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PavelV9
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PowerCLI 12 offline installation problem

Hi,

We are working in secure environment, so it is no possible to install PowerCLI from PowerShell Gallery.

There are lot of articles about offline installation, but I have found nothing VMware official. 😞

With PowerCLI 11 there were no problem.
Just save modules and copy it to C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules.
And it worked fine.

But with PowerCLI 12.1 we have received following error when run new-vm:

New-VM -Name testVM -Template template1 -host host01

New-VM : 2/11/2021 8:54:49 AM   New-VM    Could not load file or assembly 'Newtonsoft.Json,
Version=10.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=30ad4fe6b2a6aeed' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.    

I have found following KBs where it is said that Newtonsoft.Json.dll must be registered:
https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/79793

Does anyone know if there is any official method how to install PowerCLI 12.X offline?

Thanks.

moderator edit by wila: Moved to PowerCLI forum

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LucD
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Try following the PowerCLI Offline Installation Walkthrough post.


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

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vXav
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And the procedure stated in the KB doesn't fix it?

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PavelV9
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Hi LucD,

Thanks for replay.

The provided post works for PowerCLI 11.X but not for 12.1.

😞

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LucD
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What does not work?
Any error messages?

Did you use the Save-Module on a station that runs the same PS version as your target station?


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PavelV9
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Hi vXav,

We are working in secure environment.

I cannot register any library because I have found KB with similar (not exactly same) problem.

I need official VMware offline installation steps.

I don´t understand why offline installation is not part of official PowerCLI docs.

I think there must be lot of companies where online installation is not possible.

P.

 

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PavelV9
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You can see the error in my first post.

I did not use save-module but I have downloaded modules in zip from VMware Code.

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LucD
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What did you actually try?
The Save-Module procedure or the installation from the ZIP file?


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LucD
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Why can't you use Save-Module?


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PavelV9
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Just because I have found zip with modules on Code webpage.

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LucD
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Can you at least try the Save-Module procedure as documented in the (official VMware) post I linked to earlier?


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LucD
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Btw, you seem to be complaining about a lack of documentation, but the procedure with the ZIP file is documented in the User Guide.


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PavelV9
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You are right, it is for version 12.2.

I have installed 12.1 and there are no info about offline installation in the docs.

It is fine that it is corrected now.

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LucD
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Did you try with 12.2?
Does that give the same error?
Did you clean up (remove) any old PowerCLI installation before installing the new version?


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PavelV9
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I have tested it on computer outside our environment. Both 12.1 and 12.2 versions.

There is no problem.

Now with official docs I can proove that we do installation correctly and there is no error outside our environment.

So I can ask our security team if the library is not blocked by a security software.

It takes a while...

Thanks for your help!

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