start a vm from command line in Hyper-V 2008 R2

This discussion has a few ideas:

http://www.vistax64.com/virtual-server/191392-shutdown-startup-hyper-v-virtual-machine-via-script.html

hyper-V manager would be a good tool for you..

you may read this thread:

https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/23447733/connect-to-hyper-v-manager-from-XP.html


hope this helps.

Hi
Find the below links

http://www.virtualizationadmin.com/articles-tutorials/microsoft-hyper-v-articles/storage-management/administer-microsoft-hyper-v-command-line-cli.html

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/cc952342.aspx

Sudhakar A

nealerocks - hoping not to get into VB scripts - just hoping for simplke Powershell commands

bcoyxp - want to do this rom the console of the Hyper-V server, not an external machine Win7, Vista or otherwise.

sudhakaral - I see this solution before but it is refering to  Hyper-V on a Windows 2008 server, not the stand alone Hyper-V 2008 R2 server which already has PowerSHell loaded and I assume some sort of management capabiltity.  It talks about loading a VM Management tool but is it compatible with the standa alone server ??  Is it already there and I'm just trying to figure out how to use it ?  Thoughts ?

Just to be clear, I am trying to do this on the stand alone Hyper-V 2008 R2 server, not a Win2008 server with Hyper-V.

hhaywood000 - I had a quick look before.  Are you sure these apply to Hyper-V 2008 R2 and not just to the Hyper-V role on 2008 server ?

Yes it should work fine. Hyper-V R2 supports powershell natively.

Ill give it a try and let you know

Thanks

This demonstration will show you how to utilize powershell and WMI to achieve what your are looking for.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/cc952342.aspx