Setting VLAN from CSV File in PowerCLI Script - powershell

Question

I am trying to compile a PowerCLI script to help automate the creation of VMs from a CSV file's data. Currently the script I am running looks like this:
# Specify vCenter Server, vCenter Server username and vCenter Server user password
write-host “Please specify vCenter Server and enter credentials” -foreground green
$vc = read-Host "Connect to which vCenter Server?"
write-host “Connecting to vCenter Server $vc” -foreground green
$CSVPath = "$ScriptRoot\PROD_VMRequestTEST.xlsx.csv"
Connect-VIServer -Server $vc
$CSVFile = Import-Csv -Path $CSVPath
Import-Csv -Path $CSVPath
# Specify vCenter Server Virtual Machine & Templates folder
$Folder = “Discovered virtual machine”
#
# Specify the vSphere Cluster
$Cluster = 'vSphere 5.5 RND'
$esx = Get-Cluster $Cluster | Get-VMHost -State connected
Import-Csv -Path $CSVPath | %{
Write-Host “Creation of VM $_.Name initiated” -ForegroundColor green
New-VM -Name $_.Name -VMHost ($esx | Get-Random) -Location $Folder
Write-Host “Power On of the VM $_.name initiated” -ForegroundColor green
Start-VM -VM $_.Name -confirm:$false -RunAsync
}
I have encountered a few examples online dealing with setting the VLAN via PowerCLI but none of them seem to relate directly to my example of using the CSV file to determine the VLAN.
One example I tried using with my script was:
$VMhost = Get-vmhost $_.VMHost
$PortGroup = Get-VirtualPortgroup -name $_.VLAN -VMhost $VMhost
However, I get errors relating to the -Name argument in that line.

Answer 1

On the script context, I believe the error is causing because one of the columns value seems empty(in your case its Name). I can see that you are getting all the values in a foreach loop. I would recommend you to create a sample csv, insert only 2 set of data and see if it works. This way atleast you can narrow down the issue.
Hope this helps...!!!