lamw / lamw/vmware-scripts

Re-factored script for Cross VC vMotion via API error when running

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Description

When running the script the below error gets logged:

Wait-Task : 2017-02-23 08:37:28 AM Wait-Task The operation for the
entity "ubuntu-iperf_01" failed with the following message: "A specified
parameter was not correct: ServiceLocator.instanceUuid"
At D:\xmove.ps1:151 char:14

  • $task1 | Wait-Task -Verbose
    
  •          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    
    • CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Wait-Task], InvalidArgument
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : Client20_TaskServiceImpl_CheckServerSideTaskUpda
      tes_OperationFailed,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.WaitTask

A couple of users commented the they fixed the issue by doing the below:

Line 101: $service.instanceUuid = $destVCConn.InstanceUuid.ToUpper()

After adding .ToUpper() the script runs through properly. Could you perhaps update the script if this is the correct fix?

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Research direction

Open xmove.ps1 and inspect the destination connection assignment around line 101, then review the Wait-Task call at line 151 and the reported ServiceLocator.instanceUuid error. Confirm the requested value handling fixes the Cross VC vMotion run, and verify that the script completes without this error.

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Tech stack
powershell
Domain
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Issue type
Bug
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