Re: PowerCLI script for deploying VMs via template using guest customizations

Try something like this, it will create both groups of VM.

$templateNames="DR_WinXP","DR_Win7"
$customisationNames="WinXPCust","Win7Cust"
$vmNames="WinXP","Win7"

$numberOfVM=25,100
$dscName="DR_Workstations"

$dsc=Get-DatastoreCluster-Name$dscName
$numberOfGroups=$templateNames.Count

0..($numberOfGroups-1) |%{
  $template=$templateNames[$_]
  $oscust=$customisationNames[$_]
  $name=$vmNames[$_]
  $number=$numberOfVM[$_]
  
  1..$number|%{
    $suffix="{0:D3}"-f$_
    New-VM-Name"$name_$suffix"-Template$template-OSCustomizationSpec$oscust-Datastore$dsc-WhatIf-RunAsync
  }  
}

Note that I included a WhatIf switch on the New-VM cmdlet, run the script first with this switch.

That way you know what the script will do, without actually creating the VMs.

Once you're happy remove the WhatIf switch