Static IP address not assigned to NIC

Question

Hello,
When I try to create a VM from shell using the following command :
New-SCVirtualMachine -Name Test -VMTemplate "Windows 2012_R2" -VMHost "INPX-VX2" -Path "\\INPX-SC1.INPX.DOMAIN\FileShare1" -HardwareProfile HP1
It creates the VM successfully but no static IP gets assigned to VM NIC from IP Pool. Although in both Template and Hardware profile, I have chosen "Static IP (from a static pool)" option.
I verified option "Static IP (from a static pool)" is checked in NIC configuration when VM is created, but as there are no IP addresses assigned to NIC in connection details, windows is unable to set the IP address on NIC and stays on DHCP auto
configuration.
If I use SCVMM admin console wizard to create VM using the same Template and Hardware profile, it works properly and an IP from pool gets assigned to VM NIC.
any ideas ?
Regards

Answer 1

At the end of the new VM wizard it will give you very verbose PowerShell to do the same with PowerShell.
The SCVMM wizard presented PowerShell is more verbose than you actually need to achieve the same task in reality.
The IP from the pool does not happen automagically as you may expect when you use PowerShell.  Yes, right there your intuition dies.
Learn. Apply. Repeat.
Here is the whole script given by SCVMM :
New-SCVirtualScsiAdapter -VMMServer localhost -JobGroup d36afd3d-1bbd-42b7-a053-7dd13c314076 -AdapterID 7 -ShareVirtualScsiAdapter $false -ScsiControllerType DefaultTypeNoType
New-SCVirtualDVDDrive -VMMServer localhost -JobGroup d36afd3d-1bbd-42b7-a053-7dd13c314076 -Bus 0 -LUN 1
$VMSubnet = Get-SCVMSubnet -VMMServer localhost -Name "VMNetwork" | where {$_.VMNetwork.ID -eq "90f79e22-076f-480e-8fd5-edad7f3000de"}
$VMNetwork = Get-SCVMNetwork -VMMServer localhost -Name "VMNetwork180" -ID "90f79e22-076f-480e-8fd5-edad7f3000de"
New-SCVirtualNetworkAdapter -VMMServer localhost -JobGroup d36afd3d-1bbd-42b7-a053-7dd13c314076 -MACAddress "00:00:00:00:00:00" -MACAddressType Static -VirtualNetwork "LogicalSwitch" -VLanEnabled $true -VLanID 180 -Synthetic -EnableVMNetworkOptimization $false -EnableMACAddressSpoofing $false -EnableGuestIPNetworkVirtualizationUpdates $false -IPv4AddressType Static -IPv6AddressType Dynamic -VMSubnet $VMSubnet -VMNetwork $VMNetwork
$CPUType = Get-SCCPUType -VMMServer localhost | where {$_.Name -eq "3.60 GHz Xeon (2 MB L2 cache)"}
New-SCHardwareProfile -VMMServer localhost -CPUType $CPUType -Name "Profile515f7ce1-b3ad-4958-86c0-744ec6af7f2c" -Description "Profile used to create a VM/Template" -CPUCount 2 -MemoryMB 2048 -DynamicMemoryEnabled $false -MemoryWeight 5000 -CPUExpectedUtilizationPercent 20 -DiskIops 0 -CPUMaximumPercent 100 -CPUReserve 0 -NumaIsolationRequired $false -NetworkUtilizationMbps 0 -CPURelativeWeight 100 -HighlyAvailable $true -HAVMPriority 2000 -DRProtectionRequired $false -SecureBootEnabled $true -CPULimitFunctionality $false -CPULimitForMigration $false -Generation 2 -JobGroup d36afd3d-1bbd-42b7-a053-7dd13c314076
$Template = Get-SCVMTemplate -VMMServer localhost -ID "70196f68-2c33-4b91-b7b0-d186981e9fbd" | where {$_.Name -eq "Windows 2012_R2"}
$HardwareProfile = Get-SCHardwareProfile -VMMServer localhost | where {$_.Name -eq "Profile515f7ce1-b3ad-4958-86c0-744ec6af7f2c"}
$OperatingSystem = Get-SCOperatingSystem -VMMServer localhost -ID "50b66974-c64a-4a06-b05a-7e6610c579a2" | where {$_.Name -eq "Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard"}
New-SCVMTemplate -Name "Temporary Template402973de-52f2-4bf6-95eb-136d354d70b2" -Template $Template -HardwareProfile $HardwareProfile -JobGroup 965000c2-09f5-4dd6-bd60-5f60aeea8258 -ComputerName "*" -TimeZone 4 -LocalAdministratorCredential $null -FullName "" -OrganizationName "" -Workgroup "WORKGROUP" -AnswerFile $null -OperatingSystem $OperatingSystem
$template = Get-SCVMTemplate -All | where { $_.Name -eq "Temporary Template402973de-52f2-4bf6-95eb-136d354d70b2" }
$virtualMachineConfiguration = New-SCVMConfiguration -VMTemplate $template -Name "VM3"
Write-Output $virtualMachineConfiguration
$vmHost = Get-SCVMHost -ID "e28a506a-4cf5-4a19-9b55-3c3e70547180"
Set-SCVMConfiguration -VMConfiguration $virtualMachineConfiguration -VMHost $vmHost
Update-SCVMConfiguration -VMConfiguration $virtualMachineConfiguration
Set-SCVMConfiguration -VMConfiguration $virtualMachineConfiguration -VMLocation "\\INTX-SC1.INTX.DOMAIN\FileShare1\" -PinVMLocation $true
$AllNICConfigurations = Get-SCVirtualNetworkAdapterConfiguration -VMConfiguration $virtualMachineConfiguration
Update-SCVMConfiguration -VMConfiguration $virtualMachineConfiguration
New-SCVirtualMachine -Name "VM3" -VMConfiguration $virtualMachineConfiguration -Description "" -BlockDynamicOptimization $false -JobGroup "965000c2-09f5-4dd6-bd60-5f60aeea8258" -ReturnImmediately -StartAction "NeverAutoTurnOnVM" -StopAction "SaveVM"
I checked every line and there is nothing specifying an IP address to be assigned to NIC. Please correct me if I am wrong.
All of the configuration about NIC in above script is also available in hardware profile. so the VM that I get from my 1 line command is exactly the same as what this script creates. the only difference is that mine gets no IP address.