How To: VMFLEET

#Create new virtual disks for VMFleet by running this command:

Get-ClusterNode |% { New-Volume -StoragePoolFriendlyName S2D* -FriendlyName $_ -FileSystem CSVFS_ReFS -Size  300GB}

#Create new volume for VMFleet files with friendly name Collect:

New-Volume -StoragePoolFriendlyName S2D* -FriendlyName Collect -FileSystem CSVFS_ReFS -Size 500GB

#Install VMFleet by running the following one-liner:

.\install-vmfleet.ps1 -Source C:\VMFleet\diskspd-master\diskspd-master\Frameworks\VMFleet

#Copy the DISKSPD.exe to the Tools folder:

Copy-Item c:\diskspd\diskspd.exe -Destination c:\clusterstorage\collect\control\tools

#Copy gold image (VHDX) with Windows Server 2016 Core (not sysprepped) to the Collect folder:

Copy-Item C:\ClusterStorage\Volume03_test\VMFleet-Gold\VMFleet-Gold_disk_1.vhdx -Destination C:\ClusterStorage\Collect

# Run update-csv.ps1 script to manage the placement of CSV volumes and VMs per a naming convention.

# This script also changes ownership of test CSV volumes if required.

.\update-csv.ps1 -renamecsvmounts $true

# Start creating VMs for VMfleet environment.

# In the following example, 15 VMs will be created on each host,

# adminpass represents my local administrator password used in the gold image

#  connectuser and connectpass are credentials with cluster management rights:

.\create-vmfleet.ps1 -basevhd 'C:\ClusterStorage\Collect\VMFleet-Gold_disk_1.vhdx'-vms 15 `

-adminpass 'Pass123' -connectuser 'DOMAIN\USER' -connectpass "SAFEPASSWORD"

#Once VMs are created, change their configuration if required:

.\set-vmfleet.ps1 -ProcessorCount 2 -MemoryStartupBytes 4GB `

-MemoryMinimumBytes 4GB -MemoryMaximumBytes 4GB