Getting error with Connect-NsxtServer : Invalid JSON primitive

[pkharekofax]

Hi all,

Has anyone encountered this error, and knows a fix?

This is on PowerCLI 6.5.4.7.

Thanks!

Khare

PS C:\> Connect-NsxtServer xxxxxx -User xxx -Password xxx

Connect-NsxtServer : 1/12/2018 11:22:41 AM      Connect-NsxtServer              Invalid JSON primitive: .

At line:1 char:1

+ Connect-NsxtServer xxxxxx -User xxx -Password xxx...

+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Connect-NsxtServer], VimException

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Core_BaseCmdlet_UnknownError,VMware.VimAutomation.Cis.Nsxt.Commands.Cmdlets.ConnectNsxtServer

PS C:> get-module vmware.powercli -ListAvailable

ModuleType Version    Name                                ExportedCommands

---------- -------    ----                                ----------------

Manifest   6.5.4.7... VMware.PowerCLI

PS C:\> get-module *nsxt

ModuleType Version    Name                                ExportedCommands

---------- -------    ----                                ----------------

Binary     2.0.0.6... VMware.VimAutomation.Nsxt           {Connect-NsxtServer, Disconnect-NsxtServer, Get-NsxtService}

[LucD]

Any more info when you add the Verbose switch?

[pkharekofax]

Hi LucD,

Exact same error with Verbose.

C:\> Connect-NsxtServer -Server xxx -Verbose

Connect-NsxtServer : 1/12/2018 12:59:29 PM      Connect-NsxtServer              Invalid JSON primitive: .

At line:1 char:1

+ Connect-NsxtServer -Server xxx -Verbose

+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Connect-NsxtServer], VimException

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Core_BaseCmdlet_UnknownError,VMware.VimAutomation.Cis.Nsxt.Commands.Cmdlets.ConnectNsxtServer

Thanks,

Khare

[LucD]

Looks like a bug, I suggest you open a SR

[pkharekofax]

I asked another person in my team to try and he got the same error.

Thanks,

Khare

[pkharekofax]

OK, I'll log an SR.

Thanks,

Khare

[LucD]

When they give you a hard time to open a SR for PowerCLI, point them to PowerCLI Support Breakdown

[pkharekofax]

Thanks, LucD.. That's good to know.

This was a user error, my bad - I was trying to connect to NSX-V using an NSX-T command.  The correct command is Connect-NsxServer, not Connect-NsxtServer.

Khare