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The following is the script to create a new virtual machine in vCenter.

var objVcDatastoreInfo;
	objVcDatastoreInfo = objVCDatastore.info;

var objVcVirtualMachineFileInfo;
	objVcVirtualMachineFileInfo = new VcVirtualMachineFileInfo();
	objVcVirtualMachineFileInfo.vmPathName = "[" + objVcDatastoreInfo.name + "]";

var objVcVirtualLsiLogicSASController;
	objVcVirtualLsiLogicSASController = new VcVirtualLsiLogicSASController();
	objVcVirtualLsiLogicSASController.key = 0;
	objVcVirtualLsiLogicSASController.device = new Array(0);
	objVcVirtualLsiLogicSASController.busNumber = 0;
	objVcVirtualLsiLogicSASController.sharedBus = VcVirtualSCSISharing.noSharing;

var objVcVirtualDeviceConfigSpecSCSI;
	objVcVirtualDeviceConfigSpecSCSI = new VcVirtualDeviceConfigSpec();
	objVcVirtualDeviceConfigSpecSCSI.device = objVcVirtualLsiLogicSASController;
	objVcVirtualDeviceConfigSpecSCSI.operation = VcVirtualDeviceConfigSpecOperation.add;

var objVcDVPortgroupConfigInfo;
	objVcDVPortgroupConfigInfo = objVCDistributedVirtualPortgroup.config;

var objVcDistributedVirtualSwitch;
	objVcDistributedVirtualSwitch = VcPlugin.convertToVimManagedObject(objVCDistributedVirtualPortgroup, objVcDVPortgroupConfigInfo.distributedVirtualSwitch);

var objVcDistributedVirtualSwitchPortConnection;
	objVcDistributedVirtualSwitchPortConnection = new VcDistributedVirtualSwitchPortConnection();
	objVcDistributedVirtualSwitchPortConnection.switchUuid = objVcDistributedVirtualSwitch.uuid;
	objVcDistributedVirtualSwitchPortConnection.portgroupKey = objVCDistributedVirtualPortgroup.key;

var objVcVirtualEthernetCardDistributedVirtualPortBackingInfo;
	objVcVirtualEthernetCardDistributedVirtualPortBackingInfo = new VcVirtualEthernetCardDistributedVirtualPortBackingInfo();
	objVcVirtualEthernetCardDistributedVirtualPortBackingInfo.port = objVcDistributedVirtualSwitchPortConnection;

var objVcVirtualDeviceConnectInfo;
	objVcVirtualDeviceConnectInfo = new VcVirtualDeviceConnectInfo();
	objVcVirtualDeviceConnectInfo.allowGuestControl = false;
	objVcVirtualDeviceConnectInfo.connected = true;
	objVcVirtualDeviceConnectInfo.startConnected = true;

var objVcVirtualVmxnet3;
	objVcVirtualVmxnet3 = new VcVirtualVmxnet3() ;
	objVcVirtualVmxnet3.addressType = "Generated";
	objVcVirtualVmxnet3.backing = objVcVirtualEthernetCardDistributedVirtualPortBackingInfo;
	objVcVirtualVmxnet3.key = 0;
	objVcVirtualVmxnet3.unitNumber = 0;
	objVcVirtualVmxnet3.connectable = objVcVirtualDeviceConnectInfo;

var objVcVirtualDeviceConfigSpecNETWORK;
	objVcVirtualDeviceConfigSpecNETWORK = new VcVirtualDeviceConfigSpec();
	objVcVirtualDeviceConfigSpecNETWORK.device = objVcVirtualVmxnet3;
	objVcVirtualDeviceConfigSpecNETWORK.operation = VcVirtualDeviceConfigSpecOperation.add;

var objVcVirtualDiskFlatVer2BackingInfo;
	objVcVirtualDiskFlatVer2BackingInfo = new VcVirtualDiskFlatVer2BackingInfo();
	objVcVirtualDiskFlatVer2BackingInfo.diskMode = VcVirtualDiskMode.persistent.value;
	objVcVirtualDiskFlatVer2BackingInfo.fileName = "[" + objVcDatastoreInfo.name + "]";
	objVcVirtualDiskFlatVer2BackingInfo.thinProvisioned = true;

var objVcVirtualDisk;
	objVcVirtualDisk = new VcVirtualDisk();
	objVcVirtualDisk.backing = objVcVirtualDiskFlatVer2BackingInfo;
	objVcVirtualDisk.key = -2;
	objVcVirtualDisk.controllerKey = 0;
	objVcVirtualDisk.unitNumber = 0;
	objVcVirtualDisk.capacityInKB = parseInt(strHardDisk) * 1024 * 1024;

var objVcVirtualDeviceConfigSpecDISK;
	objVcVirtualDeviceConfigSpecDISK = new VcVirtualDeviceConfigSpec();
	objVcVirtualDeviceConfigSpecDISK.device = objVcVirtualDisk;
	objVcVirtualDeviceConfigSpecDISK.fileOperation = VcVirtualDeviceConfigSpecFileOperation.create;
	objVcVirtualDeviceConfigSpecDISK.operation = VcVirtualDeviceConfigSpecOperation.add;

var objVcVirtualIDEController;
	objVcVirtualIDEController = new VcVirtualIDEController();
	objVcVirtualIDEController.key = -1;
	objVcVirtualIDEController.device = new Array(0);
	objVcVirtualIDEController.busNumber = 0;

var objVcVirtualDeviceConfigSpecIDE;
	objVcVirtualDeviceConfigSpecIDE = new VcVirtualDeviceConfigSpec();
	objVcVirtualDeviceConfigSpecIDE.device = objVcVirtualIDEController;
	objVcVirtualDeviceConfigSpecIDE.operation = VcVirtualDeviceConfigSpecOperation.add;


var strFilePathToISO;

if ( strOperatingSystem == "Windows Server 2012 R2 ( x64 )" )
{
	strFilePathToISO = "Windows/Server/Windows Server 2012 R2 ( x64 ).iso";
}
else if ( strOperatingSystem == "RHEL v6.5 ( x64 )" )
{
	strFilePathToISO = "Linux/RHEL/RHEL v6.5 ( x64 ).iso";
}
else if ( strOperatingSystem == "CentOS v6.5 ( x64 )" )
{
	strFilePathToISO = "Linux/CentOS/CentOS v6.5 ( x64 ) - DVD1.iso";
}
else if ( strOperatingSystem == "CentOS v6.5 ( x64 ) - Minimal" )
{
	strFilePathToISO = "Linux/CentOS/CentOS v6.5 ( x64 ) - Minimal.iso";
}
else if ( strOperatingSystem == "Ubuntu v12.04.3 Server ( x86 )" )
{
	strFilePathToISO = "Linux/Ubuntu/Ubuntu v12.04.3 Server ( x64 ).iso";
}
else if ( strOperatingSystem == "Ubuntu v12.04.3 Server ( x64 )" )
{
	strFilePathToISO = "Linux/Ubuntu/Ubuntu v12.04.3 Server ( x64 ).iso";
}

var objVcVirtualCdromIsoBackingInfo;
 	objVcVirtualCdromIsoBackingInfo = new VcVirtualCdromIsoBackingInfo();
	objVcVirtualCdromIsoBackingInfo.fileName = "[GSWZ-InstallISOs] " + strFilePathToISO;

var objVcVirtualDeviceConnectInfoCDROM;
	objVcVirtualDeviceConnectInfoCDROM = new VcVirtualDeviceConnectInfo();
	objVcVirtualDeviceConnectInfoCDROM.allowGuestControl = true;
	objVcVirtualDeviceConnectInfoCDROM.connected = true;
	objVcVirtualDeviceConnectInfoCDROM.startConnected = true;

var objVcVirtualCdrom;
	objVcVirtualCdrom = new VcVirtualCdrom();
	objVcVirtualCdrom.backing = objVcVirtualCdromIsoBackingInfo;
	objVcVirtualCdrom.controllerKey = 200;
	objVcVirtualCdrom.key = 0;
	objVcVirtualCdrom.unitNumber = 0;
	objVcVirtualCdrom.connectable = objVcVirtualDeviceConnectInfoCDROM;

var objVcVirtualDeviceConfigSpecCDROM;
	objVcVirtualDeviceConfigSpecCDROM = new VcVirtualDeviceConfigSpec();
	objVcVirtualDeviceConfigSpecCDROM.device = objVcVirtualCdrom;
	objVcVirtualDeviceConfigSpecCDROM.operation = VcVirtualDeviceConfigSpecOperation.add;

var arrVcVirtualDeviceConfigSpec;
	arrVcVirtualDeviceConfigSpec = new Array();
	arrVcVirtualDeviceConfigSpec[0] = objVcVirtualDeviceConfigSpecSCSI;
	arrVcVirtualDeviceConfigSpec[1] = objVcVirtualDeviceConfigSpecNETWORK;
	arrVcVirtualDeviceConfigSpec[2] = objVcVirtualDeviceConfigSpecDISK;
	arrVcVirtualDeviceConfigSpec[3] = objVcVirtualDeviceConfigSpecIDE;
	arrVcVirtualDeviceConfigSpec[4] = objVcVirtualDeviceConfigSpecCDROM;

var objVcVirtualMachineConfigSpec;
	objVcVirtualMachineConfigSpec = new VcVirtualMachineConfigSpec();
	objVcVirtualMachineConfigSpec.name = strDataCenter + "vm" + strVirtualMachineName;
	objVcVirtualMachineConfigSpec.guestId = objVCVirtualMachineGuestOsIdentifier.name;
	objVcVirtualMachineConfigSpec.memoryMB = parseInt(strMemory) * 1024;
	objVcVirtualMachineConfigSpec.numCPUs = parseInt(strCPU);
	objVcVirtualMachineConfigSpec.files = objVcVirtualMachineFileInfo;
	objVcVirtualMachineConfigSpec.deviceChange = arrVcVirtualDeviceConfigSpec;
	objVcVirtualMachineConfigSpec.cpuHotAddEnabled = true;
	objVcVirtualMachineConfigSpec.cpuHotRemoveEnabled = true;
	objVcVirtualMachineConfigSpec.changeTrackingEnabled = true;
	objVcVirtualMachineConfigSpec.memoryHotAddEnabled = true
	objVcVirtualMachineConfigSpec.version = "vmx-09";

var objVCTask;
	objVCTask = objVCVmFolder.createVM_Task( objVcVirtualMachineConfigSpec, objVCResourcePool, objVCHostSystem );

var objModuleCustom;
	objModuleCustom = System.getModule("com.custom");

objVCVirtualMachine = objModuleCustom.WaitTask(objVCTask);

objVCVirtualMachine.powerOnVM_Task(objVCHostSystem);