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Re: Add new NIC to VM (like New-CINetworkAdapter)

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Try this one, I finally got it working.

I'm using Powershell 4.0 en PowerCLI for Tenants 5.8.

 

Change MYVCLOUD, MYORG, MYUSER, MYPWD and MYVM for your environment.

 

Header 1

# Add vcloud cmdlets

if( -not (Get-PSSnapin VMware.VimAutomation.Common) )

{

    Add-PSSnapin VMware.VimAutomation.Common

}

if( -not (Get-PSSnapin VMware.VimAutomation.Cloud) )

{

    Add-PSSnapin VMware.VimAutomation.Cloud

}

 

 

# connect to vcloud

if( $global:DefaultCIServers[0].IsConnected -eq $false )

{

    Connect-CIServer -server MYVCLOUD -Org MYORG -User MYUSER -Password 'MYPWD'

}

 

 

 

 

$targetvm = "MYVM"

$vm = get-civm | where{ $_.name -eq $targetvm }

 

 

$headers = @{"Accept"="application/*+xml;version=5.5"}

$headers += @{"x-vCloud-authorization"="$($global:DefaultCIServers[0].SessionId)"}

 

 

$url = "$($vm.ExtensionData.GetVirtualHardwareSection().href)networkCards"

 

 

$response = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $url -Headers $headers -Method GET -WebSession $MYSESSION

 

 

[xml]$nics = $response

 

 

$topInstanceID = [int](@($nics.RasdItemsList.Item | Sort-Object instanceID))[-1].instanceID

$topAddressOnParent = [int](@($nics.RasdItemsList.Item | Sort-Object AddressOnParent))[-1].AddressOnParent

$topElementName = [int]((@($nics.RasdItemsList.Item | Sort-Object ElementName))[-1].ElementName).Split()[-1]

 

 

$newNic = @($nics.RasdItemsList.Item)[-1].CloneNode(1)

$newNic.InstanceID = "$([int]$topInstanceID+1)"

$newNic.AddressOnParent = "$([int]$topAddressOnParent+1)"

$newNic.Address = ""

$newNic.ResourceSubType = "VMXNET3"

$newNic.ElementName = "Network adapter $([int]$topElementName+1)"

$newNic.Connection.primaryNetworkConnection = "false"

 

 

$nics.RasdItemsList.AppendChild( $newNic )

 

 

Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $url -Headers $headers -Method PUT -WebSession $MYSESSION -Body $nics


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