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Spellchamp
Spellchamp

Reputation: 375

Rename a Hyper-V VM Network Adapter using PowerShell

I'm trying to rename a Network Adapter on a virtual machine in Hyper-V. I've read through the documentation on MSDN and the Set-VMNetworkAdapter cmdlet has a parameter -Name<String> which reads:

Specifies the name for the virtual network adapter. The cmdlet changes the name to the value that you specify.

Which suggests to me that I should be able to name a Network Adapter as whatever I put in for the String.

Yet when I try the line:

Set-VMNetworkAdapter -VMName 'CENTOS' -VMNetworkAdapterName 'Network Adapter' -Name 'eth0'

I get an error: 

Set-VMNetworkAdapter : Cannot bind parameter because parameter 'Name' is specified more than once. To provide multiple values to parameters that can accept multiple values, use the array syntax. For example, "-parameter value1,value2,value3".

Am I misunderstanding the use of the -Name parameter? Or am I simply misusing the CMDlet?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 3508

Answers (2)

notjustme
notjustme

Reputation: 2494

Or you could use the "Rename-VMNetworkAdapter" cmdlet. :)

Rename-VMNetworkAdapter -VMName 'CENTOS' -Name 'Network Adapter' -NewName 'eth0' -WhatIf

Upvotes: 4

Matt
Matt

Reputation: 46730

If you look lower down from the documentation you are quoting you would see that -Name is an alias for -VMNetworkAdapterName. Therefore you are already trying to name it 'Network Adapter' in your code sample.

So the error is indeed correct in stating that the parameter is specified more than once.

Upvotes: 1

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