Invoke-VMHostProfile error when attempting to get Required Input Hashtable

[Lug77]

I have a script that gets the required input for a Host Profile using Apply-VMHostProfile (PowerCLI 5.5).  If I run this command using Invoke-VMHostProfile (PowerCLI 6.0 R2) it works fine if the profile requires additional input.  If I run it on a host where the answer file is completed I get the error listed below.  When I run the command in PowerCLI 5.5, it simply returns the Host Object.  Is this possibly a bug?

Code:

$AdditionalConfig = Invoke-VMHostProfile $newhost -Profile $hostprofile -Confirm:$false

Error:

Invoke-VMHostProfile : 10/21/2015 1:06:18 PM    Invoke-VMHostProfile       

Required property value is missing from data object of type KeyAnyValue

while parsing serialized DataObject of type vmodl.KeyAnyValue

at line 1, column 286813

while parsing property "parameter" of static type ArrayOfKeyAnyValue

while parsing serialized DataObject of type vim.profile.PolicyOption

at line 1, column 286766

while parsing property "policyOption" of static type PolicyOption

while parsing serialized DataObject of type vim.profile.Policy

at line 1, column 286730

while parsing property "policy" of static type ArrayOfProfilePolicy

while parsing serialized DataObject of type vim.profile.host.SecurityProfile

at line 1, column 286697

while parsing property "security" of static type SecurityProfile

while parsing serialized DataObject of type vim.profile.host.HostApplyProfile

error parsing Any with xsiType HostApplyProfile

at line 1, column 19680

while parsing property "value" of static type anyType

while parsing serialized DataObject of type vmodl.KeyAnyValue

at line 1, column 19642

while parsing property "genericConfig" of static type ArrayOfKeyAnyValue

while parsing serialized DataObject of type vim.host.ConfigSpec

at line 1, column 357

while parsing call information for method ApplyHostConfig_Task

at line 1, column 218

while parsing SOAP body

at line 1, column 207

while parsing SOAP envelope

at line 1, column 38

while parsing HTTP request for method applyHostConfiguration

on object of type vim.profile.host.ProfileManager

at line 1, column 0   

At line:1 char:21

+ $AdditionalConfig = Invoke-VMHostProfile $newhost -Profile $hostprofile -Confirm ...

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

    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Invoke-VMHostProfile], InvalidRequest

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Client20_SystemManagementServiceImpl_ApplyVMHostProfile_ViError,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore

   .Cmdlets.Commands.Host.InvokeVMHostProfile

[LucD]

Was that host profile created with PowerCLI 5.5 or 6R2 ?

[Lug77]

Sorry for the late reply.....

No, the Host Profile was created within vCenter 5.5.

[Lug77]

Any more ideas?

[Lug77]

Update: VMware has confirmed this is a bug and have it slated for the next release.

[LucD]

Thanks for sharing that info