topic Using Set-SMHVDataset to bulk add VM's in Microsoft Virtualization Discussions

Using Set-SMHVDataset to bulk add VM's

Adam_D — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 05:24:25 GMT

Hi,

I'm trying to use the Set-SMHVDataset Cmd-Let to add over 600 Hyper-V VM's into the relevant dataset.

I have a script but the Cmd-Let just seems to hang and doesn't set anything. If I create a Dataset from scratch using the Add-SMHVDataset Cmd-Let it will create it but still will not add any hosts or VM's into it.

I enter the command as below:

Set-SMHVDataset -DataSetName DS1 -VM's @{"Host"="Cluster1"; "Names"="VM1"}

Is there anyone who has got this to work in their environment?

Thanks

Re: Using Set-SMHVDataset to bulk add VM's

Dan — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 12:21:42 GMT

Just wondering if it has to do with the scope of the cluster. I just tested in my environment following with success:

Set-SMHVDataSet -DataSetName "mydataset" -VMs @{"Host"="localhost"; "Names"="*"}

Can you give it a try with the local node name or IP?

Best regards,
Dan

Re: Using Set-SMHVDataset to bulk add VM's

Adam_D — Thu, 20 Nov 2014 02:47:56 GMT

Thanks for the reply.

I've run it with both the Cluster Name and the host name with both giving the same issue. I use the clustername as if you do a Get-SMHVDataset it is the cluster name that shows, not the node name.

The same error occurs using the IP address of the cluster so it's not a name resolution issue. I've also run with a wildcard for the VM's with no success incase it was related to the VM names

I've have just tried running our VMM server too, rather than our Orchastrator server where we are hoping to do all our automated management of the environment incase it was a server thing but the same issue.