Hyper‐V Creating New, and Linked VM's

Creating a Base VM in Hyper-V with Windows Server 2019

Creating the Base VM

PowerShell Commands:

These are the commands used in order top create a new base VM via powershell

$VMName = "BaseVM"
$VMPath = "C:\Hyper-V\VMs"
$ISOPath = "C:\Path\to\WindowsServer2019.iso"

New-VM -Name $VMName -Path $VMPath -MemoryStartupBytes 4GB -NewVHDPath "$VMPath\$VMName.vhdx" -NewVHDSizeBytes 60GB
Set-VMBios -VMName $VMName -BootOrder "CD"
Add-VMDvdDrive -VMName $VMName -Path $ISOPath
Start-VM -Name $VMName

These are the commands used in order, to make a linked clone of a VM

$LinkedVMName = "LinkedCloneVM"

New-VHD -Path "C:\Hyper-V\VMs\$LinkedVMName.vhdx" -ParentPath "C:\Hyper-V\VMs\BaseVM.vhdx" -Differencing
New-VM -Name $LinkedVMName -Path "C:\Hyper-V\VMs" -MemoryStartupBytes 4GB -VHDPath "C:\Hyper-V\VMs\$LinkedVMName.vhdx"
Start-VM -Name $LinkedVMName

Other General Commands:

Interacting with PowerShell Commands

To stop a virtual machine using PowerShell, you can execute the following command:

Stop-Service -Name YourVMName
# OR
Stop-Process -Name YourVMName


Checkpoint-VM -Name YourVMName -SnapshotName snapshot1
# OR
Checkpoint-Computer -Name YourVMName -SnapshotName snapshot1


Start-Service -Name YourVMName
# OR
Start-Process -Name YourVMName


# Change the network profile for 'YourVMName' to another network by name
Set-NetConnectionProfile -InterfaceAlias YourVMName -NetworkCategory "Private"

# OR

# Change the IP address of 'YourVMName' to another network
Set-NetIPAddress -InterfaceAlias YourVMName -IPAddress NewIPAddress -PrefixLength SubnetMask -DefaultGateway NewGateway

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