VMTN

Hi LucD,

Any word on that script?

Hi LucD,

Thanks.  The users of the machines can only use RDP by design so that's perfect.  Looking forward to seeing what you have.

Hi LucD,

Thanks for the help on this.  I feel like an idiot asking this, but how do I import the Invoke-VMScriptPlus as a module in PowerShell or PowerCLI?  I thought I could save the code as a ps1 or pds1 but it definitely didn't like the pds1 when I tried to import it.  I just want to make sure I have everything setup right before I give it a shot and so I know how to show other users on my team in case they ever need to run this.

Hi LucD,

Ok when I try to get everything to run I wind up getting this issue:

Resolve-DnsName : The term 'Resolve-DnsName' is not recognized as the name of
a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of
the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try
again.
At C:\Users\emcclure\Desktop\GenScripts\Invoke-VMScriptPlus.ps1:237 char:13
+ $hostName = Resolve-DnsName -Name $ip | Select-Object -ExpandProperty ...
+             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (Resolve-DnsName:String) [], Com
   mandNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

Invoke-WebRequest : Cannot bind parameter 'Uri'. Cannot convert value
"https://:443/guestFile?id=197&token=52e6ffc7-9002-4ea5-e2bd-33599ea10971197"
to type "System.Uri". Error: "Invalid URI: The hostname could not be parsed."
At C:\Users\emcclure\Desktop\GenScripts\Invoke-VMScriptPlus.ps1:239 char:38
+ $copyResult = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $filePath -Method Put -Body $Scr ...
+                                      ~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (:) [Invoke-WebRequest], Parame
   terBindingException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CannotConvertArgumentNoMessage,Microsoft.PowerSh
   ell.Commands.InvokeWebRequestCommand

ScripText copy failed!Status
At C:\Users\emcclure\Desktop\GenScripts\Invoke-VMScriptPlus.ps1:241 char:1
+ Throw "ScripText copy failed!`rStatus $($copyResult.StatusCode)`r$(($ ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : OperationStopped: (ScripText copy failed!Status
    :String) [], RuntimeException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ScripText copy failed!Status

What did I do wrong?

Ok figured that out.  I was running from Windows 7 and that module isn't on there.  I went to a Windows 10 machine and didn't get that error, but now I get this:

Cannot find the type for custom attribute 'MyOBN'. Make sure that the assembly that contains this type is loaded.

At C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules\Invoke-VMScriptPlus\Invoke-VMScriptPlus.psm1:81 char:1

+ [MyOBN('VirtualMachine')]

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

    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: ([MyOBN('VirtualMachine')]:AttributeAst) [], RuntimeException

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CustomAttributeTypeNotFound

Ok so I copied the Invoke-VMScriptPlus v2 and Message to all users into one ps1 file and called it AllForOne.ps1.  I try running that, but I just get errors.  Initially if I just leave things the way they are I get this:

Invoke-VMScriptPlus : Cannot process argument transformation on parameter 'VM'. Index was out of range. Must be
non-negative and less than the size of the collection.
Parameter name: index
At C:\Users\emcclure\Desktop\GenScripts\AllForOne.ps1:436 char:31
+ $result = Invoke-VMScriptPlus @sInvP
+                               ~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidData: (:) [Invoke-VMScriptPlus], ParameterBindingArgumentTransformationException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentTransformationError,Invoke-VMScriptPlus

You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At C:\Users\emcclure\Desktop\GenScripts\AllForOne.ps1:436 char:1
+ $result = Invoke-VMScriptPlus @sInvP
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull

Then if I change the VM name you have in there to something I want to reboot I get this:

ConvertTo-SecureString : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'String' because it is null.
At C:\Users\emcclure\Desktop\GenScripts\AllForOne.ps1:424 char:41
+ $sPswd = ConvertTo-SecureString -String $pswd -AsPlainText -Force
+                                         ~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidData: (:) [ConvertTo-SecureString], ParameterBindingValidationException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ConvertToSe
   cureStringCommand

Exception calling "GetNetworkCredential" with "0" argument(s): "Object reference not set to an instance of an object."
At C:\Users\emcclure\Desktop\GenScripts\AllForOne.ps1:196 char:1
+ $GuestUser = $GuestCredential.GetNetworkCredential().username
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NullReferenceException

Exception calling "GetNetworkCredential" with "0" argument(s): "Object reference not set to an instance of an object."
At C:\Users\emcclure\Desktop\GenScripts\AllForOne.ps1:197 char:1
+ $plainGuestPassword = $GuestCredential.GetNetworkCredential().passwor ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NullReferenceException

Exception calling "CreateTemporaryFileInGuest" with "5" argument(s): "A general system error occurred: vix error codes
= (3033, 0).
" Exception calling "GetNetworkCredential" with "0" argument(s): "Object reference not set to an instance of an
object." Exception calling "GetNetworkCredential" with "0" argument(s): "Object reference not set to an instance of an
object." Cannot bind argument to parameter 'String' because it is null. You cannot call a method on a null-valued
expression. Cannot process argument transformation on parameter 'VM'. Index was out of range. Must be non-negative and
less than the size of the collection.
Parameter name: index 8/6/2018 10:08:56 AM      Get-VM          VM with name 'vEng' was not found using the specified filter(s).
8/2/2018 2:17:09 PM     Set-NetworkAdapter              The network "@{Cluster=z610; Name=VLAN3653; VLanId=3653}" doesn't exist on the
host.    8/2/2018 1:58:55 PM    Get-VM          VM with name 'rsupdtest2' was not found using the specified filter(s).   Cannot
validate argument on parameter 'NetworkAdapter'. The argument is null. Provide a valid value for the argument, and
then try running the command again. 8/2/2018 1:58:54 PM Get-NetworkAdapter              Please specify at least one of the
following: VirtualMachine, Template or Snapshot.         8/2/2018 1:58:54 PM    Get-NetworkAdapter              Could not find
VirtualMachine with name 'rsupdtest2'.   8/2/2018 1:58:47 PM    Move-VM         Value cannot be found for the mandatory parameter
VM       8/2/2018 1:58:47 PM    Move-VM         Could not find VirtualMachine with name 'rsupdtest2'.    8/2/2018 1:55:20 PM
Import-VApp             The file item 'EN-W10ERS3x86_disk0.vmdk' does not match the hash from the manifest.      7/31/2018 2:08:02 PM
Set-NetworkAdapter              The network "@{Cluster=z610; Name=VLAN3653; VLanId=3653}" doesn't exist on the host.     7/30/2018
12:05:09 PM     Invoke-VMScript         The guest operations agent could not be contacted.      [0].Exception.Message
At C:\Users\emcclure\Desktop\GenScripts\AllForOne.ps1:220 char:1
+ Throw "$error[0].Exception.Message"
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : OperationStopped: (Exception calli...ception.Message:String) [], RuntimeException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Exception calling "CreateTemporaryFileInGuest" with "5" argument(s): "A general system e
   rror occurred: vix error codes = (3033, 0).
    " Exception calling "GetNetworkCredential" with "0" argument(s): "Object reference not set to an instance of an ob
   ject." Exception calling "GetNetworkCredential" with "0" argument(s): "Object reference not set to an instance of
  an object." Cannot bind argument to parameter 'String' because it is null. You cannot call a method on a null-valu
ed expression. Cannot process argument transformation on parameter 'VM'. Index was out of range. Must be non-negat
ive and less than the size of the collection.
    Parameter name: index 8/6/2018 10:08:56 AM  Get-VM          VM with name 'vEng' was not found using the specified filter(s)
   .     8/2/2018 2:17:09 PM    Set-NetworkAdapter              The network "@{Cluster=z610; Name=VLAN3653; VLanId=3653}" doesn't exist
   on the host.  8/2/2018 1:58:55 PM    Get-VM          VM with name 'rsupdtest2' was not found using the specified filter(s).
  Cannot validate argument on parameter 'NetworkAdapter'. The argument is null. Provide a valid value for the argum
ent, and then try running the command again. 8/2/2018 1:58:54 PM        Get-NetworkAdapter              Please specify at least one o
f the following: VirtualMachine, Template or Snapshot.   8/2/2018 1:58:54 PM    Get-NetworkAdapter              Could not find Vir
tualMachine with name 'rsupdtest2'.      8/2/2018 1:58:47 PM    Move-VM         Value cannot be found for the mandatory paramete
r VM     8/2/2018 1:58:47 PM    Move-VM         Could not find VirtualMachine with name 'rsupdtest2'.    8/2/2018 1:55:20 PM    Impo
rt-VApp         The file item 'EN-W10ERS3x86_disk0.vmdk' does not match the hash from the manifest.      7/31/2018 2:08:02 PM
Set-NetworkAdapter              The network "@{Cluster=z610; Name=VLAN3653; VLanId=3653}" doesn't exist on the host.     7/30/20
18 12:05:09 PM  Invoke-VMScript         The guest operations agent could not be contacted.      [0].Exception.Message

So the machine names you see there, rsupdtest2 and EN-W10ERS3x86 are not machine names I specified in the script, so I don't know why it's pulling those.  All I just really want to do is take your scripts and put them into this one:

$GuestCredential = Get-Credential
$vmlocation = Get-VM -Location Domain2 | sort Name #Gets folder where VM's are located, if folder name is not unique in vCenter it will reboot VM's in all folders with same name
foreach ($vm in $vmlocation) {

#$script = '&C:\Users\emcclure\Desktop\GenScripts\RebootMessage.ps1'

Invoke-VMScriptPlus -vm $vm -ScriptText "C:\Users\emcclure\Desktop\GenScripts\RebootMessage.ps1" -ScriptType PowerShell -GuestCredential $GuestCredential | Format-List | Out-File reboot.txt -append

}

So that way all VM's in a folder I specify just get the prompt all at once.  I'd make it a scheduled task to happen on a certain day, but I'm still new to PowerShell and thinking I'm just not doing something right to make this all work.

Hi LucD,

Here's the file.  Nothing sensitive in it.