I am trying below script from LucD (Schedule Snapshot with PowerCli ), but always stuck in last line with error mentioned below. Need help,
$vmName = 'MyVM'
$snapTime = Get-Date "31/10/16 23:00"
$snapName = 'Test'
$snapDescription = 'Scheduled snapshot'
$snapMemory = $false
$snapQuiesce = $true
$emailAddr = 'lucd@lucd.info'
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$vm = Get-VM -Name $vmName
$si = get-view ServiceInstance
$scheduledTaskManager = Get-View $si.Content.ScheduledTaskManager
$spec = New-Object VMware.Vim.ScheduledTaskSpec
$spec.Name = "Snapshot",$_.VMname -join ' '
$spec.Description = "Take a snapshot of $($vm.Name)"
$spec.Enabled = $true
$spec.Notification = $emailAddr
$spec.Scheduler = New-Object VMware.Vim.OnceTaskScheduler
$spec.Scheduler.runat = $snapTime
$spec.Action = New-Object VMware.Vim.MethodAction
$spec.Action.Name = "CreateSnapshot_Task"
@($snapName,$snapDescription,$snapMemory,$snapQuiesce) | %{
$arg = New-Object VMware.Vim.MethodActionArgument
$arg.Value = $_
$spec.Action.Argument += $arg
}
$scheduledTaskManager.CreateObjectScheduledTask($vm.ExtensionData.MoRef, $spec)
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Error:
Cannot convert argument "spec", with value: "VMware.Vim.ScheduledTaskSpec", for "CreateObjectScheduledTask" to type "VMware.Vim.ScheduledTaskSpec": "Cannot convert the
"VMware.Vim.ScheduledTaskSpec" value of type "VMware.Vim.ScheduledTaskSpec" to type "VMware.Vim.ScheduledTaskSpec"."
At line:66 char:1
+ $scheduledTaskManager.CreateObjectScheduledTask($vm.ExtensionData.MoR ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : MethodArgumentConversionInvalidCastArgument
