vmnic4") $vmnics.Add("vmnic5") Set-VirtualSwitch -VirtualSwitch "vSwitch1" -Nic $vmnics -Confirm:$false #Create vSwitch2 New-VirtualSwitch -Name "vSwitch2" -VMHost (Get-VMHost) -NumPorts "64" #Create PortGroup ISOLATED on vSwitch2 New-VirtualPortGroup -Name "ISOLATED" -VirtualSwitch "vSwitch2" #Rename Management Network to MGMT $MgPg = Get-VirtualPortGroup -Name "Management Network" Set-VirtualPortGroup -VirtualPortGroup $MgPg -Name "MGMT" #Move all VMs to LAN portgroup $VMPg = get-virtualportgroup -Name "LAN" ForEach($VM in (Get-VM)) { $netadapters = get-networkadapter -VM $VM foreach($netadapter in $netadapters) { set-networkadapter -NetworkAdapter $netadapter -NetworkName $VMPg -StartConnected:$TRUE -confirm:$false | Out-Null } } #Remove PortGroup VM Network $VMNPg = Get-VirtualPortGroup -Name "VM Network" Remove-VirtualPortGroup -VirtualPortGroup $VMNPg -Confirm:$false #Add NTP Servers to Host $ntpservers = New-Object System.Collections.ArrayList $ntpservers.Add("0.vmware.pool.ntp.org") $ntpservers.Add("1.vmware.pool.ntp.org") $ntpservers.Add("2.vmware.pool.ntp.org") Add-VmHostNtpServer -VMHost $ESXiHost -NtpServer $NTPServers #Rename default datastore to ESX1_local $ds = Get-Datastore -Name "datastore" Set-Datastore -Datastore $ds -Name "ESX1_local"