The Hyper-V platform in Windows 8 now has PowerShell! This is awesome, as it has enabled both automation opportunities, as well as command line ease of use. I’m certain that the use of PowerShell throughout the Windows 8 platform will make the core installation types much more popular. I’ve done some playing around and provided some information about the upcoming PowerShell commandlets below. I’ve included the full command listing, as well as some common command usages. In this series I’ll also walk through common Hyper-V PowerShell examples that we’ll need for automation.
Full List of Hyper-V Commands
PS C:\Windows\system32> Get-Command -Module Hyper-V
CommandType Name ModuleName Definition
———– —- ———- ———-
Cmdlet Add-VMDvdDrive Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Add-VMFibreChannelHba Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Add-VMHardDiskDrive Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Add-VMMigrationNetwork Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Add-VMNetworkAdapter Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Add-VMNetworkAdapterAcl Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Add-VMRemoteFx3dVideoAdapter Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Add-VMScsiController Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Add-VMStoragePath Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Add-VMSwitch Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Add-VMSwitchExtensionFeature Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Checkpoint-VM Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Compare-VM Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Complete-VMFailover Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Connect-VMNetworkAdapter Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Connect-VMSan Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Convert-VHD Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Disable-VMIntegrationService Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Disable-VMMigration Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Disable-VMResourceMetering Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Disable-VMSwitchExtension Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Disconnect-VMNetworkAdapter Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Disconnect-VMSan Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Dismount-VHD Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Enable-VMIntegrationService Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Enable-VMMigration Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Enable-VMResourceMetering Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Enable-VMSwitchExtension Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Export-VM Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Export-VMSnapshot Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Get-VHD Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Get-VM Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Get-VMBios Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Get-VMComPort Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Get-VMConnectAccess Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Get-VMDvdDrive Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Get-VMFibreChannelHba Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Get-VMFloppyDiskDrive Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Get-VMHardDiskDrive Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Get-VMHost Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Get-VMHostNumaNode Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Get-VMHostNumaNodeStatus Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Get-VMIdeController Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Get-VMIntegrationService Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Get-VMMemory Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Get-VMMigrationNetwork Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Get-VMNetworkAdapter Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Get-VMNetworkAdapterAcl Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Get-VMNetworkAdapterFailoverCon… Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Get-VMNetworkAdapterVlan Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Get-VMProcessor Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Get-VMRemoteFx3dVideoAdapter Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Get-VMReplication Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Get-VMReplicationAuthorizationE… Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Get-VMReplicationServer Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Get-VMResourcePool Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Get-VMSan Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Get-VMScsiController Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Get-VMSnapshot Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Get-VMStoragePath Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Get-VMSwitch Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Get-VMSwitchExtension Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Get-VMSwitchExtensionFeature Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Get-VMSystemSwitchExtension Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Get-VMSystemSwitchExtensionFeature Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Grant-VMConnectAccess Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Import-VM Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Import-VMInitialReplication Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Measure-VM Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Measure-VMReplication Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Measure-VMResourcePool Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Merge-VHD Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Mount-VHD Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Move-VM Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Move-VMStorage Hyper-V …
Cmdlet New-VFD Hyper-V …
Cmdlet New-VHD Hyper-V …
Cmdlet New-VM Hyper-V …
Cmdlet New-VMReplicationAuthorizationE… Hyper-V …
Cmdlet New-VMResourcePool Hyper-V …
Cmdlet New-VMSan Hyper-V …
Cmdlet New-VMSwitch Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Optimize-VHD Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Remove-VM Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Remove-VMDvdDrive Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Remove-VMFibreChannelHba Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Remove-VMHardDiskDrive Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Remove-VMMigrationNetwork Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Remove-VMNetworkAdapter Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Remove-VMNetworkAdapterAcl Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Remove-VMRemoteFx3dVideoAdapter Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Remove-VMReplication Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Remove-VMReplicationAuthorizati… Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Remove-VMResourcePool Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Remove-VMSan Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Remove-VMSavedState Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Remove-VMScsiController Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Remove-VMSnapshot Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Remove-VMStoragePath Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Remove-VMSwitch Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Remove-VMSwitchExtensionFeature Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Rename-VM Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Rename-VMResourcePool Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Rename-VMSan Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Rename-VMSnapshot Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Rename-VMSwitch Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Repair-VM Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Reset-VMResourceMetering Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Resize-VHD Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Restart-VM Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Restore-VMSnapshot Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Resume-VM Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Resume-VMReplication Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Revoke-VMConnectAccess Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Save-VM Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Set-VHD Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Set-VM Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Set-VMBios Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Set-VMComPort Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Set-VMDvdDrive Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Set-VMFibreChannelHba Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Set-VMFloppyDiskDrive Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Set-VMHardDiskDrive Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Set-VMHost Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Set-VMMemory Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Set-VMMigrationNetwork Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Set-VMNetworkAdapter Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Set-VMNetworkAdapterFailoverCon… Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Set-VMNetworkAdapterVlan Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Set-VMProcessor Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Set-VMRemoteFx3dVideoAdapter Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Set-VMReplication Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Set-VMReplicationAuthorizationE… Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Set-VMReplicationServer Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Set-VMResourcePool Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Set-VMSan Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Set-VMSwitch Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Start-VM Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Start-VMFailover Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Start-VMInitialReplication Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Stop-VM Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Stop-VMFailover Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Stop-VMInitialReplication Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Stop-VMReplication Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Suspend-VM Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Suspend-VMReplication Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Test-VHD Hyper-V …
Cmdlet Update-VMSwitchExtensionFeature Hyper-V …
Get VM Listing
PS C:\Windows\system32> Get-VM
Name State CPU(%) AssignedMemory(M) MemoryDemand(M) MemoryStatus Uptime Status ReplicationStat
—- —– —— —————– ————— ———— —— —— —————
CNCYREPLICATEST Off 0 0 00:00:00 Operating normally Disabled
Get-VM Information for Specific VM
PS C:\Windows\system32> Get-VM “CNCYREPLICATEST”
Name State CPU(%) AssignedMemory(M) MemoryDemand(M) MemoryStatus Uptime Status ReplicationStat
—- —– —— —————– ————— ———— —— —— —————
CNCYREPLICATEST Off 0 0 00:00:00 Operating normally Disabled
Get All VM Information for Specific VM
PS C:\Windows\system32> Get-VM “CNCYREPLICATEST” | fl
Name : CNCYREPLICATEST
State : Off
CpuUsage : 0
AssignedMemory :
MemoryDemand : 0
MemoryStatus :
Uptime : 00:00:00
Status : Operating normally
ReplicationState : Disabled
Get VM Host Information
PS C:\Windows\system32> Get-VMHost
DefaultVirtualHardDiskLocation : C:\Hyper-V
DefaultVirtualMachineLocation : C:\Hyper-V
FullyQualifiedDomainName : concurrency.com
Name : CNCYVSVR14
MinimumMacAddress : 00155D496500
MaximumMacAddress : 00155D4965FF
MaximumSimultaneousStorageMigrations : 2
MaximumSimultaneousLiveMigrations : 2
InboundVirtualMachineMigrationEnabled : False
FibreChannelWorldWideNodeName : C0:03:FF:00:00:FF:FF:00
FibreChannelWorldWidePortNameMaximum : C0:03:FF:3D:2D:2C:FF:FF
FibreChannelWorldWidePortNameMinimum : C0:03:FF:3D:2D:2C:00:00
LogicalProcessorCount : 4
MemoryCapacity : 8415461376
ResourceMeteringSaveInterval : 01:00:00
NumaSpanningEnabled : True
HostNumaStatus :
NumaStatus :
InternalNetworkAdapters : {}
New VM Creation
PS C:\Windows\system32> New-VM -?
NAME
New-VM
SYNTAX
New-VM [[-Name] <string>] [[-MemoryStartupBytes] <long>] [-BootDevice <string>] [-NoVHD] [-SwitchName <st
[-Path <string>] [-AsJob] [-ComputerName <string[]>] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]
New-VM [[-Name] <string>] [[-MemoryStartupBytes] <long>] [-BootDevice <string>] [-SwitchName <string>] -N
<string> -NewVHDSize <UInt64> [-Path <string>] [-AsJob] [-ComputerName <string[]>] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm]
[<CommonParameters>]
New-VM [[-Name] <string>] [[-MemoryStartupBytes] <long>] [-BootDevice <string>] [-SwitchName <string>] -V
<string> [-Path <string>] [-AsJob] [-ComputerName <string[]>] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]
I’m excited to work more with VM automation. Stay tuned for some cool examples!
Nathan Lasnoski
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