Report terminating with error You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression

[eghaire]

Good Afternoon,

This is my first time trying to run this report and I'm running into an issue on mulitple vCenters that I can't seem to move past. I've tried using both the IP address as well as the FQDN of the vCenter with no success.

New-AsBuiltReport : You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.

ModuleType Version Name ExportedCommands

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Manifest 1.0.0 AsBuiltReport
Script 0.2.0 AsBuiltReport.Cisco.UcsManager Invoke-AsBuiltReport.Cisco.UcsManager
Script 1.0.0 AsBuiltReport.Core {New-AsBuiltReport, New-AsBuiltConfig, New-AsBuiltReportConfig}
Script 0.4.1 AsBuiltReport.PureStorage.FlashA... Invoke-AsBuiltReport.PureStorage.FlashArray
Script 0.4.1 AsBuiltReport.VMware.NSXv Invoke

vSphere 6.5 Build 8815520
Powershell Version 5.1 Build 14409 Revision 1018

New-AsBuiltReport -Target 'VCNAME' -Username 'USERNAME' -Password 'PASSWORD' -Report VMware.vSphere -Format Html,Word -OutputPath 'C:\TEMP' -Timestamp

VERBOSE: [ 12:35:53:743 ] [ Document ] - Document 'VMware vSphere As Built Report - 2019-05-20_12.35.53' processing started.
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New-AsBuiltReport : You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
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• New-AsBuiltReport -Target 'redacted' -User ...

•   + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Write-Error], WriteErrorException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WriteErrorException,New-AsBuiltReport
  

[tpcarman]

This issue should be resolved in the latest AsBuiltReport.VMware.vSphere module. There is also an update available for the core module. Apply the updates and let me know if this resolves your issue.

Update-Module -Name AsBuiltReport.Core -RequiredVersion 1.0.1
Update-Module -Name AsBuiltReport.VMware.vSphere -RequiredVersion 1.0.6

[eghaire]

This issue should be resolved in the latest AsBuiltReport..vSphere module. There is also an update available for the core module. Apply the updates and let me know if this resolves your issue.

Update-Module -Name AsBuiltReport.Core -RequiredVersion 1.0.1
Update-Module -Name AsBuiltReport.VMware.vSphere -RequiredVersion 1.0.6

[eghaire]

Looks like upgrading it did resolve the problem. Thank you for the great support and great tool.

[eghaire]

Hey Tim,

I'm still getting an error message when we try and run the report. Below is the latest error and version information. I'm sure this is user error but I wanted to double check.

ModuleType Version Name ExportedCommands

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Manifest 1.0.2 AsBuiltReport
Script 0.2.1 AsBuiltReport.Cisco.UcsManager Invoke-AsBuiltReport.Cisco.UcsManager
Script 1.0.1 AsBuiltReport.Core {New-AsBuiltReport, New-AsBuiltConfig, New-AsBuiltReportConfig}
Script 0.4.1 AsBuiltReport.PureStorage.FlashA... Invoke-AsBuiltReport.PureStorage.FlashArray
Script 0.4.1 AsBuiltReport.VMware.NSXv Invoke-AsBuiltReport.VMware.NSXv
Script 1.0.6 AsBuiltReport.VMware.vSphere Invoke-AsBuiltReport.VMware.vSphere

VERBOSE: [ 10:46:08:181 ] [ Document ] - Processing blank line.
Get-VMHostNetworkAdapter : 6/19/2019 10:46:08 AM Get-VMHostNetworkAdapter Value cannot be null.
Parameter name: key
At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\AsBuiltReport.VMware.vSphere\1.0.6\Src\Public\Invoke-AsBuiltReport.VMware.vSphere.ps1:2128 char:79

• ... $VMkernelAdapters = $VMHost | Get-VMHostNetworkAdapter -VMKernel

•                                    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  

  • CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Get-VMHostNetworkAdapter], VimException
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : Core_BaseCmdlet_UnknownError,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.Host.GetVMHostNetworkAdapter

VERBOSE: [ 10:46:08:264 ] [ Document ] - Processing table 'vcenter VMkernel Adapters'.
New-AsBuiltReport : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Rows' because it is an empty collection.
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• New-AsBuiltReport -Target 'vcenter' -Username user -Re ...

•   + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Write-Error], WriteErrorException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WriteErrorException,New-AsBuiltReport
  

[eghaire]

ModuleType Version Name ExportedCommands

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Manifest 1.0.2 AsBuiltReport
Script 0.2.1 AsBuiltReport.Cisco.UcsManager Invoke-AsBuiltReport.Cisco.UcsManager
Script 1.0.1 AsBuiltReport.Core {New-AsBuiltReport, New-AsBuiltConfig, New-AsBuiltReportConfig}
Script 0.4.1 AsBuiltReport.PureStorage.FlashA... Invoke-AsBuiltReport.PureStorage.FlashArray
Script 0.4.1 AsBuiltReport.VMware.NSXv Invoke-AsBuiltReport.VMware.NSXv
Script 1.0.6 AsBuiltReport.VMware.vSphere Invoke-AsBuiltReport.VMware.vSphere

[eghaire]

@tpcarman Any thoughts on what might be causing me to run into this issue?

[tpcarman]

What version of PowerCLI are you using? It looks to be an issue with Get-VMHostNetworkAdapter

Run the following to determine your PowerCLI version

Get-Module -Name VMware* | Select Name, Version

[tpcarman]

Closing due to inactivity.