topic PowerCLI 6.5 - CONNECT-HVSERVER - InvalidDomainCredentials in Horizon Desktops and Apps

PowerCLI 6.5 - CONNECT-HVSERVER - InvalidDomainCredentials

ebenarroch — Wed, 18 Apr 2018 19:42:58 GMT

Hello,

We recently downloaded and installed PowerCLI 6.5 and 10 (the most recent) and have been trying to test the Horizon View API. However, when trying the Connect-HVserver cmdlet we get the error below. We are sure that the username/password/domain is correct since we are able to login to the HV admin panel without a problem (also, if we force a wrong password to the command we get a 'wrong password' error). Any suggestions are welcome!

Connect-HVServer CONN-SERVER_FQDN -user USERNAME -password PASSWORD -domain DOMAIN

Connect-HVServer : ExceptionType : VMware.Hv.InvalidDomainCredentials

ErrorMessage : Invalid credentials on domain svtlab.local (SVTLAB) for query

Id :

Domain : VMware.Hv.ADDomainId

NetbiosDomainName : SVTLAB

DnsDomainName : svtlab.local

At line:1 char:1

+ Connect-HVServer view-orl.svtlab.local -user administrator -password **** - ...

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

+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Connect-HVServer], Exception

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.Exception,VMware.VimAutomation.HorizonView.Commands.Cmdlets.ConnectHVServer

Re: PowerCLI 6.5 - CONNECT-HVSERVER - InvalidDomainCredentials

jrodsguitar — Wed, 18 Apr 2018 19:50:32 GMT

if you create a credential object instead does it work? You will be prompted for a username and password so specify the username as domain\user

$cred = get-credential

Connect-HVServer CONN-SERVER_FQDN -Credential $cred

Re: PowerCLI 6.5 - CONNECT-HVSERVER - InvalidDomainCredentials

ebenarroch — Thu, 19 Apr 2018 13:32:13 GMT

Thank you for your suggestion jrodsguitar!

However, attempting this we got the same error... We tried with the $cred object to vCenter and it does work:

PS C:\Users\Administrator> $cred = get-credential

cmdlet Get-Credential at command pipeline position 1

Supply values for the following parameters:

Credential

PS C:\Users\Administrator> connect-HVserver CONN-SERVER-FQDN -Credential $cred

connect-HVserver : ExceptionType : VMware.Hv.InvalidDomainCredentials

ErrorMessage : Invalid credentials on domain svtlab.local (SVTLAB) for query

Id :

Domain : VMware.Hv.ADDomainId

NetbiosDomainName : SVTLAB

DnsDomainName : svtlab.local

At line:1 char:1

+ connect-HVserver view-orl.svtlab.local -Credential $cred

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

+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Connect-HVServer], Exception

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.Exception,VMware.VimAutomation.HorizonView.Commands.Cmdlets.ConnectHVServer

PS C:\Users\Administrator> connect-viserver VC-FQDN -Credential $cred

Name Port User

---- ---- ----

VC-FQDN 443 Domain\Administrator