Windows – How to assign an IP for Hyper-V virtual machine using PowerShell

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I'm working with the Hyper-v and have created a VM using Vagrant.
Seems to be in the Vagrantfile I've forgotten to define an IP address (static or dhcp use).

Now I can view the info about the VM's network adapter.

get-vm -n 2012R2 | Select -ExpandProperty NetWorkAdapters

And the result info is the next:

Network Adapter False 2012R2 VM Virtual Switch 00155DFA9F01 {Degraded, ProtocolVersion} {}

As you can see the MAC address is defined, the switch is the external one.
But the last property value (which relates to the bound IP-address) is NOT defined.

Does exist the way to set manually the IP address for the VM machine in Hyper-V using Powershell or even GUI manager (didn't find possibility to set an IP in GUI).

Best Answer

You can use PowerShell Direct to connect to the VM directly from the Hyper-V Host. PowerShell Direct uses the VM bus to talk to the inside of the VM (as long as it runs a current windows). It bypasses the network stack and is made for exactly this. Needs really newish OS though (it says preview, but look at the date - predates Server 2016).

Then you can just change the IP address....

https://www.howtogeek.com/112660/how-to-change-your-ip-address-using-powershell/

Command(s) look like this:

New-NetIPAddress –InterfaceAlias “Wired Ethernet Connection” –IPv4Address “192.168.0.1” –PrefixLength 24 -DefaultGateway 192.168.0.254

Or you use DHCP ;) But that is not what you ask ;)

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