unable to run POWERCLI 12.1 from windows 2016 server

[Nmanohar88]

Unable to install powercli 12.1 on windows 2016 server :

Powershell version on the server :

> $psversiontable

Name Value
---- -----
PSVersion 5.1.14393.3866
PSEdition Desktop
PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
BuildVersion 10.0.14393.3866
CLRVersion 4.0.30319.42000
WSManStackVersion 3.0
PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.3
SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1

Error :

Import-Module : Unable to find type [VMware.VimAutomation.Sdk.Interop.V1.CoreServiceFactory].
At line:1 char:33
+ Get-Module -ListAvailable vm* | Import-Module
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (VMware.VimAutom...eServiceFactory:TypeName) [Import-Module], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : TypeNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ImportModuleCommand

[LucD]

How did you install PowerCLI 12.1?
With Install-Module or Update-Module?

[Nmanohar88]

using powercli zip file. no permission to use Install-Module or Update-Module

[LucD]

Did you remove all previous versions of PowerCLI before doing that?
Where did you unload the ZIP file?
Is that folder in your $env:PSModulePath?
What does Get-Module -Name VMware* -ListAvailable show?

[Nmanohar88]

Yes . I have removed all the older of powrcli from the server ..

 Initially I extracted it to powershell module folder under system32

then I changed it to sys64wow for testing purpose .. I am getting same error. 

When I am importing the modules, I’m getting the same assembly error ..

[DCasota]

Hi @Nmanohar88,

The cleanup might has left some files on the system. Check the advice of @LucD .

To check the module install in a temporary user folder unzip the PowerCLI .zip in directory c:\users\public\VMware-PowerCLI-12.1.0-17009493. The helper script attached imports submodule by submodule. To cleanup simply delete the directory.

Hope this helps. Daniel

[Nmanohar88]

Hello Daniel and LucD, 

Thank you so much for your assistance on this. Much appreciated.

Issue is fixed now. 🙂 🙂