Start-LWAzureVM

SYNOPSIS

Start Azure VMs

SYNTAX

Start-LWAzureVM [-ComputerName] <String[]> [[-DelayBetweenComputers] <Int32>] [[-ProgressIndicator] <Int32>]
 [-NoNewLine] [<CommonParameters>]

DESCRIPTION

Start Azure VMs in parallel or staggered, with or without progress indicators

EXAMPLES

Example 1

PS C:\> Start-LWAzureVM -ComputerName (Get-LabVm) -DelayBetweenComputers 5

Start all Azure lab VMs with a five minute delay between each

PARAMETERS

-ComputerName

The machines to start

Type: String[]
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 0
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-DelayBetweenComputers

The delay in minutes between the start of each machine

Type: Int32
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: 1
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-NoNewLine

Indicates that no line break should be emitted after the console output

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-ProgressIndicator

Interval in seconds that a . should be written to the console

Type: Int32
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: 2
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

CommonParameters

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

INPUTS

None

OUTPUTS

System.Object

NOTES