Power CLI -Autodeploy - Adding Autodeploy Rules for Hosts in out-of-service Cluster

Autodeploy - Adding Autodeploy Rules for Hosts in out-of-service Cluster

1. Put the ESXi hosts into the out-of-service cluster
2. Run this power cli script below, which will automatically create auto deploy rules for all hosts in the out-of-service cluster

Save to out-of-service.ps1 and execute:

Add-EsxSoftwareDepot -DepotUrl http://repo.mhint/esxi/ESXi-5.0.0-20131101001 $prof = Get-EsxImageProfile -Name ESXi-5.0.0-20131101001 $cluster = Get-Cluster -Name out-of-service   foreach ($myHost in get-VMHost -Location out-of-service) {     # Display the ESXi Host that you are applying the changes to     Write-Host '$myHost = ' $myHost           # lookup the IP address     $esxip = [System.Net.Dns]::GetHostAddresses("$myHost") | Select -ExpandProperty IPAddressToString       # Create the deploy rule     Write-Host 'Adding deploy rule for' $myHost.Name '-' $esxip     New-DeployRule -Name $myHost.Name -Pattern ipv4=$esxip -Item $prof,$cluster       # add it     Add-DeployRule $myHost.Name -At 0     Write-Host 'Deploy rule successfully added for' $myHost.Name '-' $esxip }