Add-SCOperatingSystem

Adds an operating system to an application profile to specify which operating systems the application profile is compatible with.

Description

The Add-SCOperatingSystem cmdlet adds an operating system to an application profile object. Setting the operating system for an application profile determines which operating systems the profile is compatibile with. If no operating system is set, by default the profile is compatible with all operating systems.

For more information about Add-SCOperatingSystem, type: "Get-Help Add-SCOperatingSystem -online".

Parameters

ApplicationProfile

Required? true
Accept Pipeline Input? false
Position? named 
Specifies an application profile object.

OperatingSystem

Required? true
Accept Pipeline Input? false
Position? named 
Specifies the type of operating system for a virtual machine. To list the names of all available operating systems in VMM, type: "Get-SCOperatingSystem".

JobVariable

Required? false
Accept Pipeline Input? false
Position? named 
Specifies that job progress is tracked and stored in the variable named by this parameter.

PROTipID

Required? false
Accept Pipeline Input? false
Position? named 
Specifies the ID of the PRO tip that triggered this action. This allows for auditing of PRO tips.

RunAsynchronously

Required? false
Accept Pipeline Input? false
Position? named 
Indicates that the job runs asynchronously so that control returns to the command shell immediately.

VMMServer

Required? false
Accept Pipeline Input? true (ByValue)
Position? named 
Specifies a VMM server object.

Examples

1: Add an operating system to an application profile. 
PS C:\> $AppProfile = Get-SCApplicationProfile -Name "SvcWebAppProfile01"
PS C:\> $OS = Get-SCOperatingSystem -VMMServer "VMMServer01.Contoso.com" | where {$_.Name -eq "64-bit edition of Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise"}
PS C:\> Add-SCOperatingSystem -ApplicationProfile $AppProfile -OperatingSystem $OS

The first command gets the application profile object named SvcWebAppProfile01 and stores the object in the $AppProfile variable.

The second command gets the operating system object named 64-bit edition of Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise from VMMServer01 and stores the object in the $OS variable.

The last command adds the operating system stores in $OS to the application profile stored in $AppProfile.

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