topic Re: PowerCLI Issues in VMware PowerCLI Discussions

PowerCLI Issues

Xanthus3 — Mon, 10 May 2021 14:09:29 GMT

Good morning,

I have downloaded and installed the module, PowerCLI, from https://developer.vmware.com/powercli , offline version. I created a folder in Powershell modules named PowerCLI. I tried to run the first command to connect to ESX blade and got the following error.

"PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> connect-viserver -server 'my server name'
connect-viserver : The 'connect-viserver' command was found in the module 'VMware.VimAutomation.Core', but the module could not be loaded. For more
information, run 'Import-Module VMware.VimAutomation.Core'.
At line:1 char:1
+ connect-viserver -server 172.20.6.133
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (connect-viserver:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CouldNotAutoloadMatchingModule"

I have tried running the command import-module command and got this:

"PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Import-Module VMware.VimAutomation.Core
Import-Module : The specified module 'VMware.VimAutomation.Core' was not loaded because no valid module file was found in any module directory.
At line:1 char:1
+ Import-Module VMware.VimAutomation.Core
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ResourceUnavailable: (VMware.VimAutomation.Core:String) [Import-Module], FileNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Modules_ModuleNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ImportModuleCommand"

Ran this command to get info Get-Module -Name VMware* -ListAvailable | Select Name,Version:

Name Version
---- -------
VMware.CloudServices 12.2.0.17531656
VMware.DeployAutomation 7.0.2.17849781
VMware.ImageBuilder 7.0.2.17849781
VMware.PowerCLI 12.3.0.17860403
VMware.Vim 7.0.2.17839075
VMware.VimAutomation.Cis.Core 12.3.0.17839331
VMware.VimAutomation.Cloud 12.0.0.15940183
VMware.VimAutomation.Common 12.3.0.17838947
VMware.VimAutomation.Core 12.3.0.17839688
VMware.VimAutomation.Hcx 12.3.0.17860192
VMware.VimAutomation.HorizonView 12.3.0.17806051
VMware.VimAutomation.License 12.0.0.15939670
VMware.VimAutomation.Nsxt 12.3.0.17843496
VMware.VimAutomation.Sdk 12.2.0.17531155
VMware.VimAutomation.Security 12.3.0.17833870
VMware.VimAutomation.Srm 12.3.0.17843071
VMware.VimAutomation.Storage 12.3.0.17855705
VMware.VimAutomation.StorageUtility 1.6.0.0
VMware.VimAutomation.Vds 12.3.0.17856667
VMware.VimAutomation.Vmc 12.2.0.17531704
VMware.VimAutomation.vROps 12.2.0.17532798
VMware.VimAutomation.WorkloadManagement 12.3.0.17856842
VMware.VumAutomation 12.1.0.16941488

So as you can see, automation.core is being seen but it won't load.

Some notes to keep in mind. I can't download the module via PowerShell as I have to install it as an admin and admins don't have access to the internet. So installing from PowerShell is out.

Any help would greatly be appreciated.

Re: PowerCLI Issues

wila — Mon, 10 May 2021 14:24:15 GMT

Hi,

re. your "abuse report"

The antispam mechanism of this forum is overly active.
As soon as you post a link, the chances of your post getting tagged as spam increases about tenfold.
It does not seem to matter that the link is under the vmware.com domain (yes that makes no sense to me either)
Either way, I fished your post out of the spam queue.

--
Wil

Re: PowerCLI Issues

LucD — Mon, 10 May 2021 15:39:45 GMT

Did you check if any of the folders in $env:PSModulePath points to the folder where the modules are located?
Did you install PowerCLI from a ZIP file or with the Install-Module cmdlet?

Re: PowerCLI Issues

Xanthus3 — Mon, 10 May 2021 16:05:11 GMT

I guess you can say installed it from the zip. I copied the files from the zip to the modules folder, inside of a new folder called PowerCLI. The Get-Module -Name VMware* -ListAvailable | Select Name,Version command see's the vmware modules I moved over. I then closed and reopened to see if that would populate. That has not.

Re: PowerCLI Issues

Xanthus3 — Mon, 10 May 2021 16:09:25 GMT

And just to be safe, I put that PowerCLI folder in all of the module locations.

Re: PowerCLI Issues

LucD — Mon, 10 May 2021 16:12:36 GMT

One folder should be enough

After you downloaded the ZIP file, did you unblock it with the Unblock-File cmdlet?
See also PowerCLI Offline Installation Walkthrough

Re: PowerCLI Issues

Xanthus3 — Mon, 10 May 2021 16:27:15 GMT

Ok. I figured it out. Me creating a new folder (PowerCLI) inside of the module folder and unzipping the files to that folder, instead of just unzipping the contents of the zip to the module folder, was the culprit.

IE: I unzipped the files to C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules\PowerCLI\ INSTEAD of C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules\

That extra folder is the reason. Thank you for your time!

Re: PowerCLI Issues

HelionAL — Thu, 19 Jan 2023 14:26:27 GMT

Solution:

Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned

Br!

Re: PowerCLI Issues

LucD — Thu, 19 Jan 2023 14:55:24 GMT

Why are you posting this reply?
The execution policy has nothing to do with the issue the poster reported.

Re: PowerCLI Issues

HelionAL — Tue, 24 Jan 2023 14:47:53 GMT

Because the tools are already installed.

The 'connect-viserver' command was found in the module 'VMware.VimAutomation.Core', but the module could not be loaded. For more
information, run 'Import-Module VMware.VimAutomation.Core'.

Execution policy it's prohibiting them to run.

You can try it, set the execution policy to restricted, and try to load the command connect-viserver.

Waiting for your response.

Br!

Re: PowerCLI Issues

LucD — Tue, 24 Jan 2023 15:04:29 GMT

I didn't say the execution policy "Restricted" could not cause something similar.
But nothing in the submitter's description of his issue indicated anything about the execution policy.

As was confirmed by the submitter himself later on.
The issue was caused by not unblocking the downloaded ZIP file.

So again, please stop submitting nonsense, or at least read the thread carefully before submitting such replies.