I'm trying to create a baseline following examples of get-help new-patchbaseline but I'm running into the below issue:

[mbegrow]

I'm trying to create a baseline following examples of get-help new-patchbaseline but I'm running into the below issue:

PS H:\> $Patches = get-patch -server $vc -searchphrase "ESXi600-201710301-BG"

PS H:\> new-patchbaseline -Name $baselinename -Description $description -static -server $vc -IncludePatch $Patches

new-patchbaseline : Unable to cast object of type 'VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Util10.Surrogate.DefaultValue.StringWrapperVIServer' to type

'VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Interop.V1.VIObjectCoreInterop'.

At line:1 char:1

+ new-patchbaseline -Name $baselinename -Description $description -stat ...

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

    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [New-PatchBaseline], InvalidCastException

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.InvalidCastException,VMware.VumAutomation.Commands.NewPatchBaseline

[LucD]

Seems to be working for me (vSphere 6.5U1 & PowerCLI 6.5.3).

Which versions are you using?

$baselineName = 'Test'

$patchName = 'ESXi600-201710301-BG'

$patches = Get-Patch -SearchPhrase $patchName

Get-PatchBaseline -Name $baselineName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Remove-Baseline -Confirm:$false

New-PatchBaseline -Name $baselineName -TargetType Host -Description Test -IncludePatch $patches -Static

[mbegrow]

VCSA 6.5 u1, ESXi 6.0

PowerCLI Version

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   VMware PowerCLI 6.5.1 build 5377412

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Component Versions

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   VMware Cis Core PowerCLI Component 6.5 build 6230110

   VMware VimAutomation Core PowerCLI Component 6.5 build 6234650

   VMware vSphere Update Manager PowerCLI 6.6 build 5301639

[LucD · Accepted solution]

Can you connect to only one vCenter, and then try to leave out the Server parameter on the cmdlets?
The error seems to indicate the cmdlet has a casting issue on that parameter

[mbegrow]

Not sure why being connected to multiple vCenters caused the issue but when I connect just to the vCenter I wanted to create the baseline on it worked

Thanks.

[LucD]

That definitely looks like a bug.
I would suggest to open a SR

[LucD]

But wait a minute, how do you populate the $vc variable?

In other words, what is in there?