Part 1: Creating Hyper-V Guest VM From a Virtual Disk

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# createHyperVGuestVmFromDisk.ps1
# Version 0.02
# The intent of this script is to create a Hyper-V Guest VM basing on existing backup VHDX file(s)
 
$sourceVhdx='\\FILESERVER008\_Images\Windows2019_Image.vhdx'
$destinationFolder='\\VIRTUALMACHINES\STAGE'
$network='External-Connection'
$vlan='3000'
 
$newVmName='TESTVM009'
$memory='8GB'
$cpus=4
$secureBoot=$true # Windows: True, Linux: False
$extraDisks=@($null) # $extraDisks=@('test')
$generation=2
$deleteSourceDisks=$true
$onlineVm=$true
 
function createHyperVGuestVmFromDisk{
  param(
      $sourceVhdx,
      $newVmName,
      $destinationFolder,
      $memory='4GB',
      $cpus=2,
      $network,
      $vlan,
      $extraDisks=$null,
      $generation=2,
      $secureBoot=$false,
      $onlineVm=$true,
      $deleteSourceDisks=$false
  )
  $ErrorActionPreference = 'stop'
   
  function confirmation($content,$testValue="I confirm",$maxAttempts=3){
    $confirmed=$false
    $cancelCondition=@('cancel','no','exit','nope')
    $attempts=0
    clear-host
    write-host $($content|out-string).trim()
    write-host "`r`nPlease review this content for accuracy.`r`n"
    while ($attempts -le $maxAttempts){
        if($attempts++ -ge $maxAttempts){
            write-host "A maximum number of attempts have reached. No confirmations received!`r`n"
            break;
            }
        $userInput = Read-Host -Prompt "Please type in this value => $testValue <= to confirm. Input CANCEL to skip this item";
        if ($userInput.ToLower() -eq $testValue.ToLower()){
            $confirmed=$true;
            write-host "Confirmed!`r`n";
            break;               
        }elseif($userInput.tolower() -in $cancelCondition){
            write-host 'Cancel command received.'
            $confirmed=$false
            break
        }else{
            clear-host
            $content|write-host
            write-host "Attempt number $attempts of $maxAttempts`: $userInput does not match $testValue. Try again or Input CANCEL to skip this item`r`n"
            }
        }
    return $confirmed
  }
 
  try{
      $newFolder="$destinationFolder\$newVmName"
      if(!(test-path $newFolder)){new-item -ItemType Directory -Path $newFolder -force}             
      $newVhdx="$newFolder\$newVmName`_disk0.vhdx"
      if(!(test-path $newVhdx)){
          New-Item -ItemType File -Path $newVhdx -Force # touch before copying contents
          Copy-Item -Path $sourceVhdx -Destination $newVhdx
      }else{
          write-warning "Volume $newVhdx already exists. Thus, that VMDK will be used instead of a clone."
      }
      New-VM -Name $newVmName `
              -MemoryStartupBytes $($memory/1) `
              -BootDevice VHD `
              -VHDPath $newVhdx `
              -Path $newFolder `
              -Generation $generation `
              -Switch $network        
      if($vlan){Set-VMNetworkAdapterVlan -VMName $newVmName -Access -VlanId $vlan}
              if($cpus -gt 1){Set-VMProcessor $newVmName -Count $cpus}
      Set-VMProcessor $newVmName -CompatibilityForMigrationEnabled $true
      if(!$secureBoot){Set-VMFirmware -VMName $newVmName -DisableSecureBoot}
      # Adding disks (optional)
      if($extraDisks){
          for($i=0;$i -lt $extraDisks.count;$i++){
            $extraDisk=$extraDisks[$i]
            $isvalidDisk=if(test-path $extraDisk){$extraDisk}else{$null}
            if($isvalidDisk){
              $newDiskPath=(join-path $destinationFolder $vmName) + "\$vmName`_disk$($i+1).vmdk"
              if(!(test-path $newDiskPath)){
                New-Item -ItemType File -Path $newDiskPath -Force # touch before copying contents
                Copy-Item -Path $extraDisk -Destination $newDiskPath
              }else{
                  write-warning "Volume $newDiskPath already exists. Thus, that VMDK will be used instead of a copy."
              }             
              Add-VMHardDiskDrive -VMName $newVmName -Path $newDiskPath
            }else{
              write-warning "Disk path '$extraDisk' in invalid."
            }
          }
      }else{
        write-host "$newVmName has no extra disks to attach."
      }
      $disksToRemove=[array]$extraDisks+$sourceVhdx|?{$_} # join string to array and remove empty entries
      foreach($diskToRemove in $disksToRemove){
        $confirmed=confirmation "Remove source disk $diskToRemove"
        if($confirmed){
          remove-item $diskToRemove -force
        }else{
          write-host "$diskToRemove NOT removed."
        }
      }
      if($onlineVm){
          start-vm $newVmName
      }
      return $true
  }catch{
      write-warning "$($error[0])"
      return $false
  }
}
 
createHyperVGuestVmFromDisk $sourceVhdx `
  $newVmName `
  $destinationFolder `
  $memory `
  $cpus `
  $network `
  $vlan `
  $extraDisks `
  $generation `
  $secureBoot `
  $onlineVm `
  $deleteSourceDisk

Part 2: Adding New VM to Cluster

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function addVmToCluster{
    param($vmNames,$targetCluster)
    $results=@()
    foreach ($vmName in $vmNames){
        try{
            #Start-VM -Name $vmName -EA Stop
            if(!$targetCluster){$targetCluster=(get-cluster -ea SilentlyContinue).Name}
            if($targetCluster){
                $null=Add-ClusterVirtualMachineRole -Cluster $targetCluster -VirtualMachine $vmName -EA Stop
                $results+=[hashtable]@{$vmName=$true}
            }else{
                write-host "No clusters defined."
                $results+=[hashtable]@{$vmName=$false}
                }
            $moved=if(get-cluster -ea SilentlyContinue){Move-ClusterVirtualMachineRole $newVmName}else{$false}
            if($moved){write-host "'$newVmname' has been moved to $($moved.OwnerNode)"}
        }catch{
            write-warning "$($error[0])"
            $results+=[hashtable]@{$vmName=$false}
            }
    }
    return $results
}
 
addVmToCluster $newVmName

Possible Error Message:

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Microsoft Hyper-V UEFI
 
Virtual Machine Boot Summary
 
1.SCSI Disk (0,0) the boot loader did not load an operating system
2. Network adapter (00155D406142) a boot image was not found
 
No operating system was loaded. Your virtual machine may be configured incorrectly. Exit and rec-configure your VM or click restart to retry the current boot sequence again.

Resolution:

The case where this error has been thrown has been associated with an incorrect virtual machine generation type. Hence, the resolution has been:

A. Convert Generation 2 machine type back to Generation 1 as the original source disk VM must match its re-creation.
B. The misconfigured VM must be ‘deleted’ and re-created as a Generation 1 VM.

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# Converting Generation 2 virtual disk to Gen 1
$diskFile='\\VIRTUALMACHINES\HyperV\originalDisk_gen2.vhdx'
$fixedFile='\\VIRTUALMACHINES\HyperV\originalDisk_gen1.vhdx'
Convert-VHD -Path $diskFile -DestinationPath $fixedFile -VHDType Dynamic
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