Copy-DatastoreItem error

[Muhammedali]

to copy a file from my local machin to the DataStore i used the follwing commands which work perfectly fine

New-PSDrive -Location (Get-Datastore -Server $ConnectServer -Name "NAMe") -Name DSDrive -PSProvider VimDatastore -Root '\'

Copy-DatastoreItem -Item $SourceBuild_ISO -Destination DSDrive:\folder1 -Force

however every once in a while, i get this error as shown in attached.

The error comes special after i have rebooted my local machine and the VM and try copying my files.

Immediately after the error comes, i retry the command after couple of minutes and it works perfectly well.

Any explanations?

Muhammedali

[LucD]

You probably have to wait till the VMware tools are started in the guest.

You could check the State of the tools before starting the copy.

while ((Get-VM MyVM).Guest.State -ne "Running"){sleep 5}
....

[admin]

Hi,

It seems that something breaks the established connection. Does your local machine stand behind proxy?

Vitali

PowerCLI Team