Re: How to Script making Linked Clones?

Sure, try something like this

$vmName="server01"
$snapName="Master"
$cloneName="cloned-$vmName"
$esxName="MyEsx"
$dsName="datastore1"

$vm=Get-VM-Name$vmName
if($vm.PowerState-eq"PoweredOff"){
  Try {
    $snap=Get-Snapshot-Name$snapName-VM$vm-ErrorActionStop
  }
  Catch {
    $snap=New-Snapshot-Name$snapName-VM$vm
  }
  
  $cloneParams=@{
    Name=$cloneName
    VM=$vm
    ReferenceSnapshot=$snap
    LinkedClone=$true
    VMHost=$esxName
    Datastore=$dsName
  }
  New-VM@cloneParams
}