How to Create a Virtual Machine in Windows 10 using Hyper-V Manager, PowerShell, and Quick Create.
Create a Virtual Machine with a Hyper-V Manager console
1. Start your Hyper-V Manager Console and click Новачок;
2. In the drop-down list select Virtual Machine;
3. In the new window press Далі;
4. Enter the name of your VM, в моєму випадку 21-109-10-sccm.
ПРИМІТКА: At this stage, you may change the folder in which vm config files store. Or use default settings as I.
Натисніть Далі;
5. Select the Generation of your VM. (for old Windows, Linux better to use Generation 1). I use Generation 2. Натисніть Далі;
6. Enter the memory size for your VM. (You may set Use Dynamic Memory for this machine). Натисніть Далі;
7. Select an early-prepared network connection. In this deployment, I use External. Натисніть Далі;
8. Create a new one, use existing VHD(X), or select Attach a virtual hard disk later (to attach later). My VM Generation 2, so it uses VHDX format. Натисніть Далі;
9. Select from where you installed Operating System to VM or select Install an operating system later. I use prepared *.iso of Windows 10 1607 x64 EN, stored in folder D:\ISO. Натисніть Далі;
10. Check summary information and click Finish;
11. Our VM was created!
But don’t hurry run it. You can do more in-depth configuration.
Create a Virtual Machine with Windows PowerShell
If you want to build a large-scale virtual environment with multiple VMs running at the same time, PowerShell is the tool to choose.
1. бігти Windows PowerShell (адмін).
2. Run the following script:
New-VM -Name <Ім'я> -Path <Path> -NewVHDPath <VHDPath> NewVHDSizeBytes <Memory> -Generation <Generation> -MemoryStartupBytes <Memory> -SwitchName <SwitchName>
3. Check in Hyper-V Manager to verify whether the VM has been created.
The PowerShell script can be extended by including additional configuration options. Наприклад, you can set up the VM memory by including the following cmdlets:
Set-VM -Name <Ім'я> -ProcessorCount <Number of Processors> -DynamicMemory -MemoryMinimumBytes <Memory> -MemoryStartupBytes <Memory> -MemoryMaximumBytes <Memory>
To explore other PowerShell cmdlets and how they can help in managing a virtual environment, run this command:
Get-Command -Module hyper-v | Out-GridView
You will see a list of all PowerShell commands, which you can include in your script.
Create a Virtual Machine with Hyper-V Quick Create
Hyper-V Quick Create was specifically designed to make the process of creating VMs even easier and faster, as it can be completed in just a few clicks.
1. Open Hyper-V Quick Create;
2. Select an OS from the list on the left, or install a guest OS from an ISO image file (.iso) or a VHD file (.vhd or .vhdx) by clicking Local installation source;
3. Натисніть Change Installation Source and select the required file. The Secure Boot option can be checked only if the VM will run Windows;
4. Натисніть More options in the lower right corner;
5. Type the name of the VM;
6. Choose the virtual switch;
4. Натисніть Create Virtual Machine to start the process.
