I have a set of vms in a csv file which I am trying to modify vm advanced settings and unregister and register back as new name in different resource pool but i am failing to remove cloud.uuid and make the network adapter mac as automatic while reconfigvm ($registernewvravm.ExtensionData.ReconfigVM($vmConfigSpec))
$csvimportvms=Import-Csv -Path C:Usersvk185112Desktopvinvappvcloudvms.csv foreach($vcloudvmscsv in $csvimportvms){ $registernewvravm= Get-VM $vcloudvmscsv.OldVMName $nicName= Get-NetworkAdapter -VM $registernewvravm $vmConfigSpec = New-Object VMware.Vim.VirtualMachineConfigSpec $dev = New-Object VMware.Vim.VirtualDeviceConfigSpec $vmConfigSpec.extraconfig += New-Object VMware.Vim.optionvalue $vmConfigSpec.extraconfig[0].Key="cloud.uuid" $vmConfigSpec.extraconfig[0].Value=$null $dev.operation = "edit" $registernewvravm.ExtensionData.Config.Hardware.Device | where {$_.DeviceInfo.Label -eq $nicName.Name} | %{ $dev.device = $_ if($dev.device.addressType -eq "manual"){ $dev.device.addressType= 'assigned' $dev.Device.MacAddress = $null } } $vmConfigSpec.DeviceChange += $dev $registernewvravm.ExtensionData.ReconfigVM($vmConfigSpec) Remove-VM -VM $registernewvravm.name -DeleteFromDisk:$false -Confirm:$false -RunAsync $newVM = New-VM -VMFilePath $registernewvravm.ExtensionData.Config.Files.VmPathName -ResourcePool $vcloudvmscsv.NewResourcePool -Name $vcloudvmscsv.NewVMName Start-VM -vm $newVM Get-VMQuestion -vm $newVM | Set-VMQuestion -Option "button.uuid.movedTheVM" -Confirm:$false }
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csv file