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I am trying to write a script that would create a scheduled task for a cross-site vMotion. I can create that scheduled task through the GUI and it works. The environment is 3 linked 7.0 sites. From PowerShell there are connected VISessions to all three VC servers.    When trying to do it through the script below, If I make sure sure that $scheduledTaskManager instance is from the VC where the VM is currently located then it throws errors for objects that are on the destination site. Errors like: Exception calling "CreateScheduledTask" with "2" argument(s): "The object 'vim.ResourcePool:resgroup-1002' has already been deleted or has not been completely created" At C:\Scripts\MigrateTo-IMDC\Create-VMMoveScheduledTask.ps1:123 char:12 + return ($scheduledTaskManager.CreateScheduledTask($vmView.MoRef, ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : VimException If I remove the resource pool then it complains about the datastore: Exception calling "CreateScheduledTask" with "2" argument(s): "The object 'vim.Datastore:datastore-1411' has already been deleted or has not been completely created" At C:\Scripts\MigrateTo-IMDC\Create-VMMoveScheduledTask.ps1:123 char:5 + $scheduledTaskManager.CreateScheduledTask($vmView.MoRef, $spec) + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : VimException If I remove the datastore then it complains about the destination Host. And so on. If I let $scheduledTaskManager enumerate ScheduledTaskManagers from all 3 sites then it cant find the VM: Exception calling "CreateScheduledTask" with "2" argument(s): "The object 'vim.VirtualMachine:vm-107863' has already been deleted or has not been completely created" At C:\Scripts\MigrateTo-IMDC\Create-VMMoveScheduledTask.ps1:123 char:12 + return ($scheduledTaskManager.CreateScheduledTask($vmView.MoRef, ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : VimException   My script is as follows. Any help would be much appreciated. function Create-VMMoveScheduledTask {     Param(         [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]         [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]         [VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Types.V1.Inventory.VirtualMachine]         $VM,         [Alias("Folder")]         [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]         [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]         [VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Types.V1.Inventory.Folder]         $DestinationFolder,         [Alias("VMHost")]         [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]         [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]         [VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Types.V1.Inventory.VMHost]         $DestinationHost,         [Alias("Datastore")]         [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]         [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]         [VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Types.V1.DatastoreManagement.Datastore]         $DestinationDatastore,         [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]         [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]         # Array of Hashes. Keys = MACAddress. Values = PortGroup (object).         [ValidateScript({             if ($_.keys | Where-Object {$_ -notmatch "^[a-fA-F0-9]{2}([:-]?[a-fA-F0-9]{2}){5}$"}) {return $false}             if ($_.values | Where-Object {!($_ -is [VMware.VimAutomation.Vds.Types.V1.VDPortgroup])}) {return $false}             return $true;         })]       $vNICPortGroups,         [Alias("Name")]         [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]         [String]         $TaskName = "Create-VMMoveScheduledTask $(Get-Date -Format G)",               [Alias("Description")]         [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]         [String]         $TaskDescription = "Create-VMMoveScheduledTask $(Get-Date -Format G)",         [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]         [ValidateScript({([DateTime]$_) -gt (([DateTime]::Now).AddSeconds(15)) -and ([DateTime]$_) -lt (([DateTime]::Now).AddDays(7))})]         [DateTime]         $StartTime,         [Alias("Email")]         [Parameter()]         [ValidatePattern("^[a-zA-Z0-9.!#$%&’*+/=?^_`{|}~-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9-]+(?:\.[a-zA-Z0-9-]+)*$")]         [string]         $AlertEmail     )     #$si = Get-View ServiceInstance -Server ($VM.Uid -replace "^.*@(.*):.*$",'$1')     $si = Get-View ServiceInstance     #$scheduledTaskManager = Get-View $si.Content.ScheduledTaskManager -Server ($VM.Uid -replace "^.*@(.*):.*$",'$1')     $scheduledTaskManager = Get-View $si.Content.ScheduledTaskManager     $vmView = $VM | Get-View     # ScheduledTask specs     $spec = New-Object VMware.Vim.ScheduledTaskSpec     $spec.Name = $TaskName     $spec.Description = $TaskDescription     $spec.Enabled = $true     if ($AlertEmail) {$spec.Notification = $AlertEmail}     $spec.Scheduler = New-Object VMware.Vim.OnceTaskScheduler     $spec.Scheduler.runat = $StartTime     $spec.Action = New-Object VMware.Vim.MethodAction     $spec.Action.Name = "RelocateVM_Task"     # vMotion specs     $arg1 = New-Object VMware.Vim.MethodActionArgument     $arg1.Value = New-Object VMware.Vim.VirtualMachineRelocateSpec     # ServiceLocator for destination - we should not need this     #$arg1.Value.service = New-Object VMware.Vim.ServiceLocator     #$arg1.Value.service.instanceUuid = ($global:defaultviservers | Where-Object {$DestinationHost.Uid -match  $_.Name}).InstanceUuid.toUpper()     # Destination Datastore     $arg1.Value.datastore = $DestinationDatastore.Id     # Destination Host     $arg1.Value.host = $DestinationHost.Id     # Destination ResourcePool     if ($DestinationHost.ParentId -match "Cluster") {         $arg1.Value.pool = ($DestinationHost | Get-Cluster).ExtensionData.ResourcePool     }     else {         $arg1.Value.pool = $DestinationHost.ExtensionData.ResourcePool     } #     # Destination Folder     $arg1.Value.folder = ($DestinationFolder | Get-View).MoRef     # vNIC PortGroups     $arg1.Value.deviceChange = New-Object VMware.Vim.VirtualDeviceConfigSpec     $VMNICs = $VM | Get-NetworkAdapter     $VMNICs | ForEach-Object {$i = 0} {         $arg1.Value.deviceChange[$i] = New-Object VMware.Vim.VirtualDeviceConfigSpec         $arg1.Value.deviceChange[$i].Operation = "edit"         $arg1.Value.deviceChange[$i].device = $_.ExtensionData         $arg1.Value.deviceChange[$i].device.backing = New-Object VMware.Vim.VirtualEthernetCardDistributedVirtualPortBackingInfo         $arg1.Value.deviceChange[$i].device.backing.port = New-Object VMware.Vim.DistributedVirtualSwitchPortConnection         $arg1.Value.deviceChange[$i].device.backing.port.SwitchUuid = ($vNICPortGroups.($_.MacAddress) | Get-VDSwitch | Get-View).Uuid         $arg1.Value.deviceChange[$i].device.backing.port.PortgroupKey = $vNICPortGroups.($_.MacAddress).Key         $i++     }     $spec.Action.Argument += $arg1     # Set vMotion priority     $arg2 = New-Object VMware.Vim.MethodActionArgument     $arg2.Value = [VMware.Vim.VirtualMachineMovePriority]"defaultPriority"     $spec.Action.Argument += $arg2     # Create scheduledTask     return ($scheduledTaskManager.CreateScheduledTask($vmView.MoRef, $spec)) }   thx.