Wait-Task Problem

[RoyalFlash]

Hi,

I have a script that moves a VM to another Cluster.

$MoveVMTask = Move-VM -vm "VMName" -Destination (Get-Cluster -name NewCluster)

Wait-Task -Task $MoveVMTask

I get a:

Wait-Task : Cannot bind parameter 'Task'. Cannot convert the "VMNAME" value of type "VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Impl.V1.Inventory.VirtualMachineImpl" to type "VMware.VimAutomation.Sdk.Types.V1.Task".

How to use Wait-Task properly

[LucD]

The Wait-Task only works for tasks that run in the background, and that is done through the RunAsync switch.

$MoveVMTask = Move-VM -vm "VMName" -Destination (Get-Cluster -Name NewCluster) -RunAsync

Wait-Task -Task $MoveVMTask

[RoyalFlash]

Hi LucD

thanks for your fast reply.

I tried -RunAsync but now i get "Wait-Task : Operation is not valid due to the current state of the object."

But the VM is moving....

​Something is still wrong??

[LucD]

If the vMotion is actually do, then it looks like an issue I have seen before.

Try this procedure Re: Eh? Move-VM Generates Error Messages, But Works Anyway!?!? 

[RoyalFlash]

Now its working! Thank you! 🙂

"I found that closing the current powershell session and opening a new one seems to resolve the issue. Running version 6.0."

But i really do not understand why????

[LucD · Accepted solution]

Yes, that helps sometimes as well.

And no, no clue why that would happen.