I tried running the .net repair tool for server 2016 and then rebooted. Same problem. Here is an example of what's happening.
This runs fine:
##loading credentail and connecting to vmware
$secvmwarepw = get-content $securevmwarepwfile | ConvertTo-SecureString -key $key
$cred = New-Object system.Management.Automation.PSCredential("ent\26165-", $secvmwarepw)
Connect-VIServer ahpap1173.ent.lolcentral.com -Credential $cred -verbose
##loading credential and connecting to pure array
$secpurepw = get-content $securepurepwfile | ConvertTo-SecureString
$ahpure01 = New-PfaArray -EndPoint ahpure01.ent.lolcentral.com -username 26165- -Password $Secpurepw -IgnoreCertificateError
##prompt for VM name to do recovery from. If it matches multiple listings, prompt for correct server. If no match, re-promt for input and give option to type exit to quit.
##If a VM is matched it will be set to the $server2recover variable
$matchedvm = $null
$searchforvm = read-host "Enter the server to recover from and press enter`n"
while (!$matchedvm) {
$matchedvm = get-vm | where {$_.name -like "$searchforvm*"}
If($matchedvm.Count -gt 1){
$IDX = 0
$(foreach ($item in $matchedvm){
$item | select @{l='IDX';e={$IDX}},name
$IDX++}) |
Out-GridView -Title 'Multiple names matched query, plese select the correct VM' -OutputMode single |
foreach { $server2recover = $matchedvm[$_.IDX].Name }
}
else {$server2recover=$matchedvm.name}
if (!$matchedvm) {
$searchforvm = read-host "Unable to match entered name to a VM. Try again or type `"exit`" to quit`n"
if ($searchforvm -eq 'exit'){
exit
}
}
}
Get-VM -name $server2recover | select *
Then when I executed the next block, it failed:
$assigneddisksobject = ForEach ($VM in (Get-VM -name $server2recover | Sort-Object -Property Name)) {
ForEach ($HardDisk in ($VM | Get-HardDisk | Sort-Object -Property Name)) {
"" | Select-Object -Property @{N="VM";E={$VM.Name}},
@{N="Datacenter";E={$Datacenter.name}},
@{N="Cluster";E={$Cluster.Name}},
@{N="Hard Disk";E={$HardDisk.Name}},
@{N="Datastore";E={$HardDisk.FileName.Split("]")[0].TrimStart("[")}},
@{N="VMDKpath";E={$HardDisk.FileName}}
}
}
| Get-VM : 4/19/2017 1:02:46 PM | Get-VM | | Could not establish trust relationship for the SSL/TLS secure channel with authority 'ahpap1173.ent.lolcentral.com'. | |
At line:1 char:41
+ ... eddisksobject = ForEach ($VM in (Get-VM -name $server2recover | Sort- ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Get-VM], VimException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Core_BaseCmdlet_UnknownError,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.GetVM
| Get-VM : 4/19/2017 1:02:47 PM | Get-VM | | VM with name 'AHPAP1176' was not found using the specified filter(s). | |
At line:1 char:41
+ ... eddisksobject = ForEach ($VM in (Get-VM -name $server2recover | Sort- ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (:) [Get-VM], VimException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Core_OutputHelper_WriteNotFoundError,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.GetVM
At that point if I go back and run any of the powercli cmdlets it fails with that error. Even stuff that just ran a moment before like Get-VM -name $server2recover | select *
Now after a disconnect-viserver / connect-viserver that same code block that just failed, works.
VMware support isn't helping me because we didn't pay for SDK/API support.
Any other thoughts? It doesn't seem to be a common problem since this thread was the only hit I got after spending hours googling it.
