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sna696
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PowerCLI issue on CentOS 7 Linux

Hi everyone,

I wrote a simple script that gathers informations from vCenter servers and I'm trying to making a port to Linux.

I'm using CentOS 7, got PowerShell 6.1 Core installed and PowerCLI 11 directly from the online repository.

When I try to connect to the vCenter server version 6.7 I get this error:

Connect-VIServer : No such device or address

The same thing happens with version 6.5.

I get no problems at all if I connect directly to hypervisors.

Do anyone had such kind of issue with PowerCLI on Linux?

Many thanks in advance!

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mkmr
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Even I have this similar issue with CentOS & Ubuntu. Any help would be appreciated.. Thanks

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daphnissov
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CentOS 7, PowerShell Core 6.1.1, PowerCLI 11. No problems here.

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mkmr
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Thanks for the response daphnissov

I have followed below steps and please let me know if i missed out anything.

1. Downloaded this rpm ` powershell-6.1.1-1.rhel.7.x86_64.rpm` from here Release v6.1.1 Release of PowerShell Core · PowerShell/PowerShell · GitHub

2. On the CentOS host machine installed this rpm using `rpm -ivh powershell-6.1.1-1.rhel.7.x86_64.rpm` along with `yum install libicu` as powershell depends on this package.

3.Installed PowerShell version is 6.1.1

```

[root@m**-vm1 tmp]# pwsh

PowerShell 6.1.1

Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

https://aka.ms/pscore6-docs

Type 'help' to get help.

PS /tmp>

```

4.  Then installed `VMware.PowerCLI ` module using this command `Install-Module -Name VMware.PowerCLI`. The version details shown below.

11.1.0.11289667  VMware.PowerCLI                 PSGallery        This Windows PowerShell module contains VMware.PowerCLI

5. suppressed the certification error using this command `Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -InvalidCertificateAction ignore`

6. Tried to connect the vSphere using `Connect-VIServer -Server 10.xx.xxx.xx -User mu****@vsphere.local -Password W*****! `  then i noticed the below error.

Connect-VIServer : No such device or address

At line:1 char:1

+ Connect-VIServer -Server 10.xx.xxx.xx -User mu****@vsphere.local -P ...

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

+ CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Connect-VIServer], CommunicationException

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.ServiceModel.CommunicationException,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.ConnectVIServer

I am able to connect with same vSphere via powershell on my mac without any issue but i get the above error from CentOS.

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mkmr
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Tried with VMware.PowerCLI version 11.0.0.10380590 and the error remains same...

Install-Module -Name VMware.PowerCLI -RequiredVersion 11.0.0.10380590

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daphnissov
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Please always use FQDNs when addressing vSphere resources, not IP addresses. What is this version of vCenter? You can ping it from this CentOS box, yes? Can you do a successful curl to it?

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mkmr
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Thanks daphnissov

1. What is this version of vCenter  - 6.5.0.13000

2. You can ping it from this CentOS box - Yes

3. Can you do a successful curl to it - Yes..curl -k https://10.xx.xxx.xxx, Also i can able to do the telnet & nc on this host with port 80 & 443.  As i mentioned earlier, I am able to build the connection with vCenter using IP address from Mac but not from CentOS. I think i am missing some settings / steps related to Linux that causes this issue????

curl -v telnet://10.xx.xxx.xx:443

* About to connect() to 10.xx.xxx.xx port 443 (#0)

*   Trying 10.xx.xxx.xx...

* Connected to 10.xx.xxx.xx (10.xx.xxx.xx) port 443 (#0)

telnet 10.xx.xxx.xx 443

Trying 10.xx.xxx.xx...

Connected to 10.xx.xxx.xx

Escape character is '^]'.

curl -k https://10.xx.xxx.xxx

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en">

<head>

  <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">

  <script type="text/javascript" src="./en/welcomeRes.js"> </script>

  <script type="text/javascript" src="./scripts/setUserLocale.js"> </script>

  <script type="text/javascript">document.write("<title>" + ID_VC_Welcome + "</title>");</script>

  <link rel="stylesheet" href="./default.css" type="text/css" />

  <link rel="stylesheet" href="./print.css" type="text/css" media="print" />

  <meta name="description" content="VMware vSphere is virtual infrastructure software for partitioning, consolidating and managing systems in mission-critical environments. VMware ESX Server provides a highly scalable platform with advanced resource management capabilities, which can be managed by vSphere."/>

</head>

<body>

  <div id="header"><img src="./header-logo.png" width="586" height="42" alt="VMware vSphere 6" /></div>

  <div class="gettingStarted">

   <h1><script type="text/javascript">document.write(ID_GettingStarted);</script></h1>

   <p><script type="text/javascript">document.write(ID_VC_GettingStartedDesc);</script></p>

   <p><a href="https://communities.vmware.com/vsphere-client/"><script type="text/javascript">document.write(ID_LogInFlexClient);</script></a></p>

   <p><a href="https://communities.vmware.com/ui/"><script type="text/javascript">document.write(ID_LogInH5Client);</script></a></p>

   <p><script type="text/javascript">document.write(ID_DocDesc);</script></p>

   <p><a href="http://www.vmware.com/info?id=1414"><script type="text/javascript">document.write(ID_DownloadDoc);</script></a></p>

   <p><a href="http://pubs.vmware.com/Release_Notes/en/vsphere/65/vsphere-client-65-html5-functionality-support.htm...">

      <script type="text/javascript">document.write(ID_H5ClientDoc);</script></a></p>

  </div> <!--/GETTING STARTED TEXT-->

  <div class="GSimage"></div>

  <div class="forAdmins">

   <h1><script type="text/javascript">document.write(ID_ForAdmins);</script></h1>

   <h1><script type="text/javascript">document.write(ID_VIDatacenters);</script></h1>

   <p><script type="text/javascript">document.write(ID_VIDatacentersDesc);</script></p>

   <p><script type="text/javascript">document.write('<a href="https://communities.vmware.com/folder">'+ ID_BrowseVCDatacenters +'</a>');</script></p>

   <h1><script type="text/javascript">document.write(ID_ForDevs);</script></h1>

   <h1><script type="text/javascript">document.write(ID_VISDK);</script></h1>

   <p><script type="text/javascript">document.write(ID_VISDKDesc);</script></p>

   <p><script type="text/javascript">document.write('<a href="http://www.vmware.com/info?id=928">'+ ID_DownloadSDK +'</a>');</script></p>

   <p><script type="text/javascript">document.write('<a href="https://communities.vmware.com/mob/">'+ ID_BrowseVC +'</a>');</script></p>

   <p><script type="text/javascript">document.write('<a href="https://communities.vmware.com/apiexplorer/">'+ ID_ApiExplorer +'</a>');</script></p>

   <p><script type="text/javascript">document.write('<a href="https://communities.vmware.com/certs/download.zip">'+ ID_DownloadCerts +'</a>');</script></p>

  </div>

  <div id="copyRight">

   <script type="text/javascript">document.write(ID_CopyrightText);</script>

   <script type="text/javascript">document.write(ID_TrademarkText);</script>

   <script type="text/javascript">document.write(ID_AboutOSSDesc);</script>

  </div>

 

</body>

</html>

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daphnissov
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LucD
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Could this be a TLS version mismatch issue?


Blog: lucd.info  Twitter: @LucD22  Co-author PowerCLI Reference

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mkmr
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this turned out to NSX re-director issue and when i mad the entry into host file that fixed that issue..sna696 Can you also please check this is the case with you also.

Thanks to daphnissovLucD

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sna696
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Thanks guys for your support.

I am unable to access the environment for a while, due to time restrictions I was forced to run it on a Windows machine.

LucD previously I was able to access the vCenter with the Windows PowerShell, it would be weird on Linux since I've set to ignore certificate validation too.

mkmr​ I'm using vCenter FQDNs, never had such kind of issue

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LucD
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It would be interesting to check if you encounter the same issue when running this from Windows, but also under PowerShell v6.

And yes, you can run those side-by-side on a Windows box.


Blog: lucd.info  Twitter: @LucD22  Co-author PowerCLI Reference

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klabiak
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I have had a very similar issue.

My solution was to disable proxy server configured on the Linux system.

I am using opensuse 15, and pwsh + VMware.PowerCLI works fine. 

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