Hi!
I'm trying to connec to to a vCenter server from powershell session with PowerCLI module loaded but receive the following error:
Connect-VIServer : Could not load file or assembly 'VMware.Vim, Version=6.7.0.185, Culture=neutral,PublicKeyToken=null' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.At line:1 char:1
Here is the script code:
#Unload existing PowerCLI
If (Get-PSSnapin | ? {$_.Name -like "VMware*"}) { Get-PSSnapin VMware* | Remove-PSSnapin }
If (Get-Module | ? {$_.Name -like "VMware*"}) { Get-Module VMware* | Remove-Module -Force }
#Import PowerCLI v11
$ModulePath = $PSScriptRoot +"\Modules\VMware-PowerCLI-11.2.0.12780525"
$env:PSModulePath = $ModulePath
Import-Module VMware.VimAutomation.Core
#Set PowerCLI configuration
Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -InvalidCertificateAction Ignore -Scope Session -DisplayDeprecationWarnings:$false -Confirm:$false | out-null
Connect-VIServer ********
....
....
$env:PSModulePath variable does not contain old PowerCLI paths and after loading new path to $env:PSModulePath shows :
PS C:\Users\a> get-module -listavailable
Directory: D:\*******\Modules\VMware-PowerCLI-11.2.0.12780525
ModuleType Name ExportedCommands
---------- ---- ----------------
Script VMware.DeployAutomation {Add-DeployRule, Add-ProxyServer, Add-ScriptBundle, Copy-DeployRule...}
Script VMware.ImageBuilder {Add-EsxSoftwareDepot, Add-EsxSoftwarePackage, Compare-EsxImageProfil...
Manifest VMware.PowerCLI
Script VMware.Vim
Script VMware.VimAutomation.Cis.Core {Connect-CisServer, Disconnect-CisServer, Get-CisService}
Script VMware.VimAutomation.Cloud {Add-CIDatastore, Connect-CIServer, Disconnect-CIServer, Get-Catalog...}
Script VMware.VimAutomation.Common
Script VMware.VimAutomation.Core {Add-PassthroughDevice, Add-VirtualSwitchPhysicalNetworkAdapter, Add-...
Script VMware.VimAutomation.Hcx {Connect-HCXServer, Disconnect-HCXServer, Get-HCXAppliance, Get-HCXAp...
Script VMware.VimAutomation.HorizonView {Connect-HVServer, Disconnect-HVServer}
Script VMware.VimAutomation.License Get-LicenseDataManager
Script VMware.VimAutomation.Nsxt {Connect-NsxtServer, Disconnect-NsxtServer, Get-NsxtPolicyService, Ge...
Script VMware.VimAutomation.Sdk {Get-ErrorReport, Get-InstallPath, Get-PSVersion}
Script VMware.VimAutomation.Security {Get-SecurityInfo, Get-VTpm, Get-VTpmCertificate, Get-VTpmCSR...}
Script VMware.VimAutomation.Srm {Connect-SrmServer, Disconnect-SrmServer}
Script VMware.VimAutomation.Storage {Add-KeyManagementServer, Copy-VDisk, Export-SpbmStoragePolicy, Get-K...
Script VMware.VimAutomation.StorageUtility Update-VmfsDatastore
Script VMware.VimAutomation.Vds {Add-VDSwitchPhysicalNetworkAdapter, Add-VDSwitchVMHost, Export-VDPor...
Script VMware.VimAutomation.Vmc {Connect-Vmc, Disconnect-Vmc, Get-VmcSddcNetworkService, Get-VmcServi...
Script VMware.VimAutomation.vROps {Connect-OMServer, Disconnect-OMServer, Get-OMAlert, Get-OMAlertDefin...
Script VMware.VumAutomation {Add-EntityBaseline, Copy-Patch, Get-Baseline, Get-Compliance...}
Get-Module also shows different VMware.Vim that in the error:
PS C:\Users\a> Get-Module | select ModuleType,name,version
ModuleType Name Version
---------- ---- -------
Manifest Microsoft.PowerShell.Management 3.0.0.0
Manifest Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility 3.0.0.0
Script VMware.Vim 6.7.0.12483609
Script VMware.VimAutomation.Cis.Core 11.2.0.12483642
Script VMware.VimAutomation.Common 11.2.0.12483627
Script VMware.VimAutomation.Core 11.2.0.12483638
Script VMware.VimAutomation.Sdk 11.2.0.12483635
Which is quite weird imho...
PowerCLI 5.5 is installed on the following machine (do not ask me to remove or update it, I cannot modify it). If i remove PowerCLI 5.5 from the system- everything works fine. But i cannot remove it.
Any ideas how can I resolve it and import PowerCLI 11 without removing 5.5 into a powershell session?
P.S. OS is w2012 (not R2), and it is isolated from the Internet.
What a challenging setup :smileygrin:
Why can't you remove 5.5?
You can not Uninstall via Programs & Features?
You can not delete the folders?
How did you get that strange folder under Modules?
That's not where PowerCLI module normally go.
Blog: lucd.info Twitter: @LucD22 Co-author PowerCLI Reference
Hi!
I replaced actual path with *****
In fact it's somewhere on a D drive.
I cannot modify existing PowerCLI because it's being used by set of scripts that were developed a long ago and no one will adjust it to newer PowerCLI version.
Plus this PowerCLI version is a part of a solution build, so i'll have to write a sh***t ton of papers to change it without entire solution update.
So what I'm actually doing is importing it on the fly. removing all the loaded PowerCLI modules and snapins first.
It perfectly works with PowerShell version 6.5 and higher (with powershell 3,4 and 5). But doesn't work with 5.5 . I performed a test and removed PowerCLI 5.5. And everything works.... but as mentioned earlier - i must keep existing PowerCLI and load newer version on the fly.
Since PowerCLI 5.5 was not installed in any of the "standard" locations, why can't you just start PowerShell with an adapted $env:PSModulePath, depending on which version you want to use.
If you want to use 11.2, you should only that folder on the D-drive to $env:PSModulePath and make sure the C:\Program Files (x86) is not in there.
You can ask the question on which PowerCLI in your PS profile, and then take appropriate action.
Blog: lucd.info Twitter: @LucD22 Co-author PowerCLI Reference
PowerCLI is installed in standard Program files folder.
If you take a look at the code I gave - I do exactly what you're saying. but it doesn't work )
The version in the error is for the DLL that can not be loaded, which is not necessarily the exact build number of the module.
When you look at Properties-Details of the VMware.Vim.dll you should see the number of the error message.
I checked, but for the me the DLL version says 6.7.0.1825 (not the same as you have in your error message).
Could that be a typo?
Blog: lucd.info Twitter: @LucD22 Co-author PowerCLI Reference
I'll check tomorrow. can be a typo.
Ok, here we go...
PS D:\Modules> $PSVersionTable
Name Value
---- -----
PSVersion 3.0
WSManStackVersion 3.0
SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1
CLRVersion 4.0.30319.18449
BuildVersion 6.2.9200.22199
PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.2
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PS D:\Modules> $env:PSModulePath
C:\Users\a\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules;C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules\;D:\Program Fil
es (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Tools\PowerShell\Modules\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Cisco\Cisco UCS PowerTool\Modules\
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PS D:\Modules> $PSVersionTable
Name Value
---- -----
PSVersion 3.0
WSManStackVersion 3.0
SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1
CLRVersion 4.0.30319.18449
BuildVersion 6.2.9200.22199
PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.2
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PS D:\Modules> Get-Module
ModuleType Name ExportedCommands
---------- ---- ----------------
Manifest Microsoft.PowerShell.Management {Add-Computer, Add-Content, Checkpoint-Computer, Clear-Content...}
Manifest Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility {Add-Member, Add-Type, Clear-Variable, Compare-Object...}
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PS D:\Modules> Get-PSSnapin
Name : Microsoft.PowerShell.Core
PSVersion : 3.0
Description : This Windows PowerShell snap-in contains cmdlets used to manage components of Windows PowerShell.
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PS D:\Modules> Get-Module -ListAvailable
Directory: C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules
ModuleType Name ExportedCommands
---------- ---- ----------------
Manifest ActiveDirectory {Add-ADCentralAccessPolicyMember, Add-ADComputerServiceAccount, Add-A...
Manifest AppLocker {Get-AppLockerFileInformation, Get-AppLockerPolicy, New-AppLockerPoli...
Manifest Appx {Add-AppxPackage, Get-AppxPackage, Get-AppxPackageManifest, Remove-Ap...
Manifest BitsTransfer {Add-BitsFile, Complete-BitsTransfer, Get-BitsTransfer, Remove-BitsTr...
Manifest BranchCache {Add-BCDataCacheExtension, Clear-BCCache, Disable-BC, Disable-BCDowng...
Manifest CimCmdlets {Get-CimAssociatedInstance, Get-CimClass, Get-CimInstance, Get-CimSes...
Manifest DirectAccessClientComponents {Disable-DAManualEntryPointSelection, Enable-DAManualEntryPointSelect...
Script Dism {Add-AppxProvisionedPackage, Add-WindowsDriver, Add-WindowsPackage, C...
Manifest DnsClient {Resolve-DnsName, Clear-DnsClientCache, Get-DnsClient, Get-DnsClientC...
Manifest DnsServer {Add-DnsServerConditionalForwarderZone, Add-DnsServerDirectoryPartiti...
Manifest GroupPolicy {Backup-GPO, Block-GPInheritance, Copy-GPO, Get-GPInheritance...}
Manifest iSCSI {Get-IscsiTargetPortal, New-IscsiTargetPortal, Remove-IscsiTargetPort...
Manifest IscsiTarget {Add-ClusteriSCSITargetServerRole, Add-IscsiVirtualDiskTargetMapping,...
Script ISE {New-IseSnippet, Import-IseSnippet, Get-IseSnippet}
Manifest Kds {Add-KdsRootKey, Get-KdsRootKey, Test-KdsRootKey, Set-KdsConfiguratio...
Manifest Microsoft.PowerShell.Diagnostics {Get-WinEvent, Get-Counter, Import-Counter, Export-Counter...}
Manifest Microsoft.PowerShell.Host {Start-Transcript, Stop-Transcript}
Manifest Microsoft.PowerShell.Management {Add-Content, Clear-Content, Clear-ItemProperty, Join-Path...}
Manifest Microsoft.PowerShell.Security {Get-Acl, Set-Acl, Get-PfxCertificate, Get-Credential...}
Manifest Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility {Format-List, Format-Custom, Format-Table, Format-Wide...}
Manifest Microsoft.WSMan.Management {Disable-WSManCredSSP, Enable-WSManCredSSP, Get-WSManCredSSP, Set-WSM...
Manifest MsDtc {New-DtcDiagnosticTransaction, Complete-DtcDiagnosticTransaction, Joi...
Manifest NetAdapter {Disable-NetAdapter, Disable-NetAdapterBinding, Disable-NetAdapterChe...
Manifest NetConnection {Get-NetConnectionProfile, Set-NetConnectionProfile}
Manifest NetLbfo {Add-NetLbfoTeamMember, Add-NetLbfoTeamNic, Get-NetLbfoTeam, Get-NetL...
Manifest NetQos {Get-NetQosPolicy, Set-NetQosPolicy, Remove-NetQosPolicy, New-NetQosP...
Manifest NetSecurity {Get-DAPolicyChange, New-NetIPsecAuthProposal, New-NetIPsecMainModeCr...
Manifest NetSwitchTeam {New-NetSwitchTeam, Remove-NetSwitchTeam, Get-NetSwitchTeam, Rename-N...
Manifest NetTCPIP {Get-NetIPAddress, Get-NetIPInterface, Get-NetIPv4Protocol, Get-NetIP...
Manifest NetworkConnectivityStatus {Get-DAConnectionStatus, Get-NCSIPolicyConfiguration, Reset-NCSIPolic...
Manifest NetworkTransition {Add-NetIPHttpsCertBinding, Disable-NetDnsTransitionConfiguration, Di...
Manifest PKI {Add-CertificateEnrollmentPolicyServer, Export-Certificate, Export-Pf...
Manifest PrintManagement {Add-Printer, Add-PrinterDriver, Add-PrinterPort, Get-PrintConfigurat...
Script PSDiagnostics {Disable-PSTrace, Disable-PSWSManCombinedTrace, Disable-WSManTrace, E...
Binary PSScheduledJob {New-JobTrigger, Add-JobTrigger, Remove-JobTrigger, Get-JobTrigger...}
Manifest RemoteAccess {Add-DAAppServer, Add-DAClient, Add-DAClientDnsConfiguration, Add-DAE...
Manifest ScheduledTasks {Get-ScheduledTask, Set-ScheduledTask, Register-ScheduledTask, Unregi...
Manifest SecureBoot {Confirm-SecureBootUEFI, Set-SecureBootUEFI, Get-SecureBootUEFI, Form...
Manifest SmbShare {Get-SmbShare, Remove-SmbShare, Set-SmbShare, Block-SmbShareAccess...}
Manifest Storage {Add-InitiatorIdToMaskingSet, Add-PartitionAccessPath, Add-PhysicalDi...
Manifest TroubleshootingPack {Get-TroubleshootingPack, Invoke-TroubleshootingPack}
Manifest TrustedPlatformModule {Get-Tpm, Initialize-Tpm, Clear-Tpm, Unblock-Tpm...}
Manifest VpnClient {Add-VpnConnection, Set-VpnConnection, Remove-VpnConnection, Get-VpnC...
Manifest Wdac {Get-OdbcDriver, Set-OdbcDriver, Get-OdbcDsn, Add-OdbcDsn...}
Manifest WebAdministration {Start-WebCommitDelay, Stop-WebCommitDelay, Get-WebConfigurationLock,...
Manifest Whea {Get-WheaMemoryPolicy, Set-WheaMemoryPolicy}
Manifest WindowsDeveloperLicense {Get-WindowsDeveloperLicense, Show-WindowsDeveloperLicenseRegistratio...
Script WindowsErrorReporting {Enable-WindowsErrorReporting, Disable-WindowsErrorReporting, Get-Win...
Directory: D:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Tools\PowerShell\Modules
ModuleType Name ExportedCommands
---------- ---- ----------------
Manifest SQLASCMDLETS {Add-RoleMember, Backup-ASDatabase, Invoke-ASCmd, Invoke-ProcessCube...}
Manifest SQLPS {Backup-SqlDatabase, Add-SqlAvailabilityDatabase, Disable-SqlAlwaysOn...
Directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\Cisco\Cisco UCS PowerTool\Modules
ModuleType Name ExportedCommands
---------- ---- ----------------
Binary CiscoUcsPS {Export-UcsXml, Export-UcsMoXml, Compare-UcsManagedObject, Start-UcsK...
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PS D:\Modules> $env:PSModulePath += ";D:\Modules\VMware-PowerCLI-11.2.0.12780525"
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PS D:\Modules> Get-Module -ListAvailable
Directory: C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules
ModuleType Name ExportedCommands
---------- ---- ----------------
Manifest ActiveDirectory {Add-ADCentralAccessPolicyMember, Add-ADComputerServiceAccount, Add-A...
Manifest AppLocker {Get-AppLockerFileInformation, Get-AppLockerPolicy, New-AppLockerPoli...
Manifest Appx {Add-AppxPackage, Get-AppxPackage, Get-AppxPackageManifest, Remove-Ap...
Manifest BitsTransfer {Add-BitsFile, Complete-BitsTransfer, Get-BitsTransfer, Remove-BitsTr...
Manifest BranchCache {Add-BCDataCacheExtension, Clear-BCCache, Disable-BC, Disable-BCDowng...
Manifest CimCmdlets {Get-CimAssociatedInstance, Get-CimClass, Get-CimInstance, Get-CimSes...
Manifest DirectAccessClientComponents {Disable-DAManualEntryPointSelection, Enable-DAManualEntryPointSelect...
Script Dism {Add-AppxProvisionedPackage, Add-WindowsDriver, Add-WindowsPackage, C...
Manifest DnsClient {Resolve-DnsName, Clear-DnsClientCache, Get-DnsClient, Get-DnsClientC...
Manifest DnsServer {Add-DnsServerConditionalForwarderZone, Add-DnsServerDirectoryPartiti...
Manifest GroupPolicy {Backup-GPO, Block-GPInheritance, Copy-GPO, Get-GPInheritance...}
Manifest iSCSI {Get-IscsiTargetPortal, New-IscsiTargetPortal, Remove-IscsiTargetPort...
Manifest IscsiTarget {Add-ClusteriSCSITargetServerRole, Add-IscsiVirtualDiskTargetMapping,...
Script ISE {New-IseSnippet, Import-IseSnippet, Get-IseSnippet}
Manifest Kds {Add-KdsRootKey, Get-KdsRootKey, Test-KdsRootKey, Set-KdsConfiguratio...
Manifest Microsoft.PowerShell.Diagnostics {Get-WinEvent, Get-Counter, Import-Counter, Export-Counter...}
Manifest Microsoft.PowerShell.Host {Start-Transcript, Stop-Transcript}
Manifest Microsoft.PowerShell.Management {Add-Content, Clear-Content, Clear-ItemProperty, Join-Path...}
Manifest Microsoft.PowerShell.Security {Get-Acl, Set-Acl, Get-PfxCertificate, Get-Credential...}
Manifest Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility {Format-List, Format-Custom, Format-Table, Format-Wide...}
Manifest Microsoft.WSMan.Management {Disable-WSManCredSSP, Enable-WSManCredSSP, Get-WSManCredSSP, Set-WSM...
Manifest MsDtc {New-DtcDiagnosticTransaction, Complete-DtcDiagnosticTransaction, Joi...
Manifest NetAdapter {Disable-NetAdapter, Disable-NetAdapterBinding, Disable-NetAdapterChe...
Manifest NetConnection {Get-NetConnectionProfile, Set-NetConnectionProfile}
Manifest NetLbfo {Add-NetLbfoTeamMember, Add-NetLbfoTeamNic, Get-NetLbfoTeam, Get-NetL...
Manifest NetQos {Get-NetQosPolicy, Set-NetQosPolicy, Remove-NetQosPolicy, New-NetQosP...
Manifest NetSecurity {Get-DAPolicyChange, New-NetIPsecAuthProposal, New-NetIPsecMainModeCr...
Manifest NetSwitchTeam {New-NetSwitchTeam, Remove-NetSwitchTeam, Get-NetSwitchTeam, Rename-N...
Manifest NetTCPIP {Get-NetIPAddress, Get-NetIPInterface, Get-NetIPv4Protocol, Get-NetIP...
Manifest NetworkConnectivityStatus {Get-DAConnectionStatus, Get-NCSIPolicyConfiguration, Reset-NCSIPolic...
Manifest NetworkTransition {Add-NetIPHttpsCertBinding, Disable-NetDnsTransitionConfiguration, Di...
Manifest PKI {Add-CertificateEnrollmentPolicyServer, Export-Certificate, Export-Pf...
Manifest PrintManagement {Add-Printer, Add-PrinterDriver, Add-PrinterPort, Get-PrintConfigurat...
Script PSDiagnostics {Disable-PSTrace, Disable-PSWSManCombinedTrace, Disable-WSManTrace, E...
Binary PSScheduledJob {New-JobTrigger, Add-JobTrigger, Remove-JobTrigger, Get-JobTrigger...}
Manifest RemoteAccess {Add-DAAppServer, Add-DAClient, Add-DAClientDnsConfiguration, Add-DAE...
Manifest ScheduledTasks {Get-ScheduledTask, Set-ScheduledTask, Register-ScheduledTask, Unregi...
Manifest SecureBoot {Confirm-SecureBootUEFI, Set-SecureBootUEFI, Get-SecureBootUEFI, Form...
Manifest SmbShare {Get-SmbShare, Remove-SmbShare, Set-SmbShare, Block-SmbShareAccess...}
Manifest Storage {Add-InitiatorIdToMaskingSet, Add-PartitionAccessPath, Add-PhysicalDi...
Manifest TroubleshootingPack {Get-TroubleshootingPack, Invoke-TroubleshootingPack}
Manifest TrustedPlatformModule {Get-Tpm, Initialize-Tpm, Clear-Tpm, Unblock-Tpm...}
Manifest VpnClient {Add-VpnConnection, Set-VpnConnection, Remove-VpnConnection, Get-VpnC...
Manifest Wdac {Get-OdbcDriver, Set-OdbcDriver, Get-OdbcDsn, Add-OdbcDsn...}
Manifest WebAdministration {Start-WebCommitDelay, Stop-WebCommitDelay, Get-WebConfigurationLock,...
Manifest Whea {Get-WheaMemoryPolicy, Set-WheaMemoryPolicy}
Manifest WindowsDeveloperLicense {Get-WindowsDeveloperLicense, Show-WindowsDeveloperLicenseRegistratio...
Script WindowsErrorReporting {Enable-WindowsErrorReporting, Disable-WindowsErrorReporting, Get-Win...
Directory: D:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Tools\PowerShell\Modules
ModuleType Name ExportedCommands
---------- ---- ----------------
Manifest SQLASCMDLETS {Add-RoleMember, Backup-ASDatabase, Invoke-ASCmd, Invoke-ProcessCube...}
Manifest SQLPS {Backup-SqlDatabase, Add-SqlAvailabilityDatabase, Disable-SqlAlwaysOn...
Directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\Cisco\Cisco UCS PowerTool\Modules
ModuleType Name ExportedCommands
---------- ---- ----------------
Binary CiscoUcsPS {Export-UcsXml, Export-UcsMoXml, Compare-UcsManagedObject, Start-UcsK...
Directory: D:\Modules\VMware-PowerCLI-11.2.0.12780525
ModuleType Name ExportedCommands
---------- ---- ----------------
Script VMware.DeployAutomation {Add-DeployRule, Add-ProxyServer, Add-ScriptBundle, Copy-DeployRule...}
Script VMware.ImageBuilder {Add-EsxSoftwareDepot, Add-EsxSoftwarePackage, Compare-EsxImageProfil...
Manifest VMware.PowerCLI
Script VMware.Vim
Script VMware.VimAutomation.Cis.Core {Connect-CisServer, Disconnect-CisServer, Get-CisService}
Script VMware.VimAutomation.Cloud {Add-CIDatastore, Connect-CIServer, Disconnect-CIServer, Get-Catalog...}
Script VMware.VimAutomation.Common
Script VMware.VimAutomation.Core {Add-PassthroughDevice, Add-VirtualSwitchPhysicalNetworkAdapter, Add-...
Script VMware.VimAutomation.Hcx {Connect-HCXServer, Disconnect-HCXServer, Get-HCXAppliance, Get-HCXAp...
Script VMware.VimAutomation.HorizonView {Connect-HVServer, Disconnect-HVServer}
Script VMware.VimAutomation.License Get-LicenseDataManager
Script VMware.VimAutomation.Nsxt {Connect-NsxtServer, Disconnect-NsxtServer, Get-NsxtPolicyService, Ge...
Script VMware.VimAutomation.Sdk Get-ErrorReport
Script VMware.VimAutomation.Security {Get-SecurityInfo, Get-VTpm, Get-VTpmCertificate, Get-VTpmCSR...}
Script VMware.VimAutomation.Srm {Connect-SrmServer, Disconnect-SrmServer}
Script VMware.VimAutomation.Storage {Add-KeyManagementServer, Copy-VDisk, Export-SpbmStoragePolicy, Get-K...
Script VMware.VimAutomation.StorageUtility Update-VmfsDatastore
Script VMware.VimAutomation.Vds {Add-VDSwitchPhysicalNetworkAdapter, Add-VDSwitchVMHost, Export-VDPor...
Script VMware.VimAutomation.Vmc {Connect-Vmc, Disconnect-Vmc, Get-VmcSddcNetworkService, Get-VmcServi...
Script VMware.VimAutomation.vROps {Connect-OMServer, Disconnect-OMServer, Get-OMAlert, Get-OMAlertDefin...
Script VMware.VumAutomation {Add-EntityBaseline, Copy-Patch, Get-Baseline, Get-Compliance...}
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PS D:\Modules> Import-Module VMware.PowerCLI
Import-Module : Exception calling "OnImportModule" with "2" argument(s): "The type initializer for
'VMware.VimAutomation.Storage.Interop.V1.Service.StorageServiceFactory' threw an exception."
At line:1 char:1
+ Import-Module VMware.PowerCLI
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Import-Module], MethodInvocationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : TypeInitializationException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ImportModuleCommand
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PS D:\Modules> Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -InvalidCertificateAction Ignore -Scope Session -DisplayDeprecationWarnings:$false -Confirm:$false | out-null
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PS D:\Modules> Connect-VIServer ********
Connect-VIServer : Could not load file or assembly 'VMware.Vim, Version=6.7.0.1825, Culture=neutral,
PublicKeyToken=null' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.
At line:1 char:1
+ Connect-VIServer nlepcms001.mev.internal
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Connect-VIServer], FileNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.IO.FileNotFoundException,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.ConnectVIServer
PS D:\Modules> $f = "D:\Modules\VMware-PowerCLI-11.2.0.12780525\VMware.Vim\netcoreapp2.0\VMware.Vim.dll"
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PS D:\Modules> $f1 = "D:\Modules\VMware-PowerCLI-11.2.0.12780525\VMware.Vim\net45\VMware.Vim.dll"
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PS D:\Modules> [System.Diagnostics.FileVersionInfo]::GetVersionInfo($f) | fl
OriginalFilename : VMware.Vim.dll
FileDescription : VMware.Vim
ProductName : PowerCLI
Comments : Package Description
CompanyName : VMware, Inc.
FileName : D:\Modules\VMware-PowerCLI-11.2.0.12780525\VMware.Vim\netcoreapp2.0\VMware.Vim.dll
FileVersion : 6.7.0.1825
ProductVersion : 6.7.0.12483609
IsDebug : False
IsPatched : False
IsPreRelease : False
IsPrivateBuild : False
IsSpecialBuild : False
Language : Language Neutral
LegalCopyright : Copyright © VMware
LegalTrademarks :
PrivateBuild :
SpecialBuild :
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PS D:\Modules> [System.Diagnostics.FileVersionInfo]::GetVersionInfo($f1) | fl
OriginalFilename : VMware.Vim.dll
FileDescription : VMware.Vim
ProductName : PowerCLI
Comments : Package Description
CompanyName : VMware, Inc.
FileName : D:\Modules\VMware-PowerCLI-11.2.0.12780525\VMware.Vim\net45\VMware.Vim.dll
FileVersion : 6.7.0.1825
ProductVersion : 6.7.0.12483609
IsDebug : False
IsPatched : False
IsPreRelease : False
IsPrivateBuild : False
IsSpecialBuild : False
Language : Language Neutral
LegalCopyright : Copyright © VMware
LegalTrademarks :
PrivateBuild :
SpecialBuild :
As you can see there is powercli loaded in the powershell session untill i do i manually with import module.
PowerCLI 5.5 install folder is C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\Infrastructure\vSphere PowerCLI
Tried to add D:\Modules\VMware-PowerCLI-11.2.0.12780525\VMware.Vim\net45 and D:\Modules\VMware-PowerCLI-11.2.0.12780525\VMware.Vim\netcoreapp2.0 to $env:PSModulePath - no luck.
Any ideas?
So the module version was a typo.
And what a strange environment.
I see that you are still using PS v3.
That means no module autoloading.
The netcoreapp2.0 doesn't play in this.
That folder is only used when you are running PS v6.*
Windows 2012 is not in the compatibility matrix (WIndows 2012 R2 is).
And PowerCLI 5.5, which you still seem to need, is not supported with vSphere 6.7
Given all that, is can't really try to replicate what you are seeing.
Sorry about that.
Blog: lucd.info Twitter: @LucD22 Co-author PowerCLI Reference
Well...
We're using vSphere 5.5 here. In 6.0+ environments everything works perfectly.
So i don't need any new fancy stuff besides bugfix with Get-VIEvent (when -MaxSample is limited by 7000 events).
The real painis that this script (actully there is a set of scripts) should be used in variuos infras (ranged from vsphere 5.5 to 6.5 with powershell versions from 3 to 6). So that's why i try to encapsulate stuff as much as possible.
So any idea why it cannot find those dll's?
I have the same issue as well. Just downloaded and installed the Powercli tools.
So far I could not manage to find a fix.
The following command worked for me:
Get-Module -Name VMware* -ListAvailable | Import-Module