VDI Example

#Establish a connection with Parallels RAS (Replace Administrator with your RAS root account). 
New-RASSession Administrator
###### FARM CONFIGURATION ######
#Add a Provider. 
$Provider = New-RASProvider -Server "vdi.company.dom" -VMwareESXi -VmwareESXiVersion v6_5 -VDIUsername root -VDIAgent"vdiagent.company.do" -Username root
#Apply settings, for the Publishing Agent to connect with the new Provider. 
Invoke-RASApply
#Get the list of Virtual Machines through the RAS Provider Agent 
Get-RASVM -ProviderId $Provider.Id


	Name             State    ID                                       Host ID  Site ID
	----             -----    --                                       -------  -------
	Windows 8        On       564d5e6f-3fad-bcf9-7c6b-bac9f212713d     1        1
						

#Create a new VDI Template (Guest Automatically Installed) 
$vmTemplate = New-RASVDITemplate -Provider $Provider.Id -VMId 564d5e6f-3fad-bcf9-7c6b-bac9f212713d -Name Win10template -VMNameFormat Win10-%ID:3% -MaxVMs 5 -PreCreatedVMs 2 -ImagePrepTool RASPrep -OwnerName Owner -Organization Parallels -Domain company.dom -Administrator Administrator -CloneMethod LinkedClone -TargetOU "OU=VDI,DC=dom,DC=company"
#Add a VDI Pool 
$VDIPool = New-RASVDIPool -Name "VDIPool"
#Add a VDI Pool Member 
Add-RASVDIPoolMember -VDIPoolId $VDIPool.Id -Type TEMPLATEGUEST -Name $vmTemplate.Name -VDITemplateId $vmTemplate.Id
###### PUBLISHING CONFIGURATION ######
#Add published desktop making use of the VDI Template. 
New-RASPubVDIDesktop -Name VDIDesktop -ConnectTo SpecificRASTemplate -VDITemplate $vmTemplate -Persistent $true
#Apply all settings. This cmdlet performs the same action as the Apply button in the RAS console. 
Invoke-RASApply
#End the current RAS session. 
Remove-RASSession