Using OS customization specifications

OS customization specifications are XML files that contain guest operating system settings—such as the computer name, network settings, and license settings—for virtual machines.

Let's get a list of all the OS customization specifications cmdlets:

PowerCLI C:\> Get-Command –Noun OSCustomization* |
>> Select-Object –Property Name
>>

The output of the preceding command is as follows:

Name
----
Get-OSCustomizationNicMapping
Get-OSCustomizationSpec
New-OSCustomizationNicMapping
New-OSCustomizationSpec
Remove-OSCustomizationNicMapping
Remove-OSCustomizationSpec
Set-OSCustomizationNicMapping
Set-OSCustomizationSpec

To create an OS customization specification or to clone an existing one, you have to use the New-OSCustomizationSpec cmdlet. This cmdlet has the following syntaxes:

New-OSCustomizationSpec [-OSType <String>] [-Server <VIServer[]>] [-Name <String>] [-Type <OSCustomizationSpecType>] [-DnsServer <String[]&gt...