Using PowerCLI to Deploy the Site Recovery Manager 8.3 Appliance
My latest project was to rebuild one of my labs to run vSphere 7 and Site Recovery Manager 8.3. In my current role I am constantly am deploying new lab environments for certain demos. If i can avoid using a manual process for it I will, in this case I am showing how you can deploy the SRM OVF using PowerCLI.
Pre-Requsites
Link to Script
Preparing to Execute the Script
The script is pretty straight forward, you will need to extract the SRM 8.3 ISO and fill in the appropriate variables on the script.
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| $vcname = "vc01.my.lab" | |
| $vcuser = "administrator@vsphere.local" | |
| $vcpass = "VMware1!" | |
| $ovffile = "C:\share\VMware\SRM\VMware-srm-va-8.3.0.4135-15929234\bin\srm-va_OVF10.ovf" | |
| $cluster = "MyCluster" | |
| $vmnetwork = "MyNetwork" | |
| $datastore = "MyDatastore" | |
| $vmfolder = "MyFolder" | |
| $vm1name = "srm1.my.lab" | |
| $vm2name = "srm2.my.lab" | |
| $vm1ip = "10.21.230.58" | |
| $vm2ip = "10.21.230.59" | |
| $addrfamily = "ipv4" | |
| $networkmode = "static" | |
| $gateway = "10.21.230.1" | |
| $domain = "my.lab" | |
| $searchpath = "my.lab" | |
| $dns = "10.21.230.6" | |
| $prefix = "24" | |
| $ntp = "us.pool.ntp.org" | |
| $password = "VMware1!" | |
| $enablessh = $true | |
| $vcenter = Connect-VIServer $vcname -User $vcuser -Password $vcpass -WarningAction SilentlyContinue | |
| $datastore_ref = Get-Datastore -Name $datastore | |
| $network_ref = Get-VirtualPortGroup -Name $vmnetwork | |
| $cluster_ref = Get-Cluster -Name $cluster | |
| $vmhost_ref = $cluster_ref | Get-VMHost | Select -First 1 | |
| $ovfconfig = Get-OvfConfiguration $ovffile | |
| $ovfconfig.NetworkMapping.Network_1.value = $vmnetwork | |
| $ovfconfig.network.VMware_Site_Recovery_Manager_Appliance.addrfamily.value = $addrfamily | |
| $ovfconfig.network.VMware_Site_Recovery_Manager_Appliance.netmode.value = $networkmode | |
| $ovfconfig.network.VMware_Site_Recovery_Manager_Appliance.gateway.value = $gateway | |
| $ovfconfig.network.VMware_Site_Recovery_Manager_Appliance.domain.value = $domain | |
| $ovfconfig.network.VMware_Site_Recovery_Manager_Appliance.searchpath.value = $searchpath | |
| $ovfconfig.network.VMware_Site_Recovery_Manager_Appliance.DNS.value = $dns | |
| $ovfconfig.network.VMware_Site_Recovery_Manager_Appliance.netprefix0.value = $prefix | |
| $ovfconfig.common.ntpserver.value = $ntp | |
| $ovfconfig.common.varoot_password.value = $password | |
| $ovfconfig.common.vaadmin_password.value = $password | |
| $ovfconfig.common.dbpassword.value = $password | |
| $ovfconfig.common.enable_sshd.value = $enablessh | |
| #Deploy SRM1 | |
| $ovfconfig.network.VMware_Site_Recovery_Manager_Appliance.ip0.value = $vm1ip | |
| $ovfconfig.common.vami.hostname.value = $vm1ip | |
| Import-VApp -Source $ovffile -OvfConfiguration $ovfconfig -Name $vm1name -InventoryLocation $VMFolder -Location $cluster_ref -VMHost $vmhost_ref -Datastore $datastore_ref | |
| #Deploy SRM2 | |
| $ovfconfig.network.VMware_Site_Recovery_Manager_Appliance.ip0.value = $vm2ip | |
| Import-VApp -Source $ovffile -OvfConfiguration $ovfconfig -Name $vm2name -InventoryLocation $VMFolder -Location $cluster_ref -VMHost $vmhost_ref -Datastore $datastore_ref | |
| $vms = get-vm $vm1name,$vm2name | |
| $vm | Start-Vm -RunAsync | Out-Null | |
| Disconnect-VIServer $vcenter -Confirm:$false |
Execute the Script
Run the following command.
Hope this helps you out, leave any feedback or questions below.
See Also
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- Installing and Updating the Pure Storage vSphere Plugin
- Patching the vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) using the REST API - Part 2 (PowerCLI Module)
- Using PowerCLI to Add vRealize Operations License Key
- Using PowerCLI to Set vCenter Permissions on Datacenter