powercli example

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PowerCLI C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\Infrastructure\vSphere PowerCLI> $vmhost
= Get-VMHost -Name vortex10a.wlvdev.diginsite.com
PowerCLI C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\Infrastructure\vSphere PowerCLI> $s.Creat
eVM.VM | foreach { New-VM -VMHost $vmhost -Name $_.Name -DiskGB $_.HDDCapacity }


Name                 PowerState Num CPUs MemoryGB
----                 ---------- -------- --------
MyVM1                PoweredOff 1        0.250
New-VM : 11/4/2013 4:08:36 PM    New-VM        The operation for the entity
Folder-group-v3 failed with the following message: "Insufficient disk space on
datastore 'datastore10a'."
At line:1 char:28
+ $s.CreateVM.VM | foreach { New-VM -VMHost $vmhost -Name $_.Name -DiskGB
$_.HDDCa ...
+
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [New-VM], NoDiskSpace
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Client20_TaskServiceImpl_CheckServerSideTaskUpda
   tes_OperationFailed,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.NewVM



PowerCLI C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\Infrastructure\vSphere PowerCLI> Get-VM M
yVM1

Name                 PowerState Num CPUs MemoryGB
----                 ---------- -------- --------
MyVM1                PoweredOff 1        0.250