{"id":11942,"date":"2011-12-20T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-20T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=11942"},"modified":"2011-12-20T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-20T15:00:00","slug":"hyper-v-powershell-getting-the-host-on-the-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=11942","title":{"rendered":"Hyper-V & PowerShell \u2013 Getting The Host On The Network"},"content":{"rendered":"

Note: I\u2019d normally configure TCP-IP at this point but the cmdlets that I seem to need to use either are not working correctly or are very confusing \u2013 that\u2019s pre-beta software for you!  I\u2019ll try to return to that topic at a later point if I find a solution.<\/em><\/p>\n

When you install Windows without some clever imaging solution, the machine comes up with some random (not completely) computer name.  You can PowerShell this if you want:<\/p>\n

Rename-Computer MyNewComputerName \u2013restart<\/font><\/p>\n

In a previous blog post I mentioned that POSH (PowerShell) is great for scripting.  You can put a whole load of these commands in a single PS1 file and run it.  This cmdlet is an example of where you\u2019d need user input.  In that case, the following embeds the prompt for a new computer name inside of the Rename-Computer cmdlet.  When you run this, the embedded Read-Host cmdlet is run and provides the user input to the Rename-Computer cmdlet.<\/p>\n

Rename-Computer (Read-Host \u201cEnter a new computer name\u201d) \u2013restart<\/font><\/p>\n

Once that reboot is done, you can join a domain.  The following cmdlet does just that.  It will fire up a traditional Windows prompt for a user name and password to do the domain join.<\/p>\n

Add-Computer \u2013DomainName \u201cdemo.internal\u201d \u2013Restart<\/font><\/p>\n

Want some help and examples beyond what you can get from Get-Help?  Try this:<\/p>\n

Get-Help Add-Computer \u2013Online<\/font><\/p>\n

That should fire up your web browser and bring you to an official MSFT web page for the cmdlet in question.  A nice example you\u2019ll find for Add-Computer is that you can use the \u2013OUPath flag to specify a location to place the new computer object in your domain.  I tend to have a special OU for Hyper-V hosts so that\u2019s where I\u2019d place the computer object.  So instead of using the default computer object creation location (and probably forgetting to move the object to the correct one before the reboot), I can save some human effort by running:<\/p>\n

Add-Computer \u2013DomainName \u201cdemo.internal\u201d \u2013OUPath \u201cOU=Hyper-V, OU=Servers, OU=Company, DC=demo, DC=com\u201d \u2013Restart<\/font><\/p>\n

And that\u2019s your host named and in the domain, all ready to manage with SCVMM.<\/p>\n

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Note: I\u2019d normally configure TCP-IP at this point but the cmdlets that I seem to need to use either are not working correctly or are very confusing \u2013 that\u2019s pre-beta software for you!  I\u2019ll try to return to that topic at a later point if I find a solution. When you install Windows without some … Continue reading “Hyper-V & PowerShell \u2013 Getting The Host On The Network”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[181,87,189,109],"class_list":["post-11942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hyper-v","tag-hyper-v","tag-powershell","tag-scripting","tag-windows-8"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11942\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}