invoke-vmscript and batch file

[scriptermad]

hi guys

i am trying to activate a windows vm using the invoke vmscript powercli command

cmd /c slmgr / ato works fine when i run it from a dos command but when i call this via a script then the script just hangs

I have also tried to put the command above in a batch file locally on the system and just use invoke vmscript to run the batch file but that just hangs also

any idea what i am missing ?

$test = "cmd /c slmgr/ato"

Invoke-VMScript -Scripttype bat -ScriptText $test -VM $vm -GuestUser administrator -GuestPassword -------

[LucD]

Did you check if all of the prerequisites for Invoke-VMScript are there ?

See Will Invoke-VMScript work ?

Note that some of the requirements have change in newer PowerCLI and vSPhere releases.

But that script should give you a start where to look.

There might be hints in the vmware.log that is to be found in the VM's folder.

[scriptermad]

apologies, i should have mentioned that i have many other commands working as part of this invoke-vmscript command

I am joining them using && in the script text

[LucD]

When you have only the problematic command in the CMD file, does it also hang ?

[scriptermad]

yep, script just stays there for ages doing nothing

when i have the script only containing things like disk labelling etc then it works fine

[LucD · Accepted solution]

Can you try forcing a non-GUI run, like

cscript c:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs

instead of just slmgr ?

[scriptermad]

at least that comes back with an error "invalid combination of command parameters"

so i ran cscript c:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs /ato and it said "activating windows , run slui.exe 0x2a 0x80072ee7 to display the error text (says this on the machine im running script from, not on the destination vm)

I am doing this on a test vm without internet access so i reckon this could work with internet access

i will test in a few days and post the results

thanks

[scriptermad]

this worked great, thanks