Modify IP Configuration of VM from Hyper-V Host

Q: How can I modify the IP configuration of a virtual machine (VM) from the Hyper-V host?

A: Windows Server 2012 introduced the ability to inject IP configuration into a VM from the Windows Server 2012 or later Hyper-V host, using the virtualizationv2 WMI namespace. This was required for the Hyper-V Replica functionality that enables an alternate IP configuration to be injected into a VM during a replica failover.

To perform the injection using Windows PowerShell, do the following, which leverages the Msvm_GuestNetworkAdapterConfiguration class (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh850156(v=vs.85).aspx).

Replace the name of the VM as needed and the IP configuration.

$vmName = "win81g2" $Msvm_VirtualSystemManagementService = Get-WmiObject -Namespace rootvirtualizationv2 `    -Class Msvm_VirtualSystemManagementService $Msvm_ComputerSystem = Get-WmiObject -Namespace rootvirtualizationv2 `    -Class Msvm_ComputerSystem -Filter "ElementName='$vmName'" $Msvm_VirtualSystemSettingData = ($Msvm_ComputerSystem.GetRelated("Msvm_VirtualSystemSettingData", `    "Msvm_SettingsDefineState", $null, $null, "SettingData", "ManagedElement", $false, $null) | % {$_})$Msvm_SyntheticEthernetPortSettingData = $Msvm_VirtualSystemSettingData.GetRelated("Msvm_SyntheticEthernetPortSettingData")$Msvm_GuestNetworkAdapterConfiguration = ($Msvm_SyntheticEthernetPortSettingData.GetRelated( `    "Msvm_GuestNetworkAdapterConfiguration", "Msvm_SettingDataComponent", `    $null, $null, "PartComponent", "GroupComponent", $false, $null) | % {$_})$Msvm_GuestNetworkAdapterConfiguration.DHCPEnabled = $false$Msvm_GuestNetworkAdapterConfiguration.IPAddresses = @("192.168.1.207")$Msvm_GuestNetworkAdapterConfiguration.Subnets = @("255.255.255.0")$Msvm_GuestNetworkAdapterConfiguration.DefaultGateways = @("192.168.1.1")$Msvm_GuestNetworkAdapterConfiguration.DNSServers = @("192.168.1.10", "192.168.1.11")$Msvm_VirtualSystemManagementService.SetGuestNetworkAdapterConfiguration( `$Msvm_ComputerSystem.Path, $Msvm_GuestNetworkAdapterConfiguration.GetText(1))