Error while importing pool in json

[Rotoi]

Hi,

When importing a pool with powershell in json format, this error appears :

Exception lors de l'appel de « Desktop_Create » avec « 2 » argument(s) : « ExceptionType : VMware.Hv.InvalidArgument
ErrorMessage : A null value is invalid.
ParameterName : automatedDesktopSpec.virtualCenterProvisioningSettings.virtualCenterStorageSettings.viewStorageAcceleratorSettings.viewComposerDiskTypes »
 C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\VMware.Hv.Helper\VMware.Hv.Helper.psm1:5008 : 7
+ $id = $desktop_helper.Desktop_create($services,$desktopSpecObj)
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : VimException

This seems related to a null value in the json file ?

The property automatedDesktopSpec.virtualCenterProvisioningSettings.virtualCenterStorageSettings.viewStorageAcceleratorSettings.viewComposerDiskTypes is not null for this pool.

[RetouwNL]

can you share the json ?

[Rotoi]

I added it in attached file as the post is removed when the content is posted in a message.

[RetouwNL]

that's annoying, did you also ask on the github page as thats where the people are who work on the module. 

[Rotoi]

You mean here ? https://github.com/vmware/PowerCLI-Example-Scripts/issues

Yes I did. Still no reply yet.

[RetouwNL]

there indeed, I stopped supporting the module years ago but there are some folks that still keep improving it. Imho the best way is to switch completely to the rest api's

[Rotoi]

What do you mean by switching to the rest api's ?

I'm looking for a way to export pools from a connection server then import them in another one. Hence the use of the hv.helper module. That could be done with that rest api ?

[RetouwNL]

absolutely it's what I did here: https://www.retouw.nl/2021/12/08/creating-desktop-pools-using-the-horizon-rest-api-with-powershell/

You might need to play a bit with things but this is how I created my example.

[Rotoi]

When executing get command on the desktop pools inventory, this gives the error :

401	Error: Unauthorized

{
  "status": "UNAUTHORIZED",
  "timestamp": 1693848140815,
  "error_message": "Authentication token not found"
}

There is no log in section on that page

[RetouwNL]

there is a way to do that by using the api call (top most section) but I made a short script that logs in for you and puts a login token on your clipboard https://www.retouw.nl/2020/08/26/using-the-horizon-8-swagger-page/

[Rotoi]

Thanks.

I got the export of the desktop pools in a json file from the get command, when using POST to import it in another connection server, this gives this error.

Error 400 : bad request.

400	Error: Bad Request Response body Download

{  "timestamp": "2023-09-04T16:08:17.734+00:00",  "status": 400,  "error": "Bad Request",  "path": "/rest/inventory/v1/desktop-pools"
}

Response headers

 access-control-allow-credentials: true  access-control-allow-origin: https://**********  cache-control: no-cache,no-store,max-age=0,must-revalidate  content-security-policy: default-src 'self';connect-src 'self' https:;font-src 'self' data:;img-src 'self' data:;script-src 'self';style-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline';frame-ancestors 'none'  content-type: application/json  expires: 0  pragma: no-cache  strict-transport-security: max-age=31536000 ; includeSubDomains  transfer-encoding: chunked  vary: Origin  x-content-type-options: nosniff  x-frame-options: DENY  x-xss-protection: 1; mode=block 

[Rotoi]

So by default, when using the get command from the web page, there is only minimal information that is extracted from the pools ?

[RetouwNL]

it has all the info from the pool in the json but some parts you will need to remove as they are unneeded. In my blog post I only went for the bare essentials for my pools but you have to play with what is required in your environment.