New-VirtualSwitch not working with variables for -nic

[GrantOrchardVMw]

Hey guys,

Running into an issue here. When I run

Get-VMHost $VMHost1 | New-VirtualSwitch -Name vSwitch1 -Nic vmnic8,vmnic4

Everything works fine. However, when I run

$vSwitch1NIC1 = "vmnic8"
$vSwitch1NIC2 = "vmnic4"

Get-VMHost $VMHost1 | New-VirtualSwitch -Name vSwitch1 -Nic $vSwitch1NIC1,$vSwitch1NIC2

nothing happens at all.

Am I missing something here?

Thanks in advance,

Grant

[LucD]

Both versions work perfectly for me.

Which PowerCLI build are you using ?

Get-PowerCLIVersion

If it doesn't say

PowerCLI Version
----------------
   VMware vSphere PowerCLI 4.1 U1 build 332441

you should perhaps consider upgrading.

[GrantOrchardVMw]

Yep, that's my build number.

vCenter version is 4.1 258902 and ESXi is 4.1 260247

Very strange.

[LucD]

And you don't get any message whatsoever ?

From where do you run this ? From the PowerCLI prompt ? Or from a GUI ?

[GrantOrchardVMw]

I was running it from the PowerCLI prompt, and there was no message whatsoever.... yet strangely trying it again 10 minutes later it has worked. I guess the most likely culprit is a typo.

Thanks for your assistance in any case.

Grant