Just noticed that Open-VMConsoleWindow no longer works ? Or did something change that I'm not aware of ? I can run VMRC from vSphere Web Client; also from PowerShell using this approach.
PS C:\PowerCLI\_> get-vm xxxx | Open-VMConsoleWindow
Open-VMConsoleWindow : A general system error occurred: Authorize Exception
In Zeile:1 Zeichen:23
+ get-vm xxxx | Open-VMConsoleWindow
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Open-VMConsoleWindow], VimException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : VMware.Vim.VimException,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.OpenVMConsoleWindow
Some info:
Windows 10 1803
PS C:\PowerCLI\_> $PSVersionTable.PSVersion
Major Minor Build Revision
----- ----- ----- --------
5 1 17134 228
PS C:\PowerCLI\_> Get-PowerCLIModules
Name Version
---- -------
VMware.DeployAutomation 6.7.0.8250345
VMware.ImageBuilder 6.7.0.8250345
VMware.PowerCLI 11.0.0.10380590
VMware.Vim 6.7.0.10334489
VMware.VimAutomation.Cis.Core 11.0.0.10335701
VMware.VimAutomation.Cloud 11.0.0.10379994
VMware.VimAutomation.Common 11.0.0.10334497
VMware.VimAutomation.Core 11.0.0.10336080
VMware.VimAutomation.HA 6.5.4.7567193
VMware.VimAutomation.HorizonView 7.6.0.10230451
VMware.VimAutomation.License 10.0.0.7893904
VMware.VimAutomation.Nsxt 11.0.0.10364044
VMware.VimAutomation.PCloud 10.0.0.7893924
VMware.VimAutomation.Sdk 11.0.0.10334495
VMware.VimAutomation.Security 11.0.0.10380515
VMware.VimAutomation.Srm 10.0.0.7893900
VMware.VimAutomation.Storage 11.0.0.10380343
VMware.VimAutomation.StorageUtility 1.3.0.0
VMware.VimAutomation.Vds 11.0.0.10336077
VMware.VimAutomation.Vmc 11.0.0.10336076
VMware.VimAutomation.vROps 10.0.0.7893921
VMware.VumAutomation 6.5.1.7862888
Works for me, but I'm using VMRC 11.1.0 build-15913118
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@haileris1 it works even with a remote ESXi on Arm system + w10 x64 [Powershell 7.2.2, PowerCLI 12.5, VMRC 12.01].
Thanks both - how odd. Not sure how to proceed now, let me look at some logs