Solution for updating vm templates leveraging BigFix and Powershell

Usage and Config Platform
1

I have to setup a solution that will automatically update our template vm’s (Win7, Server 2008, Server 2012) once a month. Currently we have a powershell script that:

  1. logs into our vmware server
  2. Copy existing template
  3. Rename template using the current date
  4. Converts a template to a vm
  5. Updates using windows update
  6. Converts it back to a template

We would like to leverage Bigfix for this and want to know if anyone has tried this before and what the results were. At first glance I’m thinking of creating a task in Bigfix that contains some powershell code. Mt question with this approach is there a way to create a baseline that starts with some powershell scripting, then deploy updates using BigFix, and end with more powershell scripting.

Thoughts?

2

I just found link. Anyone had any success with it?

https://bigfix.me/fixlet/details/3860

3

If you have Lifecycle with Server Automation, there is a sample automation plan for this…