Create-ReferenceVHDX.ps1

1. # Create-ReferenceVHDX.ps1
2. # Script that will create a reference VHDX for later VM Creation
3. # Version 1.0.0 - 14 Jan 2013
5. # Define a function to create a reference VHDX.
7. Function Create-ReferenceVHDX {
9. [Cmdletbinding()]
10. Param (
11. # ISO of OS
12. [string] $Iso = 'C:\downloads\9200.16384.120725-1247_x64frev_Server_Datacenter_VL_HRM_SSS_X64FREV_EN-US_DVD.iso',
14. # Path to reference VHD
15. [string] $RefVHDXPath = "C:\vhd\Ref2012.vhdx"
16. )
18. # Get start time
19. $StartTime = Get-Date
20. Write-Verbose "Beginning at $StartTime"
22. #--------------------------------------------------+
23. # Mount an ISO and check out available OS versions!
24. #--------------------------------------------------+
26. # Import the DISM module
27. Write-Verbose 'Loading DISM module' -Verbose:$false
28. Import-Module -Name DISM -Verbose:$False
30. # Mount the OS ISO image onto the local machine
31. Write-Verbose "Mounting ISO image [$iso]"
32. Mount-DiskImage -ImagePath $iso
34. # Get the Volume the Image is mounted to
35. Write-Verbose 'Getting disk image of the ISO'
36. $ISOImage = Get-DiskImage -ImagePath $ISO | Get-Volume
37. Write-Verbose "Got disk image [$($ISOImage.DriveLetter)]"
39. # And get the drive Letter of the dirve where the image is mounted
40. # add the drive letter separator (:)
41. $ISODrive = [string]$ISOImage.DriveLetter+":"
42. Write-Verbose "OS ISO mounted on drive letter [$ISODrive]"
44. # Next we will get the installation versions from the install.wim.
45. # $Indexlist is the index of WIMs on the DVD - display the versions
46. # available in the DVD and let user select the one to serve as the base
47. # image - probably DataCentre Full Install
48. $IndexList = Get-WindowsImage -ImagePath $ISODrive\sources\install.wim
49. Write-Verbose 'Got Index list - displaying it now!'
51. # Display the list and return the index
52. $item = $IndexList | Out-GridView -OutputMode Single
53. $index = $item.ImageIndex
54. Write-Verbose "Selected image index [$index]"
56. #---------------------------------+
57. # Create a Reference Image !
58. #---------------------------------+
60. # Create the VHDX for the reference image
61. $VMDisk01 = New-VHD –Path $RefVHDXPath -SizeBytes 15GB
62. Write-Verbose "Created VHDX File [$($vmdisk01.path)]"
64. # Get the disk number
65. Mount-DiskImage -ImagePath $RefVHDXPath
66. $VHDDisk = Get-DiskImage -ImagePath $RefVHDXPath | Get-Disk
67. $VHDDiskNumber = [string]$VHDDisk.Number
68. Write-Verbose "IReference image is on disk number [$VhddiskNumber]"
70. # Create a New Partition
71. Initialize-Disk -Number $VHDDiskNumber -PartitionStyle MBR
72. $VHDDrive = New-Partition -DiskNumber $VHDDiskNumber -UseMaximumSize -AssignDriveLetter -IsActive | Format-Volume -Confirm:$false
73. $VHDVolume = [string]$VHDDrive.DriveLetter+":"
74. Write-Verbose "VHD drive [$vhddrive], Vhd volume [$vhdvolume]"
76. # Execute DISM to apply image to base disk
77. Write-Verbose 'Using DISM to apply image to the volume'
78. Write-Verbose 'This will take some time'
79. Dism.exe /apply-Image /ImageFile:$ISODrive\Sources\install.wim /index:$Index /ApplyDir:$VHDVolume\
81. # Execute BCDBoot so volume will boot
82. Write-Verbose 'Setting BCDBoot'
83. BCDBoot.exe $VHDVolume\Windows /s $VHDVolume /f BIOS
85. # Dismount the Images
86. Write-Verbose "Dismounting ISO and new disk"
87. Dismount-DiskImage -ImagePath $ISO
88. Dismount-DiskImage -ImagePath $RefVHDXPath
90. Write-Verbose "Created Reference Disk [$RefVHDXPath]"
91. Get-ChildItem $RefVHDXPath
93. $FinishTime = Get-Date
94. $tt= $FinishTime - $StartTime
95. Write-Verbose "Finishing at $FinishTime"
96. Write-verbose "Creating base image took [$($tt.totalminutes)] minutes"
97. } # End of Create-ReferenceVHDX
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100. # CHECK THESE PATHS ===== CHECK THESE PATHS ===== CHECK THESE PATHS ===== CHECK THESE PATHS #
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102. # CHECK THESE PATHS ===== CHECK THESE PATHS ===== CHECK THESE PATHS ===== CHECK THESE PATHS #
103. # Path to Server 2012 DVD
104. $iso = 'C:\Builds\9200.16384.120725-1247_x64frev_Server_Datacenter_VL_HRM_SSS_X64FREV_EN-US_DVD.iso'
105. # PathTo the reference VDHX is to go
106. $refvhdxpath = 'C:\V3\ref2012.vhdx'
107. # CHECK THESE PATHS ===== CHECK THESE PATHS ===== CHECK THESE PATHS ===== CHECK THESE PATHS #
108. # CHECK THESE PATHS ===== CHECK THESE PATHS ===== CHECK THESE PATHS ===== CHECK THESE PATHS #
109. # CHECK THESE PATHS ===== CHECK THESE PATHS ===== CHECK THESE PATHS ===== CHECK THESE PATHS #
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113. Create-ReferenceVHDX -iso $iso -RefVHDXPath $RefVHDXPath -Verbose