OSCustomizationSpecImpl to CustomizationSpec

[RyanMcL]

$cloneSpec = new-object Vmware.Vim.VirtualMachineCloneSpec

$cloneSpec.Customization = Get-OSCustomizationSpec -Name "Windows Server Default"

results in:

Exception setting "Customization": "Cannot convert the "Windows Server Default" value of type "VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Impl.V1.OSCustomization.OSCustomizationSpecImpl" to type "VMware.Vim.CustomizationSpec"."

Anyone know how can I convert between the types?

Regards,

Ryan

[LucD · Accepted solution]

You can't assign a .Net object to a property that expects a server-side object.

You can do this

$cloneSpec = new-object Vmware.Vim.VirtualMachineCloneSpec 
$cloneSpec.Customization = (Get-OSCustomizationSpec -Name "Windows Server Default").ExtensionData.Spec

[RyanMcL]

Thanks LucD!

And in return here is the fruits of my labour. http://ninet.org/2011/11/clone-vmfromsnapshot/ It is a script to create a clone from a specific snapshot.

Regards,

Ryan