Scripts from the Webinar

Fixed VHDX Creation Demo

							# Targeting Varibles
							$DomainName = "ANDOHV.mobile"
							$TargetHost = "ANDO-MB-HV1.andohv.mobile"
							$NTFSPath = "\\ANDO-MB-DC1\VMS"
							$REFSPath = "\\ANDO-MB-DC1\ReFS_VMs"
							
							 
							# Credential Variables
							$DomainUser = "$DomainName\administrator"
							$DomainPWord = ConvertTo-SecureString -String "Password01" -AsPlainText -Force
							$DomainCredential = New-Object -TypeName System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -ArgumentList $DomainUser, $DomainPWord
							
							
							# First let's make a new VHDX on NTFS Storage
							Invoke-Command -Computer $TargetHost -Credential $DomainCredential -ScriptBlock {
								param ($NTFSPath)
								Measure-Command {New-VHD -Path $NTFSPath\NTFSDisk.VHDX -Fixed -SizeBytes 30GB}
								} -ArgumentList $NTFSPath
							
							
							# Now let's do the same thing with ReFS Storage
							Invoke-Command -Computer $TargetHost -Credential $DomainCredential -ScriptBlock {
								param ($REFSPath)
								Measure-Command {New-VHD -Path $REFSPath\REFSDisk.VHDX -Fixed -SizeBytes 30GB}
								} -ArgumentList $REFSPath
							
							
							# Clean up for disks below
							Del $NTFSPath\NTFSDisk.vhdx
							Del $REFSPath\REFSDisk.vhdx
							
							

Start Order Priorities Demo

							# Targeting Variables
							$TargetHost = "ANDO-MB-HV1"
							
							 
							# Let's Remote into one of the Clustered Hyper-V Hosts
							Enter-PSSession -ComputerName $TargetHost
							
							
							# Now Let's Setup Some Cluster Groups
							New-ClusterGroupSet -Name "Databases"
							New-ClusterGroupSet -Name "WebServices"
							
							
							# Now Let's Assign VMs to these groups
							$MYSQLVM = "ANDO-MB-SQL1"
							$WEBVM = "ANDO-MB-WEB1"
							
							
							Add-ClusterGroupToSet -Name "Databases" -Group "$MYSQLVM"
							Add-ClusterGroupToSet -Name "WebServices" -Group "$WEBVM"
							
							
							# Now that Groups are created and VMs assigned, let's setup the dependency
							Add-ClusterGroupSetDependency -Name "Webservices" -Provider "Databases"
							
							
							# Now Let's take a look
							Get-ClusterGroupSet
							
							
							# Clean up the created Cluster Group Sets
							Remove-ClusterGroupSet -Name "WebServices"
							Remove-ClusterGroupSet -Name "DataBases"
							
							
							# Then we Exit the Remote Session
							Exit
							
							

PowerShell Direct Demo

							# First let's get a list of virtual machines running on this host
							Get-VM
							
							

							# We're going to target ANDO-MB-PSD1. First let's verify the vNIC is disconnected
							$TargetVM = "ANDO-MB-PSD1"
							

							Start-VM $TargetVM
							

							Get-VMNetworkAdapter $TargetVM
							
							


							# Now we'll capture credentials, and run commands against the target VM with PS Direct. 
							$LocalUser = "$TargetVM\Administrator"
							$LocalPWord = ConvertTo-SecureString -String "Password01" -AsPlainText -Force
							$LocalCredential = New-Object -TypeName System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -ArgumentList $LocalUser, $LocalPWord
							
							

							Invoke-Command -VMName $TargetVM -Credential $LocalCredential -ScriptBlock {Get-Volume}
							
							
							Invoke-Command -VMName $TargetVM -Credential $LocalCredential -ScriptBlock {Get-WindowsFeature -Name *FS-FileServer*}
							
							

							# We can also run an interactive PS Session over PS Direct as well.
							Enter-PSSession -VMName $TargetVM -Credential $LocalCredential
							
							
							Get-Process
							
							
							Get-Service
							
							
							Exit
							
							
							# Clean up
							Stop-VM $TargetVM
							
							

Nested Virtualization Configuration

							# Targeting Variables
							$TargetVM = "ANDO-MB-HV1"
							
							 
							# Checking the status of the virtualization extensions
							Get-VMProcessor -VMName $TargetVM | Select-Object *
							
							 
							# Configuring the Virtualization Extensions
							Set-VMProcessor -VMName $TargetVM -ExposeVirtualizationExtensions $true