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New-VDPortgroup : Operation is not valid due to the current state of the object.

mc1903cae — Mon, 30 Dec 2019 13:10:11 GMT

I am getting the following error when adding new port groups to an existing vDS.


New-VDPortgroup : Operation is not valid due to the current state of the object. At P:\VMware\Create vDS PortGroups\Create vDS PortGroups - New v2.ps1:30 char:25 + ... t-VDSwitch $vDS \| New-VDPortgroup -Name $vDS_PGName -VlanId $vDS_VLAN + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [New-VDPortgroup], InvalidOperationException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.InvalidOperationException,VMware.VimAutomation.Vds.Commands.Cmdlets.NewVDPortgroup

New-VDPortgroup : Operation is not valid due to the current state of the object.

At P:\VMware\Create vDS PortGroups\Create vDS PortGroups - New v2.ps1:30 char:25

+ ... t-VDSwitch $vDS | New-VDPortgroup -Name $vDS_PGName -VlanId $vDS_VLAN

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

+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [New-VDPortgroup], InvalidOperationException

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.InvalidOperationException,VMware.VimAutomation.Vds.Commands.Cmdlets.NewVDPortgroup

The new port groups ARE added despite the error.

The Powershell script I am using is as follows:

# vCenter Credentials
$VIServer = "mc-vcsa-v-301a.momusconsulting.com"
$VIUsername = 'administrator@vsphere.local'
$VIPassword = 'Pa55word5!'
# The vDS to add the PortGroups to
$vDS = "vDS1_SiteA-65"
# vCenter vDS Port Group and VLAN - "{PGName}" = "{VLAN ID}"
$vDS_VLAN_PGNAME = @{
"VLAN050_Prod-VMs-A" = "50"
"VLAN101_Management-A" = "101"
"VLAN102_vMotion-A" = "102"
"VLAN103_vSAN-A" = "103"
"VLAN104_iSCSI1-A" = "104"
"VLAN105_iSCSI2-A" = "105"
"VLAN106_Replication-A" = "106"
"VLAN107_NFS-A" = "107"
}
Clear
vCenter = Connect-VIServer $VIServer -User $VIUsername -Password $VIPassword -WarningAction SilentlyContinue
$vDS_VLAN_PGNAME.GetEnumerator() | Sort-Object -Property Name | Foreach-Object {
    $vDS_PGName = $_.Name
    $vDS_VLAN = $_.Value
     
    Get-VDSwitch $vDS | New-VDPortgroup -Name $vDS_PGName -VlanId $vDS_VLAN
}

A bit confused. Would appreciate it if anyone can shine a light on why this is erroring.

Thanks,

Re: New-VDPortgroup : Operation is not valid due to the current state of the object.

T180985 — Mon, 30 Dec 2019 13:17:42 GMT

You might want to edit out those credentials!

Re: New-VDPortgroup : Operation is not valid due to the current state of the object.

mc1903cae — Mon, 30 Dec 2019 13:28:39 GMT

Thank you. No worries, it is an isolated test lab.

Re: New-VDPortgroup : Operation is not valid due to the current state of the object.

LucD — Mon, 30 Dec 2019 14:15:39 GMT

Did you stop/start your PS/PowerCLI session between trials?

Re: New-VDPortgroup : Operation is not valid due to the current state of the object.

mc1903cae — Mon, 30 Dec 2019 14:33:45 GMT

Hi Luc,

Thank you. I hadn't tried closing and reopening my PS session. I have now and I no longer get the error!

What had I done/not done/missed? Still a bit confused.!

Re: New-VDPortgroup : Operation is not valid due to the current state of the object.

LucD — Mon, 30 Dec 2019 15:14:19 GMT

You didn't do anything wrong.

PS and/or PowerCLI sometimes get garbage in the objects they keep in memory.
That message you got is in a lot of the cases by such a mishap.
A stop/start of the session lets you start afresh.

Re: New-VDPortgroup : Operation is not valid due to the current state of the object.

mc1903cae — Mon, 30 Dec 2019 15:22:41 GMT

Thank you for the explanation Luc.

Much appreciated.