Hyper-V Manager

PowerShell module that supports easier management of Hyper-V machines, especially virtual machines created by Packer

Installation

Clone this repository to your powershell module path, e.g.: C:\Users\username\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\Hyper-V-Manager or $env:PSModulePath or $PROFILE/../Modules. Then run Import-Module Hyper-V-Manager -Force.

Building images with Packer

Create base images

In packer directory you can find windows_server_2022-base.pkr.hcl file. This file is used to create base image for Hyper-V. You can run it with packer build windows_server_2022-base.pkr.hcl or packer build -var 'type=code' windows_server_2022-base.pkr.hcl command. Base image should not be imported to Hyper-V Manager, it is used as a base for other images.

packer build windows_server_2022-base.pkr.hcl
packer build -var 'type=code' windows_server_2022-base.pkr.hcl
packer build -var 'type=desktop' windows_server_2022-base.pkr.hcl

Create example images

In packer directory you can find example-core.pkr.hcl and example-desktop.pkr.hcl files. These files are used to create example images for Hyper-V. You can run it with packer build example-core.pkr.hcl or packer build example-desktop.pkr.hcl command.

packer build example-core.pkr.hcl
packer build example-desktop.pkr.hcl

Import and start output images with Hyper-V Manager

After creating images with Packer, you can import them to Hyper-V Manager with Invoke-HyperVManager function.

Invoke-HyperVManager start output-hvm_example_core
or
Invoke-HyperVManager start ./packer/output-hvm_example_core

Invoke-HyperVManager start output-hvm_example_desktop
or
Invoke-HyperVManager start ./packer/output-hvm_example_desktop

Force import during development

Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope Process
$ExecutionContext.SessionState.LanguageMode

Import-Module Hyper-V-Manager -Force -Verbose
Update-Help -Force

Remove-Module Hyper-V-Manager -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
$env:PSModulePath = [System.Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable("PSModulePath","Machine")
Invoke-HyperVManager help