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Script: How to Create VMware Distributed Switch or Virtual Distributed Switch VDS Using Powercli – VirtuallyThatGuy

Posted on 26 April 20196 December 2022 by VirtuallyThatGuy

I often rebuild my lab and wanted to script something simple to recreate the VDS once I blast the lab. This is a very simple script I worked on to create my VDS environment and uplinks teaming.

Start-Transcript -Path C:\scripts\transcripts\create_vds_vmkDTCP-vDS-Switch.txt

#### Create Portgroups for vDS
Import-Module vmware.vimautomation.core
#Connect-VIServer DTCP-vc01.lab.local, DTCP-vc01.lab.local
Connect-VIServer uk3P-vc01.lab.local, ntcP-vc01.lab.local -User "rboadi@lab.local" -Password "StandUpIfYouHateTottenham"

$myDatacenter = Get-Datacenter -Name "LON-Datacenter"
New-VDSwitch -Name "DTCP-vDS-Switch" -Location $myDatacenter -NumUplinkPorts 6 -Version 6.0.0

# Set the VDS Name to variable
$vds = "DTCP-vDS-Switch"
$vdsname = get-vdswitch $vds

Get-vdswitch $vdsname | New-VDPortgroup -name 'Management_DTCP' -NumPorts 6 -PortBinding Ephemeral
get-vdswitch $vdsname | Get-VDPortgroup Management_DTCP | Get-VDUplinkTeamingPolicy | Set-VDUplinkTeamingPolicy -UnusedUplinkPort 'dvUplink3', 'dvUplink4', 'dvUplink5', 'dvUplink6'
get-vdswitch $vdsname | Get-VDPortgroup Management_DTCP| Get-VDUplinkTeamingPolicy | Set-VDUplinkTeamingPolicy -ActiveUplinkPort 'dvUplink1', 'dvUplink2'

Get-vdswitch $vdsname | New-VDPortgroup -name 'vMotion_DTCP' -NumPorts 6 -PortBinding Ephemeral
get-vdswitch $vdsname | Get-VDPortgroup vMotion_DTCP | Get-VDUplinkTeamingPolicy | Set-VDUplinkTeamingPolicy -UnusedUplinkPort 'dvUplink1', 'dvUplink2', 'dvUplink5', 'dvUplink6'
get-vdswitch $vdsname | Get-VDPortgroup vMotion_DTCP | Get-VDUplinkTeamingPolicy | Set-VDUplinkTeamingPolicy -ActiveUplinkPort 'dvUplink3', 'dvUplink4'

#### VM Networks

Get-vdswitch $vdsname | New-VDPortgroup -name 'DTCP-Windows-vDS' -NumPorts 6 -PortBinding Ephemeral
get-vdswitch $vdsname | Get-VDPortgroup DTCP-Windows-vDS | Get-VDUplinkTeamingPolicy | Set-VDUplinkTeamingPolicy -UnusedUplinkPort 'dvUplink1', 'dvUplink2', 'dvUplink3', 'dvUplink4'
get-vdswitch $vdsname | Get-VDPortgroup DTCP-Windows-vDS | Get-VDUplinkTeamingPolicy | Set-VDUplinkTeamingPolicy -ActiveUplinkPort 'dvUplink5', 'dvUplink6'

Get-vdswitch $vdsname | New-VDPortgroup -name 'DTCP-Linux-vDS' -NumPorts 6 -PortBinding Ephemeral
get-vdswitch $vdsname | Get-VDPortgroup DTCP-Linux-vDS | Get-VDUplinkTeamingPolicy | Set-VDUplinkTeamingPolicy -UnusedUplinkPort 'dvUplink1', 'dvUplink2', 'dvUplink3', 'dvUplink4'
get-vdswitch $vdsname | Get-VDPortgroup DTCP-Linux-vDS | Get-VDUplinkTeamingPolicy | Set-VDUplinkTeamingPolicy -ActiveUplinkPort 'dvUplink5', 'dvUplink6'

Get-vdswitch $vdsname | New-VDPortgroup -name 'DTCP-Appliance-vDS' -NumPorts 6 -PortBinding Ephemeral
get-vdswitch $vdsname | Get-VDPortgroup DTCP-Appliance-vDS | Get-VDUplinkTeamingPolicy | Set-VDUplinkTeamingPolicy -UnusedUplinkPort 'dvUplink1', 'dvUplink2', 'dvUplink3', 'dvUplink4'
get-vdswitch $vdsname | Get-VDPortgroup DTCP-Appliance-vDS | Get-VDUplinkTeamingPolicy | Set-VDUplinkTeamingPolicy -ActiveUplinkPort 'dvUplink5', 'dvUplink6'

Get-vdswitch $vdsname | New-VDPortgroup -name 'DTCP-DMZ-vDS' -NumPorts 6 -PortBinding Ephemeral
get-vdswitch $vdsname | Get-VDPortgroup DTCP-DMZ-vDS | Get-VDUplinkTeamingPolicy | Set-VDUplinkTeamingPolicy -UnusedUplinkPort 'dvUplink1', 'dvUplink2', 'dvUplink3', 'dvUplink4'
get-vdswitch $vdsname | Get-VDPortgroup DTCP-DMZ-vDS | Get-VDUplinkTeamingPolicy | Set-VDUplinkTeamingPolicy -ActiveUplinkPort 'dvUplink5', 'dvUplink6'



#### iSCSI Networks


Get-vdswitch $vdsname | New-VDPortgroup -name 'iSCSI_1_DTCP' -NumPorts 6 -PortBinding Ephemeral
get-vdswitch $vdsname | Get-VDPortgroup iSCSI_1_DTCP | Get-VDUplinkTeamingPolicy | Set-VDUplinkTeamingPolicy -UnusedUplinkPort 'dvUplink1', 'dvUplink2', 'dvUplink3', 'dvUplink4', 'dvUplink6'
get-vdswitch $vdsname | Get-VDPortgroup iSCSI_1_DTCP | Get-VDUplinkTeamingPolicy | Set-VDUplinkTeamingPolicy -ActiveUplinkPort 'dvUplink7'

Get-vdswitch $vdsname | New-VDPortgroup -name 'iSCSI_2_DTCP' -NumPorts 6 -PortBinding Ephemeral
get-vdswitch $vdsname | Get-VDPortgroup iSCSI_2_DTCP | Get-VDUplinkTeamingPolicy | Set-VDUplinkTeamingPolicy -UnusedUplinkPort 'dvUplink1', 'dvUplink2', 'dvUplink3', 'dvUplink4', 'dvUplink5'
get-vdswitch $vdsname | Get-VDPortgroup iSCSI_2_DTCP | Get-VDUplinkTeamingPolicy | Set-VDUplinkTeamingPolicy -ActiveUplinkPort 'dvUplink8'

# List the vLANS after creation
Write-Host "`nPortgroups created. Now confirming settings" -ForegroundColor Cyan
Get-VDSwitch $vdsname | Get-VDPortgroup | select name, numports, portbinding, vlanconfiguration

Stop-Transcript
 


Start-Transcript​​ -Path​​ C:\scripts\transcripts\create_vds_vmkDTCP-vDS-Switch.txt

 

#### Create Portgroups for vDS

Import-Module​​ vmware.vimautomation.core

#Connect-VIServer DTCP-vc01.lab.local, DTCP-vc01.lab.local

Connect-VIServer​​ uk3P-vc01.lab.local,​​ ntcP-vc01.lab.local​​ -User​​ "rboadi@lab.local"​​ -Password​​ "StandUpIfYouHateTottenham"

 

$myDatacenter​​ =​​ Get-Datacenter​​ -Name​​ "LON-Datacenter"

New-VDSwitch​​ -Name​​ "DTCP-vDS-Switch"​​ -Location​​ $myDatacenter​​ -NumUplinkPorts​​ 6​​ -Version​​ 6.0.0

 

# Set the VDS Name to variable

$vds​​ =​​ "DTCP-vDS-Switch"

$vdsname​​ =​​ get-vdswitch​​ $vds

 

Get-vdswitch​​ $vdsname​​ |​​ New-VDPortgroup​​ -name​​ 'Management_DTCP'​​ -NumPorts​​ 6​​ -PortBinding​​ Ephemeral

get-vdswitch​​ $vdsname​​ |​​ Get-VDPortgroup​​ Management_DTCP​​ |​​ Get-VDUplinkTeamingPolicy​​ |​​ Set-VDUplinkTeamingPolicy​​ -UnusedUplinkPort​​ 'dvUplink3',​​ 'dvUplink4',​​ 'dvUplink5',​​ 'dvUplink6'

get-vdswitch​​ $vdsname​​ |​​ Get-VDPortgroup​​ Management_DTCP|​​ Get-VDUplinkTeamingPolicy​​ |​​ Set-VDUplinkTeamingPolicy​​ -ActiveUplinkPort​​ 'dvUplink1',​​ 'dvUplink2'

 

Get-vdswitch​​ $vdsname​​ |​​ New-VDPortgroup​​ -name​​ 'vMotion_DTCP'​​ -NumPorts​​ 6​​ -PortBinding​​ Ephemeral

get-vdswitch​​ $vdsname​​ |​​ Get-VDPortgroup​​ vMotion_DTCP​​ |​​ Get-VDUplinkTeamingPolicy​​ |​​ Set-VDUplinkTeamingPolicy​​ -UnusedUplinkPort​​ 'dvUplink1',​​ 'dvUplink2',​​ 'dvUplink5',​​ 'dvUplink6'

get-vdswitch​​ $vdsname​​ |​​ Get-VDPortgroup​​ vMotion_DTCP​​ |​​ Get-VDUplinkTeamingPolicy​​ |​​ Set-VDUplinkTeamingPolicy​​ -ActiveUplinkPort​​ 'dvUplink3',​​ 'dvUplink4'

 

#### VM Networks

 

Get-vdswitch​​ $vdsname​​ |​​ New-VDPortgroup​​ -name​​ 'DTCP-Windows-vDS'​​ -NumPorts​​ 6​​ -PortBinding​​ Ephemeral

get-vdswitch​​ $vdsname​​ |​​ Get-VDPortgroup​​ DTCP-Windows-vDS​​ |​​ Get-VDUplinkTeamingPolicy​​ |​​ Set-VDUplinkTeamingPolicy​​ -UnusedUplinkPort​​ 'dvUplink1',​​ 'dvUplink2',​​ 'dvUplink3',​​ 'dvUplink4'

get-vdswitch​​ $vdsname​​ |​​ Get-VDPortgroup​​ DTCP-Windows-vDS​​ |​​ Get-VDUplinkTeamingPolicy​​ |​​ Set-VDUplinkTeamingPolicy​​ -ActiveUplinkPort​​ 'dvUplink5',​​ 'dvUplink6'

 

Get-vdswitch​​ $vdsname​​ |​​ New-VDPortgroup​​ -name​​ 'DTCP-Linux-vDS'​​ -NumPorts​​ 6​​ -PortBinding​​ Ephemeral

get-vdswitch​​ $vdsname​​ |​​ Get-VDPortgroup​​ DTCP-Linux-vDS​​ |​​ Get-VDUplinkTeamingPolicy​​ |​​ Set-VDUplinkTeamingPolicy​​ -UnusedUplinkPort​​ 'dvUplink1',​​ 'dvUplink2',​​ 'dvUplink3',​​ 'dvUplink4'

get-vdswitch​​ $vdsname​​ |​​ Get-VDPortgroup​​ DTCP-Linux-vDS​​ |​​ Get-VDUplinkTeamingPolicy​​ |​​ Set-VDUplinkTeamingPolicy​​ -ActiveUplinkPort​​ 'dvUplink5',​​ 'dvUplink6'

 

Get-vdswitch​​ $vdsname​​ |​​ New-VDPortgroup​​ -name​​ 'DTCP-Appliance-vDS'​​ -NumPorts​​ 6​​ -PortBinding​​ Ephemeral

get-vdswitch​​ $vdsname​​ |​​ Get-VDPortgroup​​ DTCP-Appliance-vDS​​ |​​ Get-VDUplinkTeamingPolicy​​ |​​ Set-VDUplinkTeamingPolicy​​ -UnusedUplinkPort​​ 'dvUplink1',​​ 'dvUplink2',​​ 'dvUplink3',​​ 'dvUplink4'

get-vdswitch​​ $vdsname​​ |​​ Get-VDPortgroup​​ DTCP-Appliance-vDS​​ |​​ Get-VDUplinkTeamingPolicy​​ |​​ Set-VDUplinkTeamingPolicy​​ -ActiveUplinkPort​​ 'dvUplink5',​​ 'dvUplink6'

 

Get-vdswitch​​ $vdsname​​ |​​ New-VDPortgroup​​ -name​​ 'DTCP-DMZ-vDS'​​ -NumPorts​​ 6​​ -PortBinding​​ Ephemeral

get-vdswitch​​ $vdsname​​ |​​ Get-VDPortgroup​​ DTCP-DMZ-vDS​​ |​​ Get-VDUplinkTeamingPolicy​​ |​​ Set-VDUplinkTeamingPolicy​​ -UnusedUplinkPort​​ 'dvUplink1',​​ 'dvUplink2',​​ 'dvUplink3',​​ 'dvUplink4'

get-vdswitch​​ $vdsname​​ |​​ Get-VDPortgroup​​ DTCP-DMZ-vDS​​ |​​ Get-VDUplinkTeamingPolicy​​ |​​ Set-VDUplinkTeamingPolicy​​ -ActiveUplinkPort​​ 'dvUplink5',​​ 'dvUplink6'

 

 

 

#### iSCSI Networks

 

 

Get-vdswitch​​ $vdsname​​ |​​ New-VDPortgroup​​ -name​​ 'iSCSI_1_DTCP'​​ -NumPorts​​ 6​​ -PortBinding​​ Ephemeral

get-vdswitch​​ $vdsname​​ |​​ Get-VDPortgroup​​ iSCSI_1_DTCP​​ |​​ Get-VDUplinkTeamingPolicy​​ |​​ Set-VDUplinkTeamingPolicy​​ -UnusedUplinkPort​​ 'dvUplink1',​​ 'dvUplink2',​​ 'dvUplink3',​​ 'dvUplink4',​​ 'dvUplink6'

get-vdswitch​​ $vdsname​​ |​​ Get-VDPortgroup​​ iSCSI_1_DTCP​​ |​​ Get-VDUplinkTeamingPolicy​​ |​​ Set-VDUplinkTeamingPolicy​​ -ActiveUplinkPort​​ 'dvUplink7'

 

Get-vdswitch​​ $vdsname​​ |​​ New-VDPortgroup​​ -name​​ 'iSCSI_2_DTCP'​​ -NumPorts​​ 6​​ -PortBinding​​ Ephemeral

get-vdswitch​​ $vdsname​​ |​​ Get-VDPortgroup​​ iSCSI_2_DTCP​​ |​​ Get-VDUplinkTeamingPolicy​​ |​​ Set-VDUplinkTeamingPolicy​​ -UnusedUplinkPort​​ 'dvUplink1',​​ 'dvUplink2',​​ 'dvUplink3',​​ 'dvUplink4',​​ 'dvUplink5'

get-vdswitch​​ $vdsname​​ |​​ Get-VDPortgroup​​ iSCSI_2_DTCP​​ |​​ Get-VDUplinkTeamingPolicy​​ |​​ Set-VDUplinkTeamingPolicy​​ -ActiveUplinkPort​​ 'dvUplink8'

 

# List the vLANS after creation

Write-Host​​ "`nPortgroups created. Now confirming settings"​​ -ForegroundColor​​ Cyan

Get-VDSwitch​​ $vdsname​​ |​​ Get-VDPortgroup​​ |​​ select​​ name,​​ numports,​​ portbinding,​​ vlanconfiguration

 

Stop-Transcript

​​ 

 

Hope you find this helpful. You can upgrade your VDS to version 6.5.0 then after. I chose version 6.0.0 as I have ESXi 6.0.0 in the lab.

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