adding a vmnic to vswitch0

[TSWintel]

i am trying to add a vmnic to vswitch0 , which is the management switch using the following

$vs = Get-virtualSwitch -Name Vswitch0 -VMHOST (Get-VMHOST 10.4.50.200)

Set-VirtualSwitch -virtualswitch vswitch0 -Nic Vmnic3

but i think the whole syntax is wrong can someone point me in the right direction

thanks

[LucD]

Nearly correct, the -VirtualSwitch parameter in the Set-VirtualSwitch cmdlet should be a VirtualSwitchImpl object.

You should have done

$vs = Get-virtualSwitch -Name Vswitch0 -VMHOST (Get-VMHOST 10.4.50.200)
Set-VirtualSwitch -virtualswitch $vs -Nic Vmnic3

Or by using the pipeline

Get-virtualSwitch -Name Vswitch0 -VMHOST (Get-VMHOST 10.4.50.200) | Set-VirtualSwitch -Nic Vmnic3

[TSWintel]

when i run the above line i get the following

Set-VirtualSwitch : 22/09/2009 09:47:29 Set-VirtualSwitch 52a469d4-6ed9-d

a28-6fa2-c3d0e1502a6d The object or item referred to could not be found.

At C:\vmlog\vhsp0019.ps1:86 char:87

+ Get-virtualSwitch -Name Vswitch0 -VMHOST (Get-VMHOST 10.72.107.38) | Set-Virt

ualSwitch <<<< -Nic Vmnic3

does the error means it canot find Vswitch0 ??

thanks

[LucD]

No, it probably means that the name of the NIC was not correct.

Note that these names are case-sensitive.

It should probably be

$vs = Get-virtualSwitch -Name Vswitch0 -VMHOST (Get-VMHOST 10.4.50.200)
Set-VirtualSwitch -virtualswitch $vs -Nic vmnic3

Which is strange because this is apparently not the case for he vSwitch name (which is most probably vSwitch0).

A feature of the cmdlet ?

[TSWintel]

hi

thanks its working now ,need to pay more attention to case

thanks

[sastre]

A word to some; make sure that you also include any other NIC that you already have added on the vSwitch or you may lose networking :smileylaugh:

I had vSwitch0 with VMNIC0 in use already and ran:

Get-VirtualSwitch -Name vSwitch0 -VMHost $esxiHost | Set-VirtualSwitch -Nic vmnic1 -Confirm:$false

... then I lost connectivity to the host as it overwrote the configuration.

To perform it correctly I used:

Get-VirtualSwitch -Name vSwitch0 -VMHost $esxiHost | Set-VirtualSwitch -Nic vmnic0,vmnic1 -Confirm:$false