---
title: "Add-VBRViCloudHardwarePlan"
description: "This cmdlet creates a new hardware plan for VMware environments. The hardware plan allocates the following resources to a tenant: Cloud host. When creating replicas, the tenant will use this host as target host to register the replicated VMs."
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/powershell/add-vbrvicloudhardwareplan.html"
breadcrumb: "Veeam PowerShell Reference > Veeam PowerShell Reference > Veeam Cloud Connect > Veeam Cloud Connect Hardware Plans > Add-VBRViCloudHardwarePlan"
dateModified: "2026-08-19"
---

# Add-VBRViCloudHardwarePlan

## Short Description
Creates VMware hardware plans.

**Platform**: VMware

**Product Edition**: Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus, Veeam Universal License

Requires a VCP license.

## Syntax
```
Add-VBRViCloudHardwarePlan -Name <String> [-Description <String>] -Server <Object> [-CPU <Int32>]
 [-UnlimitedCPU] [-Memory <Int32>] [-UnlimitedMemory] [-NumberOfNetWithInternet <Int32>]
 [-NumberOfNetWithoutInternet <Int32>] -Datastore <VBRViCloudHardwarePlanDatastore[]> [<CommonParameters>]
```

## Detailed Description
This cmdlet creates a new hardware plan for VMware environments.

The hardware plan allocates the following resources to a tenant:

- **Cloud host**. When creating replicas, the tenant will use this host as target host to register the replicated VMs.
- **Quota** of the cloud host CPU and memory.
- [Pre-configure] **Networks** to which the tenant will connect the cloud replicas. Run the [`New-VBRCloudVLANConfiguration`](new-vbrcloudvlanconfiguration.md) cmdlet to pre-configure the pool of VLANs.
- [Pre-configure] **Cloud storage**: a quota of datastores allocated to tenants. Run the [`New-VBRViCloudHWPlanDatastore`](new-vbrvicloudhwplandatastore.md) cmdlet to create the cloud storage.

## Parameters

<table style="width:100%;" class="Blue_Table">
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <th style="width:20%;">
          <p>Parameter</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:20%;">
          <p>Description</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:20%;">
          <p>Type</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:10%;">
          <p>Required</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:10%;">
          <p>Position</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:10%;">
          <p>Accept Pipeline Input</p>
        </th>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">CPU</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies the quota of CPU resources you want to allocate to the tenant under this hardware plan (MHz).</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>Int32</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">Datastore</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies the array of cloud storage objects. The hardware plan will use these objects to allocate storage space to the tenant under this hardware plan.</p><p>Accepts the <a href="vbrvicloudhardwareplandatastore.md"><code>VBRViCloudHardwarePlanDatastore</code></a> object. To get this object, run the <a href="new-vbrvicloudhwplandatastore.md"><code>New-VBRViCloudHWPlanDatastore</code></a> cmdlet.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><a href="vbrvicloudhardwareplandatastore.md"><code>VBRViCloudHardwarePlanDatastore[]</code></a></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">Description</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies the description of the hardware plan.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>String</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">Memory</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies the quota of CPU memory you want to allocate to the tenant under this hardware plan (Gb).</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>Int32</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">Name</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies the name you want to assign to the hardware plan.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>String</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">NumberOfNetWithInternet</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies the number of networks with access to the Internet that you want to allocate to the tenant under this hardware plan.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>Int32</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">NumberOfNetWithoutInternet</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies the number of networks without access to the Internet that you want to allocate to the tenant under this hardware plan.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>Int32</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">Server</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies the ESXi host or cluster. The resources of this host or cluster (CPU and memory quotas) will be allocated to the tenant by the hardware plan.</p><p>Accepts the <code>CHost</code> (standalone host) or <code>CViClusterItem</code> (cluster) object. To get this object, run the <a href="get-vbrserver.md"><code>Get-VBRServer</code></a> cmdlet.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>Object</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">UnlimitedCPU</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Defines that the quota of CPU resources is unlimited.</p><p>If you provide this parameter, the tenant will be able to use all CPU resources of the host.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>SwitchParameter</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">UnlimitedMemory</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Defines that the quota of CPU memory is unlimited.</p><p>If you provide this parameter, the tenant will be able to use all memory resources of the host.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>SwitchParameter</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
    </table>

`<CommonParameters>`

This cmdlet supports Microsoft PowerShell common parameters. For more information on common parameters, see [ Microsoft Docs](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/about/about_commonparameters?view=powershell-7).

## Output Object
[`VBRViCloudHardwarePlan`](vbrvicloudhardwareplan.md)

## Examples

::: example
### Creating Hardware Plan for VMware

This example shows how to create a hardware plan with the following settings:

- CPU quota: `4000 MHz`
- Memory quota: `2000 Gb`
- Cloud storage: `Cloud Replicas`
- Networks without access to the Internet: `1`

```
$server = Get-VBRServer -Type ESXi -Name "ESXiHost"
$switches = Get-VBRViVirtualSwitch -Server $server
New-VBRCloudVLANConfiguration -Server $server -ViVirtualSwitch $switches[0] -FirstVLANWithInternet 1 -LastVLANWithInternet 5 -FirstVLANWithoutInternet 6 -LastVLANWithoutInternet 10
$datastore = Get-VBRServer -Name "ESXiHost" | Find-VBRViDatastore -Name "Veeam Cloud Datastore"
$cloudreplicas = New-VBRViCloudHWPlanDatastore -Datastore $datastore -FriendlyName "Cloud Replicas" -Quota 500
$server = Get-VBRServer -Type ESXi -Name "ESXiHost"
Add-VBRViCloudHardwarePlan -Name "VMware Silver" -Description "VMware Hardware Plan" -Server $server -CPU 4000 -Memory 2000 -NumberOfNetWithoutInternet 1 -Datastore $cloudreplicas
```

Perform the following steps:

1. Run the [`Get-VBRServer`](get-vbrserver.md) cmdlet. Set the `ESXi` option for the `Type` parameter. Specify the `Name` parameter value. Save the result to the `$server` variable.
2. Run the [`Get-VBRViVirtualSwitch`](get-vbrvivirtualswitch.md) cmdlet. Set the `$server` variable as the `Server` parameter value. Save the result to the `$switches` variable.
3. Run the [`New-VBRCloudVLANConfiguration`](new-vbrcloudvlanconfiguration.md) cmdlet. Set the `$server` variable as the `Server` parameter value. Set the `$switches` variable as the `ViVirtualSwitch` parameter value. Specify the `FirstVLANWithInternet`, `LastVLANWithInternet`, `FirstVLANWithoutInternet`, `LastVLANWithoutInternet` parameter values.
4. Run the [`Get-VBRServer`](get-vbrserver.md) cmdlet. Specify the `Name` parameter value. Pipe the cmdlet output to the [`Find-VBRViDatastore`](find-vbrvidatastore.md) cmdlet. Specify the `Name` parameter value. Save the result to the `$datastore` variable.
5. Run the [`New-VBRViCloudHWPlanDatastore`](new-vbrvicloudhwplandatastore.md) cmdlet. Set the `$datastore` variable as the `Datastore` parameter value. Specify the `FriendlyName` and the `Quota` parameter values. Save the storage to the `$cloudreplicas` variable.
6. Run the [`Get-VBRServer`](get-vbrserver.md) cmdlet. Set the `ESXi` option for the `Type` parameter. Specify the `Name` parameter value. Save the server to the `$server` variable.
7. Run the `Add-VBRViCloudHardwarePlan` cmdlet. Specify the following settings:

   - Specify the `Name` and the `Description` parameter values. 
   - Set the `$server` variable as the `Server` parameter value.
   - Specify the `CPU`, the `Memory` and the `NumberOfNetWithoutInternet` parameter values.
   - Set the `$cloudreplicas` variable as the `Datastore` parameter value.

:::

## Related Commands

- [`Get-VBRServer`](get-vbrserver.md)
- [`New-VBRViCloudHWPlanDatastore`](new-vbrvicloudhwplandatastore.md)