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PowerCLi CommandLet not propagating any info????

Hey guys , I download and installed powercli, Last night i was running a specfic command to clone from a template...

Foreach ($i in 1..15) {New-VM -Name "vmSvr$i” -Template win2k3 -VMHost 10.1.10.9 -Datastore storage1}

I was scripting a few clones to be created...

Today i get an error when i try to attempt to create more..

+ Foreach ($i in 5..15) {New-VM <<<< -Name "vmSvr$i" -Template win2k3 -VMHost

10.1.10.9 -Datastore storage1}

New-VM : 6/27/2009 3:35:41 AM New-VM Could not find Template with nam

e 'win2k3'.

At line:1 char:30

+ Foreach ($i in 5..15) {New-VM <<<< -Name "vmSvr$i" -Template win2k3 -VMHost

10.1.10.9 -Datastore storage1}

New-VM : 6/27/2009 3:35:41 AM New-VM Template parameter: Could not fi

nd any of the objects specified by name.

At line:1 char:30

+ Foreach ($i in 5..15) {New-VM <<<< -Name "vmSvr$i" -Template win2k3 -VMHost

10.1.10.9 -Datastore storage1}

New-VM : 6/27/2009 3:35:42 AM New-VM Could not find Template with nam

e 'win2k3'.

At line:1 char:30

+ Foreach ($i in 5..15) {New-VM <<<< -Name "vmSvr$i" -Template win2k3 -VMHost

10.1.10.9 -Datastore storage1}

New-VM : 6/27/2009 3:35:42 AM New-VM Template parameter: Could not fi

nd any of the objects specified by name.

At line:1 char:30

+ Foreach ($i in 5..15) {New-VM <<<< -Name "vmSvr$i" -Template win2k3 -VMHost

10.1.10.9 -Datastore storage1}

This loop generates the same error per attempt to create a vm within the specified total range...

What i started looking into was "Could not find Template with nam

e 'win2k3'."

This error means the template doesnt exist, however it does... i have

tried to convert the template to a vm, covert the vm back to a

template, create new templates from other machines, remove the host

from VC, re-add the host, I reinstalled VC to purge my SQL express 05

DB, reinstalled powercli... I have even create a new VM and attempted

to clone that.... for some reason I still get the error.

When I run other commandlets like Get-VM, Get-Dataceter, etc they all

return some sort of text output with the spefic requirments, however if

i try to run

Get-Template

no information is resturned, I just get the next command prompt..

Late night i was able to clone from template over 40 VMS and Delete all

40 of them with a similiar string today i cant even see a template is

availabe on my server except from the gui interface of VC...

Please help as i would like to continue using this application for its

simplicity and powerful functionality,,, especially when it comes to

cloning multiple VMS.. ty in advance.

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w3rd
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Hey guys, I think there was a problem with the DB, just my opinion. I moved my virtual center instance and attempted connection and I am able to configure and use Get-Template function... SQL must hang on to the records in a hasty fashion, I guess when you repair VC the DB isnt completely purged. thanks for any considerations.

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