Connect-ManagementServer: first connection fails

[Silex]

Hello,

With 22.0.0 the first time I connect to a server it usually fails:

PS C:\Users\ext-adm-pva> Import-Module -Verbose -Name 'MilestonePSTools'
VERBOSE: Loading module from path 'C:\Program
Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\MilestonePSTools\22.2.0\MilestonePSTools.psd1'.
VERBOSE: Cannot verify the Microsoft .NET Framework version 4.7 because it is not included in the list of permitted
versions.
VERBOSE: Cannot verify the Microsoft .NET Framework version 4.7.0 because it is not included in the list of permitted
versions.
VERBOSE: Loading module from path 'C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\MIPSDKRedist\22.2.0\MipSdkRedist.psm1'.
VERBOSE: Loading module from path 'C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\MipSdkRedist\22.2.0\MipSdkRedist.psd1'.
VERBOSE: Cannot verify the Microsoft .NET Framework version 4.7.0 because it is not included in the list of permitted
versions.
VERBOSE: Loading module from path 'C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\MipSdkRedist\22.2.0\MipSdkRedist.psm1'.
VERBOSE: Loading module from path 'C:\Program
Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\MipSdkRedist\22.2.0\Bin\MipSdkRedist.dll'.
VERBOSE: Exporting variable 'MipSdkPath'.
VERBOSE: Importing variable 'MipSdkPath'.
VERBOSE: Loading 'Assembly' from path 'C:\Program
Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\MilestonePSTools\22.2.0\System.Drawing'.
VERBOSE: Loading 'Assembly' from path 'C:\Program
Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\MilestonePSTools\22.2.0\System.Drawing'.
VERBOSE: Loading 'Assembly' from path 'C:\Program
Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\MilestonePSTools\22.2.0\System.Device'.
VERBOSE: Loading 'Assembly' from path 'C:\Program
Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\MilestonePSTools\22.2.0\System.Device'.
VERBOSE: Loading 'FormatsToProcess' from path 'C:\Program
Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\MilestonePSTools\22.2.0\MilestonePSTools.Format.ps1xml'.

### WAITING 20 SECONDS HERE

VERBOSE: Loading module from path 'C:\Program
Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\MilestonePSTools\22.2.0\MilestonePSTools.psm1'.
VERBOSE: Loading module from path 'C:\Program
Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\MilestonePSTools\22.2.0\bin\MilestonePSTools.dll'.
VERBOSE: Importing cmdlet 'Get-VideoSource'.
VERBOSE: Importing cmdlet 'Get-Snapshot'.

(skipping) 

VERBOSE: Importing alias 'Get-ManagementServer'.

PS C:\Users\ext-adm-pva> Connect-ManagementServer -Verbose -Server $server
VERBOSE: Disconnecting from current site and any child sites if present.
### WAITING 20 SECONDS HERE
Connect-ManagementServer :
At line:1 char:1
+ Connect-ManagementServer -Verbose -Server $server
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : AuthenticationError: (:) [Connect-ManagementServer], ServerNotFoundMIPException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : MilestonePSTools.ConnectionCommands.ConnectManagementServer

PS C:\Users\ext-adm-pva> Connect-ManagementServer -Verbose -Server $server
PS C:\Users\ext-adm-pva>

As you see two times I'm just waiting 20 seconds for something to happen (when loading the module and when connecting the first time).

This behavior never happened with 21.2.7.

Is there some debug flag I can turn on?

I'm connecting to 2021R2 servers.

[Silex]

In the meantime I'm working around it like this:

function Connect-ManagementServer {
  param([Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][string] $Server)
  foreach($try in 1..3) {
    try {
      MilestonePSTools\Connect-ManagementServer -Server $Server -ErrorAction Stop
      break
    }
    catch {
      if ($try -eq 3) {
        Write-Error $_
      }
    }
  }
}

[joshooaj]

That's really weird - do you still have this issue? The -Server parameter is deprecated and -ServerAddress may or may not work better.

[Silex]

Yes it still happens with the new version, with or without -ServerAddress... my guess is that this client's network is shaky, forget about it.