Hi all,
I'm attempting to copy files between two locations on a regular basis using the Copy-VMGuestFile cmdlet. My reason for having to use this command is due to the destination server being in our DMZ and there's no route between my host. However I'm having an issue with overwriting files on the destination VM and I am receiving the following error:
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VCENTRE 443 user Copy-VMGuestFile : 8/07/2015 10:33:37 a.m. Copy-VMGuestFile Cannot complete the operation because the file or folder E:\Website\ already exists At C:\Users\user\Desktop\test.ps1:19 char:1 + Copy-VMGuestFile -VM HOST -LocalToGuest -Source C:\Users\*\Desktop ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Copy-VMGuestFile], FileAlreadyExists + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Client20_VmGuestServiceImpl_CreateDirectoryInGuest_ViError,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.CopyVMGuestFile Copy-VMGuestFile : 8/07/2015 10:33:39 a.m. Copy-VMGuestFile Cannot complete the operation because the file or folder E:\Website\ already exists At C:\Users\user\Desktop\test.ps1:19 char:1 + Copy-VMGuestFile -VM HOST -LocalToGuest -Source C:\Users\user\Desktop ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Copy-VMGuestFile], FileAlreadyExists + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Client20_VmGuestServiceImpl_CreateDirectoryInGuest_ViError,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.CopyVMGuestFile |
I've referenced the PowerCLI documentation found here: vSphere 5.5 Documentation Center and it states: "If a file with the same name exists in the destination directory, it is overwritten." But there is no mention of overwriting directories.. I've tried Googling and searching the forums but no results have shown up.
The command I'm using is: Copy-VMGuestFile -VM $DestinationVM -LocalToGuest -Source $SourceFile -Destination $DestinationFile -HostUser $Username -HostPassword $Password -force
Any assistance on this matter would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
Judge
