script for deploying vm via csv file error "index evaluated to null"

[don_hatem]

Hello,

I'm trying to deploy many vm by a script, but I always have 2 errors :

Attempted to divide by zero. :278 char:2

and

Index operation failed; the array index evaluated to null.

thx for your help

[don_hatem]

I forgot to put line error :

Index operation failed; the array index evaluated to null. :323 char:3

[LucD]

Can you include all the error lines, not just the 1st line?

[don_hatem]

Hello, thx for your help

error 1 :

Deploying VMs

Attempted to divide by zero.

At C:\Users\XXXXX\Desktop\DeployVM.ps1:278 char:2

+     Write-Progress -Activity "Deploying VMs" -Status $vmStatus -PercentComplete (10 ...

+    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [], RuntimeException

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : RuntimeException

New-OSCustomizationSpec : 29/08/2019 12:10:24    New-OSCustomizationSpec        Permission to perform this operation was

denied. Required privilege 'VirtualMachine.Provisioning.ModifyCustSpecs' on managed object with id 'Folder-group-d1'.

At C:\Users\_4123863\Desktop\DeployVM.ps1:301 char:25

+             $tempSpec = New-OSCustomizationSpec -Name temp$vmName -NamingScheme  ...

+                         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [New-OSCustomizationSpec], NoPermission

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Client20_VmGuestServiceImpl_SavePersistentOSSpec_ViError,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Comm

   ands.NewCustomizationSpec

Error 2 :

Deploying vm-name

NON SDRS Cluster disk on vm-name - using DiskStorageFormat parameter

Index operation failed; the array index evaluated to null.

At C:\Users\XXXXX\Desktop\DeployVM.ps1:323 char:3

+         $taskTab[(New-VM -Name $VM.NameVM -ResourcePool $VM.ResourcePool -Location $VM ...

+    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NullArrayIndex

[LucD]

First, how do you call this .ps1 file?

Do you pass the correct parameters?

Also, the line numbering from the errors does not correspond with the .ps1 file you attached earlier.

What is different?

Error 1 are in fact 2 different errors.

The first (divide by zero) could indicate a potential issue with the import of the CSV file.

The 2nd is a permissions problem.

You are not authorized to change the OSCustomizationSpec.

Error 2 is most probably due to the fact that the New-VM is producing a client-side task, not a server-side task.

Storing that task in a hash table in that case, will not work anymore.

This script dates from before when the client-side tasks were introduced.