Invoke-VMScript : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument 'Host; E={AURPP02}}'.

[ganapa2000]

Hi,

I am unable get the output from below script

connect-viserver 10.10.10.6

$computers = Get-Content "C:\2_DNS_Change\Shared_Apps.txt"

Foreach($computer in $computers)

{

Invoke-VMScript -vm $computer -ScriptText "Get-Netadapter | Select Name, @{N="Host"; E={$env:computername}}" -ScriptType PowerShell -GuestUser admin -GuestPassword "p@ssw123"

}

Error

Invoke-VMScript : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument 'Host; E={AURPP02}}'.

At C:\DR\2.ps1:5 char:1

+ Invoke-VMScript -vm $computer -ScriptText "Get-Netadapter | Select Na ...

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

    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (:) [Invoke-VMScript], ParameterBindingException

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.InvokeVmScript

[LucD · Accepted solution]

That is due to the quotes you used.
Use single quotes around the Name string

Invoke-VMScript -vm $computer -ScriptText "Get-Netadapter | Select Name, @{N='Host'; E={$env:computername}}" -ScriptType PowerShell -GuestUser admin -GuestPassword "p@ssw123"

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[ganapa2000]

Thank you very much LucD