Invoke-VMScript to change VM IP

[T180985]

Im trying to put together a script to enable me to change VM IPs following a vSphere Replication failover however i am having an issue getting it to run.... so far i have the following?

$localCreds = Get-Credential

$FailoverNetworkIP =  "10.*.*.*"

$FailoverNetworkSubNet = "255.255.255.0"

$FailoverNetworkGW = "10.*.*.*"

$netsh = "c:\windows\system32\netsh.exe interface ip set address ""VLAN ***"" static $FailoverNetworkIP $FailoverNetworkSubNet $FailoverNetworkGW 1"

Invoke-VMScript –VM “S*******(CLONE)” -GuestCredential $localCreds -ScriptType bat -ScriptText $netsh

I am getting the below error:

WARNING: The version of VMware Tools on VM 'S*******(CLONE)' is out of date and may cause Invoke-VMScript to work improperly.

Invoke-VMScript : 24/02/2020 09:35:47   Invoke-VMScript         A specified parameter was not correct:

At line:1 char:1

+ Invoke-VMScript –VM “S*******(CLONE)” -GuestCredential $localCreds -S ...

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

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

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Client20_VmGuestServiceImpl_RunScriptInGuest_ViError,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.InvokeVmScript

Can anyone shed some light onto where i am going wrong?

[LucD]

If the copy of your code in here is correct, the quotes surrounding the VM's display name are UTF-8 double quotation marks (hex codes E2 80 93 and E2 80 9D).

Try replacing those with ANSI double quotes (hex code 22).

[T180985]

Changed it but still getting an error:

PS H:\> Invoke-VMScript –VM "S********(CLONE)" -GuestCredential $localCreds -ScriptType bat -ScriptText $netsh

WARNING: The version of VMware Tools on VM 'S********(CLONE)' is out of date and may cause Invoke-VMScript to work improperly.

Invoke-VMScript : 24/02/2020 10:44:55   Invoke-VMScript         A general system error occurred: vix error codes = (1, 0).

At line:1 char:1

+ Invoke-VMScript –VM "********(CLONE)" -GuestCredential $localCreds -S ...

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

    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Invoke-VMScript], SystemError

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Client20_VmGuestServiceImpl_RunScriptInGuest_ViError,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.InvokeVmScript

Im not really seeing much in vmware.log of the VM either:

2020-02-24T10:35:46.528Z| vcpu-2| I125: GuestRpc: Reinitializing Channel 1(toolbox-dnd)

2020-02-24T10:35:52.886Z| vcpu-3| W115: GuestRpc: application toolbox-dnd, changing channel 65535 -> 1

2020-02-24T10:35:52.886Z| vcpu-3| I125: GuestRpc: Channel 1, guest application toolbox-dnd.

2020-02-24T10:38:53.358Z| vmx| I125: VigorTransportProcessClientPayload: opID=5bc915d-e2-59b9 seq=6902: Receiving GuestOps.CreateTemporaryFile request.

2020-02-24T10:38:53.409Z| vcpu-0| I125: VigorTransport_ServerSendResponse opID=5bc915d-e2-59b9 seq=6902: Completed GuestOps request.

2020-02-24T10:39:56.275Z| vmx| I125: VigorTransportProcessClientPayload: opID=4e66e0c-49-5b1e seq=6976: Receiving GuestOps.CreateTemporaryFile request.

2020-02-24T10:39:56.284Z| vcpu-1| I125: VigorTransport_ServerSendResponse opID=4e66e0c-49-5b1e seq=6976: Completed GuestOps request.

2020-02-24T10:44:54.594Z| vmx| I125: VigorTransportProcessClientPayload: opID=37e6ecc1-f7-61df seq=7293: Receiving GuestOps.CreateTemporaryFile request.

2020-02-24T10:44:54.623Z| vcpu-0| I125: VigorTransport_ServerSendResponse opID=37e6ecc1-f7-61df seq=7293: Completed GuestOps request.

EDIT

looks like the change of error was due to incorrect credentials, ive updated and im back to the original error

[LucD]

Do you actually have those asterisks in the VM's Displayname, or you just masking te real name in this public forum?

[T180985]

Just masking server names.

Im wondering if this is a UAC issue as when i run netsh locally to change the IP, it requires elevation...

[LucD]

That wouldn't produce those errors.

[LucD]

A suggestion, run the same with my Invoke-VMSCriptPlus and the Verbose option.

It tends to provide more information when something goes wrong