Hey Guys,
I am having an issue issuing Invoke-VMscript commands to my RHEL 6.2 VMs.
Testing on (ESXi, 5.0.0-623860) with (PoweCLI 5.0.1-581491) on (vCenter 5.0.0-455964) yields the following error.
Invoke-VMScript : 5/8/2012 10:34:07 AM Invoke-VMScript Failed to auth
enticate with the guest operating system using the supplied credentials.
At line:1 char:16
+ Invoke-VMscript <<<< -ScriptText "ls -l /tmp" -VM $vm_name -GuestCredential
$creds
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Invoke-VMScript], ViError
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Client20_VmGuestServiceImpl_RunScriptInGuest_ViE
rror,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.InvokeVmScript
Testing on (ESXi, 5.0.0-623860) with (PoweCLI 4.1 U1-332441) on (vCenter 5.0.0-455964) yields the following error.
Invoke-VMScript : 5/8/2012 8:02:24 AM Invoke-VMScript While performin
g operation 'Login in guest OS on VM "RHEL-TEST'' the following error occu
red: 'Authentication failure or insufficient permissions in guest operating sys
tem'
At D:\Ty\Shell_Provisioning\VM_Shell_Provisioning_v2.ps1:642 char:25
+ Invoke-VMscript <<<< -ScriptText "echo $
vm_name eth0 $ip $netmask $gateway > /var/abt/tmp/identity.txt" -VM $vm_info.A
nnotatedEntity -GuestCredential $creds -WarningAction SilentlyContinue | out-f
ile "$log_path\$request_id.$reservation_id.$vm_name.Deployment_Log.txt" -append
+ CategoryInfo : OperationStopped: (:) [Invoke-VMScript], VimExce
ption
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Client20_VmGuestServiceImpl_VixWaitForJob_VixErr
or,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.InvokeVmScript
Testing on (ESXi, 5.0.0-623860) with (PoweCLI 5.0.1-581491) on (vCenter 5.0.0-455964) using "vmrun.exe" syntax instead of Invoke-VMscript CMDlet yields the following error.
Error: Invalid user name or password for the guest OS
I am 100% sure I am using the correct credentials as I can login to the VM via root to both console and SSH. I have attempted using the -GuestCredential as well as the -GuestUser/-GuestPass perameters and ensured that both VMwareTools and VIX are at the most current revision. I am trying to figure out if this is a RHEL configuration issue or an imcopatability between vSphere 5 and RHEL-6.2. Any information you guys could provide would be greatly appreciated. My next step would be to open up a SR with VMware but I wanted to take it to you guys first and see if you are seeing the same thing.
Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
