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Open-VMConsoleWindow Authorize Exception

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

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LucD
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Works for me, but I'm using VMRC 11.1.0 build-15913118


Blog: lucd.info  Twitter: @LucD22  Co-author PowerCLI Reference

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DCasota
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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].

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haileris1
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Thanks both - how odd.  Not sure how to proceed now,  let me look at some logs

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