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    <title>topic Re: Any idea why this simple script to increase disk size is failing in VMware PowerCLI Discussions</title>
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    <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Current versions ...&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Name&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Version&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;----&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; -------&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;VMware.VimAutomation.Cis.Core 6.0.0.0&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;VMware.VimAutomation.Common&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 6.3.0.0&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;VMware.VimAutomation.Sdk&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 6.3.0.0&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2018 09:44:27 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>lukeglazebrook</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2018-04-16T09:44:27Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Any idea why this simple script to increase disk size is failing</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Any-idea-why-this-simple-script-to-increase-disk-size-is-failing/m-p/934930#M27968</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Found a script that should theoretically increase the disk size on a .csv list of VM's.&amp;nbsp; Unfortunately however it fails, and in honesty I dont have any idea why, using F8 to step through it you can see where it fails below.&amp;nbsp; Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, this is vSphere 6.5 if its relevant.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;write-Host "Loading Automation Tools"&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Add-PSSnapin VMware.VimAutomation.Core&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;# Establish Connection&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Connect-VIServer -Server SecretServer -User ME -Password SecretPassword&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Import-Csv -Path 'C:\temp\testvms.csv' | %{&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; $VMx = $_.Name&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; $vm = get-vm |?{$_.Name -eq $VMx}&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; $HD = get-harddisk -VM $vm.Name -Name "Hard disk 1"&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; $NewCap = [decimal]::round($HD.CapacityGB + 20)&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; $HD | Set-harddisk -CapacityGB&amp;nbsp; $NewCap&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;}&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;OUTPUT...&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;SecretServer... 443&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; hidden\ServerMe&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;Get-HardDisk : 16/04/2018 09:17:07&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Get-HardDisk&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; At &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;C:\temp\IncreaseDisk120GB.ps1:13 char:10&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;+&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; $HD = get-harddisk -VM $vm.Name -Name "Hard disk 1"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;+&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; + CategoryInfo&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; : NotSpecified: (:) [Get-HardDisk], VimException&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Core_BaseCmdlet_UnknownError,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.VirtualDevice.GetHard &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Disk&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #e23d39;"&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;Set-HardDisk : Cannot validate argument on parameter 'HardDisk'. The argument is null. Provide a valid value for the &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;argument, and then try running the command again.At C:\temp\IncreaseDisk120GB.ps1:15 char:10&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;+&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; $HD | Set-harddisk -CapacityGB&amp;nbsp; $NewCap&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;+&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; + CategoryInfo&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; : InvalidData: (:) [Set-HardDisk], ParameterBindingValidationException&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationError,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.VirtualDevice.Set &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; HardDisk&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #e23d39;"&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;Get-HardDisk : 16/04/2018 09:17:07&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Get-HardDisk&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; At &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;C:\temp\IncreaseDisk120GB.ps1:13 char:10&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;+&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; $HD = get-harddisk -VM $vm.Name -Name "Hard disk 1"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;+&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; + CategoryInfo&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; : NotSpecified: (:) [Get-HardDisk], VimException&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Core_BaseCmdlet_UnknownError,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.VirtualDevice.GetHard &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Disk&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #e23d39;"&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;Set-HardDisk : Cannot validate argument on parameter 'HardDisk'. The argument is null. Provide a valid value for the &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;argument, and then try running the command again.At C:\temp\IncreaseDisk120GB.ps1:15 char:10&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;+&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; $HD | Set-harddisk -CapacityGB&amp;nbsp; $NewCap&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;+&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; + CategoryInfo&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; : InvalidData: (:) [Set-HardDisk], ParameterBindingValidationException&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationError,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.VirtualDevice.Set &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; HardDisk&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #e23d39;"&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;Get-HardDisk : 16/04/2018 09:17:07&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Get-HardDisk&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; At &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;C:\temp\IncreaseDisk120GB.ps1:13 char:10&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;+&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; $HD = get-harddisk -VM $vm.Name -Name "Hard disk 1"&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;+&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; + CategoryInfo&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; : NotSpecified: (:) [Get-HardDisk], VimException&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Core_BaseCmdlet_UnknownError,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.VirtualDevice.GetHard &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Disk&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #e23d39;"&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;Set-HardDisk : Cannot validate argument on parameter 'HardDisk'. The argument is null. Provide a valid value for the &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;argument, and then try running the command again.At C:\temp\IncreaseDisk120GB.ps1:15 char:10&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;+&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; $HD | Set-harddisk -CapacityGB&amp;nbsp; $NewCap&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;+&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; + CategoryInfo&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; : InvalidData: (:) [Set-HardDisk], ParameterBindingValidationException&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationError,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.VirtualDevice.Set &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; HardDisk&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #e23d39;"&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;PS H:\&amp;gt; &lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2018 08:10:39 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>lukeglazebrook</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-04-16T08:10:39Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Any idea why this simple script to increase disk size is failing</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Any-idea-why-this-simple-script-to-increase-disk-size-is-failing/m-p/934931#M27969</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Nothing too obvious in that error I'm afraid.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Did you already stop/start your PowerShell/PowerCLI session?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;You seem to be using an older PowerCLI version, which version is it?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Can you upgrade?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2018 08:23:22 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>LucD</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-04-16T08:23:22Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Any idea why this simple script to increase disk size is failing</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Any-idea-why-this-simple-script-to-increase-disk-size-is-failing/m-p/934932#M27970</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;And can you show an example of the CSV file?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2018 08:25:10 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Any-idea-why-this-simple-script-to-increase-disk-size-is-failing/m-p/934932#M27970</guid>
      <dc:creator>LucD</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-04-16T08:25:10Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Any idea why this simple script to increase disk size is failing</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Any-idea-why-this-simple-script-to-increase-disk-size-is-failing/m-p/934933#M27971</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P style="margin: 2px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Nothing too obvious in that error I'm afraid.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="margin: 2px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Did you already stop/start your PowerShell/PowerCLI session?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="margin: 2px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="margin: 2px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;I tried killing PowerShell and restarting mate but unfortunately no banana, same problem.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="margin: 2px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;You seem to be using an older PowerCLI version, which version is it?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="margin: 2px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Can you upgrade?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="margin: 2px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="margin: 2px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;From memory I was deliberately holding off upgrading, think I discovered newer version broke scripts/reports I ran on occasions.&amp;nbsp; I will however pursue this now and report back mate.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="margin: 2px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="margin: 2px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Attached is the .CSV file if it helps ...&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2018 09:17:05 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Any-idea-why-this-simple-script-to-increase-disk-size-is-failing/m-p/934933#M27971</guid>
      <dc:creator>lukeglazebrook</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-04-16T09:17:05Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Any idea why this simple script to increase disk size is failing</title>
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      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Current versions ...&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Name&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Version&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;----&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; -------&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;VMware.VimAutomation.Cis.Core 6.0.0.0&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;VMware.VimAutomation.Common&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 6.3.0.0&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;VMware.VimAutomation.Sdk&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 6.3.0.0&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2018 09:44:27 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>lukeglazebrook</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-04-16T09:44:27Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Any idea why this simple script to increase disk size is failing</title>
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      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Can you try with this version of your script?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;DIV style="text-align: Left; font-family: Segoe UI; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12; color: #000000;"&gt;&lt;P style="font-family: Lucida Console; margin: 0 0 0 0; background-color: #ffffff;"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 16;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #0000ff;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Import-Csv&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #000080;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;-Path&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #8b0000;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;'C:\temp\testvms.csv'&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #a9a9a9;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;|&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #0000ff;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;%&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;{&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="font-family: Lucida Console; margin: 0 0 0 0; background-color: #ffffff;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #0000ff;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Get-VM&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #000080;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;-Name&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #ff4500;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;$_&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #a9a9a9;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Name &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #a9a9a9;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;|&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="font-family: Lucida Console; margin: 0 0 0 0; background-color: #ffffff;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #0000ff;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Get-HardDisk&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #000080;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;-Name&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #8b0000;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;'Hard disk 1'&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #a9a9a9;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;|&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="font-family: Lucida Console; margin: 0 0 0 0; background-color: #ffffff;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #0000ff;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Set-HardDisk&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #000080;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;-CapacityGB&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; (&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #ff4500;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;$_&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #a9a9a9;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;CapacityGB &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #a9a9a9;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;+&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #800080;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;20&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;) &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #000080;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;-Confirm:&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #ff4500;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;$false&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="font-family: Lucida Console; margin: 0 0 0 0; background-color: #ffffff;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;} &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2018 09:46:11 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>LucD</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-04-16T09:46:11Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Any idea why this simple script to increase disk size is failing</title>
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      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;I ran that script mate and got the below, for clarity the drives on the VM's are already 40GB.&amp;nbsp; Can I confirm this does extend the drive rather than nuke it and replace it with a larger one?&amp;nbsp; ...&amp;nbsp; If I change the value to 41GB however its works great, just a tad worried I might lose data however if I run it on production.&amp;nbsp; Thanks however mate, feel free to educate me and let me know how I was being a newb with this one.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;Set-HardDisk : 16/04/2018 11:03:56&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Set-HardDisk&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The specified size '20971520' is less than actual size of the &lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;virtual disk '41943040'.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; At H:\Handy PowerCLI Scripts\IncreaseDiskXXGB\IncreaseDisk120GB.ps1:16 char:4&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;+&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Set-HardDisk -CapacityGB ($_.CapacityGB + 20) -Confirm:$false&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;+&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; + CategoryInfo&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; : InvalidArgument: (:) [Set-HardDisk], InvalidArgument&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Client20_VirtualDeviceServiceImpl_TryValidateHardDiskNewSize_InvalidSize,VMware.VimAutomation.V &lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; iCore.Cmdlets.Commands.VirtualDevice.SetHardDisk&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG style="color: #e23d39;"&gt; &lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;Set-HardDisk : 16/04/2018 11:03:57&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Set-HardDisk&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The specified size '20971520' is less than actual size of the &lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;virtual disk '41943040'.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; At H:\Handy PowerCLI Scripts\IncreaseDiskXXGB\IncreaseDisk120GB.ps1:16 char:4&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;+&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Set-HardDisk -CapacityGB ($_.CapacityGB + 20) -Confirm:$false&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;+&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; + CategoryInfo&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; : InvalidArgument: (:) [Set-HardDisk], InvalidArgument&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Client20_VirtualDeviceServiceImpl_TryValidateHardDiskNewSize_InvalidSize,VMware.VimAutomation.V &lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; iCore.Cmdlets.Commands.VirtualDevice.SetHardDisk&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG style="color: #e23d39;"&gt; &lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;Set-HardDisk : 16/04/2018 11:03:59&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Set-HardDisk&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The specified size '20971520' is less than actual size of the &lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;virtual disk '41943040'.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; At H:\Handy PowerCLI Scripts\IncreaseDiskXXGB\IncreaseDisk120GB.ps1:16 char:4&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;+&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Set-HardDisk -CapacityGB ($_.CapacityGB + 20) -Confirm:$false&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;+&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; + CategoryInfo&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; : InvalidArgument: (:) [Set-HardDisk], InvalidArgument&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Client20_VirtualDeviceServiceImpl_TryValidateHardDiskNewSize_InvalidSize,VMware.VimAutomation.V &lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; iCore.Cmdlets.Commands.VirtualDevice.SetHardDisk&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG style="color: #e23d39;"&gt; &lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2018 10:13:17 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>lukeglazebrook</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-04-16T10:13:17Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Any idea why this simple script to increase disk size is failing</title>
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      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;It looks as if the current capacity of the harddisk is not passed correctly.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Or you are in such an old PowerCLI version that the CapacityGB doesn't exist.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Can you do the following to check?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;DIV style="text-align: Left; font-family: Segoe UI; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12; color: #000000;"&gt;&lt;P style="font-family: Lucida Console; margin: 0 0 0 0; background-color: #ffffff;"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 16;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #0000ff;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Import-Csv&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #000080;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;-Path&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #8b0000;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;'C:\temp\testvms.csv'&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #a9a9a9;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;|&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #0000ff;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;%&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;{&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="font-family: Lucida Console; margin: 0 0 0 0; background-color: #ffffff;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #0000ff;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Get-VM&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #000080;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;-Name&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #ff4500;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;$_&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #a9a9a9;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Name &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #a9a9a9;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;|&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="font-family: Lucida Console; margin: 0 0 0 0; background-color: #ffffff;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #0000ff;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Get-HardDisk&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #000080;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;-Name&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #8b0000;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;'Hard disk 1'&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #a9a9a9;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;|&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #0000ff;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Select&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #8a2be2;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;*&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="font-family: Lucida Console; margin: 0 0 0 0; background-color: #ffffff;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;} &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2018 10:20:35 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>LucD</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-04-16T10:20:35Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Any idea why this simple script to increase disk size is failing</title>
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      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Running that little test/snippet of code mate I get the following output, with seemingly no errors...&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;StorageFormat&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; : Thin&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;Persistence&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; : Persistent&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;DiskType&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; : Flat&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;Filename&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; : [blah_Content_Library] TestVM1/TestVM1.vmdk&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;CapacityKB&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; : 42991616&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;CapacityGB&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; : 41&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;ParentId&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; : VirtualMachine-vm-40172&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;Parent&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; : &lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Uid&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; : /VIServer=blah\&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;A class="jive-link-email-small" href="mailto:serverlukeg@blah.internal.secret.co.uk"&gt;serverlukeg@blah.internal.secret.co.uk&lt;/A&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;:443/VirtualMachine=VirtualMachine-vm-&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 40172/HardDisk=2000/&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;ConnectionState : &lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;ExtensionData&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; : VMware.Vim.VirtualDisk&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;Id&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; : VirtualMachine-vm-40172/2000&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;Name&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; : Hard disk 1&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;Client&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; : VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Impl.V1.VimClient&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG style="color: #e23d39;"&gt;PS H:\&amp;gt; &lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2018 10:25:49 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>lukeglazebrook</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-04-16T10:25:49Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Any idea why this simple script to increase disk size is failing</title>
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      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;There is something wrong with the passing of the CapacityGB property over the pipeline.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Try this variation.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;DIV style="text-align: Left; font-family: Segoe UI; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12; color: #000000;"&gt;&lt;P style="font-family: Lucida Console; margin: 0 0 0 0; background-color: #ffffff;"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 16;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #0000ff;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Import-Csv&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #000080;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;-Path&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #8b0000;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;'C:\temp\testvms.csv'&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #a9a9a9;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;|&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #0000ff;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;%&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;{&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="font-family: Lucida Console; margin: 0 0 0 0; background-color: #ffffff;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #0000ff;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Get-VM&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #000080;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;-Name&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #ff4500;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;$_&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #a9a9a9;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Name &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #a9a9a9;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;|&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="font-family: Lucida Console; margin: 0 0 0 0; background-color: #ffffff;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #0000ff;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Get-HardDisk&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #000080;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;-Name&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #8b0000;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;'Hard disk 1'&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #a9a9a9;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;|&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #0000ff;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;%&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;{&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="font-family: Lucida Console; margin: 0 0 0 0; background-color: #ffffff;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #0000ff;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Set-HardDisk&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #000080;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;-HardDisk&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #ff4500;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;$_&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #000080;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;-CapacityGB&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; (&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #ff4500;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;$_&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #a9a9a9;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;CapacityGB &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #a9a9a9;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;+&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #800080;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;20&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;) &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #000080;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;-Confirm:&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #ff4500;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;$false&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="font-family: Lucida Console; margin: 0 0 0 0; background-color: #ffffff;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; }&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="font-family: Lucida Console; margin: 0 0 0 0; background-color: #ffffff;"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;} &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2018 10:40:31 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>LucD</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-04-16T10:40:31Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Any idea why this simple script to increase disk size is failing</title>
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      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;That worked flawlessly thanks mate, incidentally for the newer PowerCLI versions can you tell me the equivalent of ...&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Add-PSSnapin VMware.VimAutomation.Core&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The above is contained in all my scripts and they don't work if I am running the script from a machine containing newer versions of PowerCLI 6.3+.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2018 11:06:08 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Any-idea-why-this-simple-script-to-increase-disk-size-is-failing/m-p/934940#M27978</guid>
      <dc:creator>lukeglazebrook</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-04-16T11:06:08Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Any idea why this simple script to increase disk size is failing</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Any-idea-why-this-simple-script-to-increase-disk-size-is-failing/m-p/934941#M27979</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;The latest versions don't have any PSSnapin anymore.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;If you are on PowerShell 4 or higher, and the PowerCLI modules are installed in one of the default locations (AllUsers or CurrentUser scope), you don't need to load anything anymore.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The module auto-load takes care of loading the required module(s) the first time you use a PowerCLI cmdlet.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;See also &lt;A href="https://blogs.vmware.com/PowerCLI/2017/04/powercli-install-process-powershell-gallery.html"&gt;Welcome PowerCLI to the PowerShell Gallery – Install Process Updates&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I would advice to go for PowerShell 5.1 and PowerCLI 10.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;You will get the latest PowerCLI version automatically when you run the &lt;STRONG&gt;Install-Module -Name VMware.PowerCLI&lt;/STRONG&gt;.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;You will have to comment out/remove the Add-PSSnapin lines in your scripts I'm afraid.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2018 11:20:25 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>LucD</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-04-16T11:20:25Z</dc:date>
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