The term 'c:/Windows/Temp/packer-ps-env-vars-[GUID].ps1' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet

[johnypony3]

Overview of the Issue

When building windows 2012/2016 (possibly others, but I'm not building them currently) the log contains the error in the title. This is a non critical error as the build completes.

Reproduction Steps

Standard build

Packer version

From 1.7.0

Simplified Packer Buildfile

https://gist.github.com/johnypony3/8886cbfa8c62056cc1e53bf47c0eebc7

Operating system and Environment details

RedHat 7 64bit
VMWare VMware Workstation 15.5.1 build-15018445

Log Fragments and crash.log files

�[0KRunning with gitlab-runner 12.1.0 (de7731dd)
�[0;m�[0K on rfds-builder 6pxscSV5
�[0;msection_start:1620758694:prepare_executor
�[0K�[0KUsing Shell executor...
�[0;msection_end:1620758694:prepare_executor
�[0Ksection_start:1620758694:prepare_script
�[0KRunning on y0319t12546...
section_end:1620758694:prepare_script
�[0Ksection_start:1620758694:get_sources
�[0K�[32;1mFetching changes with git depth set to 50...�[0;m
Reinitialized existing Git repository in /u01/builds/6pxscSV5/2/devx/golden-images/golden-ami-factory/.git/
�[32;1mChecking out 9e2da290 as ADOPT-2289...�[0;m
Removing build/
�[32;1mSkipping Git submodules setup�[0;m
section_end:1620758695:get_sources
�[0Ksection_start:1620758695:restore_cache
�[0Ksection_end:1620758695:restore_cache
�[0Ksection_start:1620758695:download_artifacts
�[0K�[32;1mDownloading artifacts for make_artifacts_dir (14193184)...�[0;m
Runtime platform �[0;m arch�[0;m=amd64 os�[0;m=linux pid�[0;m=106603 revision�[0;m=de7731dd version�[0;m=12.1.0
Downloading artifacts from coordinator... ok �[0;m id�[0;m=14193184 responseStatus�[0;m=200 OK token�[0;m=g3onVq5b
section_end:1620758696:download_artifacts
�[0Ksection_start:1620758696:build_script
�[0K�[32;1m$ if [ $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME = 'master' ]; then export ENVIRONMENT=prod; fi;�[0;m
�[32;1m$ export CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME=${CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME,,}�[0;m
�[32;1m$ packer build -machine-readable -force -var-file=common/vsphere.variables.json -var-file=common/vsphere.${ENVIRONMENT}.variables.json -var-file=common/variables.json -var-file=$VAR_OS -var-file=$VAR_OS_VER -var "datetag=$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S)" -only=$RULE $TEMPLATE�[0;m
1620758697,,ui,say,Warning: Warning when preparing build: "vmware-iso"\n\nYour vmx data contains the following variable(s)%!(PACKER_COMMA) which Packer normally sets\nwhen it generates its own default vmx template. This may cause your build to\nfail or behave unpredictably: scsi0.virtualDev\n\n
1620758697,,ui,say,==> vmware-iso: Retrieving ISO
1620758697,,ui,say,==> vmware-iso: Trying https://[MASKED]:[MASKED]@artifactory.[MASKED].com/artifactory/generic-local/iso/os/windows/2016/WS2016-b14393.iso
1620758697,,ui,say,==> vmware-iso: Trying https://[MASKED]:[MASKED]@artifactory.[MASKED].com/artifactory/generic-local/iso/os/windows/2016/WS2016-b14393.iso?checksum=sha256%3A5a62abeb55e3a0f45189fa4b2c192be384956869b9e00b76963992234065b91a
1620758825,,ui,say,==> vmware-iso: https://[MASKED]:[MASKED]@artifactory.[MASKED].com/artifactory/generic-local/iso/os/windows/2016/WS2016-b14393.iso?checksum=sha256%3A5a62abeb55e3a0f45189fa4b2c192be384956869b9e00b76963992234065b91a => /u01/packer/packer_cache/c39bf4219846883ba39d1a9f3a7b74c8bea1e747.iso
1620758825,,ui,say,==> vmware-iso: Configuring output and export directories...
1620758825,,ui,say,==> vmware-iso: Creating floppy disk...
1620758825,,ui,message, vmware-iso: Copying files flatly from floppy_files
1620758825,,ui,message, vmware-iso: Copying file: packer/windows/2016_onprem/mount/Autounattend.xml
1620758825,,ui,message, vmware-iso: Copying file: packer/windows/scripts/Invoke-Defrag.ps1
1620758825,,ui,message, vmware-iso: Copying file: packer/windows/scripts/Remove-UpdateCache.ps1
1620758825,,ui,message, vmware-iso: Copying file: packer/windows/scripts/Reset-EmptySpace.ps1
1620758825,,ui,message, vmware-iso: Copying file: packer/windows/scripts/sysprep.ps1
1620758825,,ui,message, vmware-iso: Copying file: packer/windows/scripts/winrmConfig.bat
1620758825,,ui,message, vmware-iso: Copying directory: packer/windows/drivers/
1620758825,,ui,message, vmware-iso: Adding file: packer/windows/drivers/pvscsi.cat
1620758825,,ui,message, vmware-iso: Adding file: packer/windows/drivers/pvscsi.inf
1620758825,,ui,message, vmware-iso: Adding file: packer/windows/drivers/pvscsi.sys
1620758825,,ui,message, vmware-iso: Adding file: packer/windows/drivers/txtsetup.oem
1620758825,,ui,message, vmware-iso: Done copying files from floppy_files
1620758825,,ui,message, vmware-iso: Collecting paths from floppy_dirs
1620758825,,ui,message, vmware-iso: Resulting paths from floppy_dirs : []
1620758825,,ui,message, vmware-iso: Done copying paths from floppy_dirs
1620758825,,ui,say,==> vmware-iso: Creating required virtual machine disks
1620758826,,ui,say,==> vmware-iso: Building and writing VMX file
1620758826,,ui,say,==> vmware-iso: Starting virtual machine...
1620758826,,ui,message, vmware-iso: The VM will be run headless%!(PACKER_COMMA) without a GUI. If you want to\n vmware-iso: view the screen of the VM%!(PACKER_COMMA) connect via VNC with the password "wJI4Q3E0" to\n vmware-iso: vnc://0.0.0.0:5906
1620758827,,ui,say,==> vmware-iso: Connecting to VNC...
1620758827,,ui,say,==> vmware-iso: Waiting 5m0s for boot...
1620759127,,ui,say,==> vmware-iso: Typing the boot command over VNC...
1620759127,,ui,say,==> vmware-iso: Waiting for WinRM to become available...
1620759736,,ui,message, vmware-iso: WinRM connected.
1620759736,,ui,say,==> vmware-iso: Connected to WinRM!
1620759736,,ui,say,==> vmware-iso: Provisioning with Powershell...
1620759736,,ui,say,==> vmware-iso: Provisioning with powershell script: /u01/packer/packer_tmp/powershell-provisioner956887563
1620760129,,ui,message, vmware-iso: . : The term 'c:/Windows/Temp/packer-ps-env-vars-609ad0a9-ead9-ff96-1c10-f80ef5977d8e.ps1' is not recognized as the
1620760129,,ui,message, vmware-iso: name of a cmdlet%!(PACKER_COMMA) function%!(PACKER_COMMA) script file%!(PACKER_COMMA) or operable program. Check the spelling of the name%!(PACKER_COMMA) or if a path was
1620760129,,ui,message, vmware-iso: included%!(PACKER_COMMA) verify that the path is correct and try again.
1620760129,,ui,message, vmware-iso: At line:1 char:138
1620760129,,ui,message, vmware-iso: + ... ontinue'};. c:/Windows/Temp/packer-ps-env-vars-609ad0a9-ead9-ff96-1c1 ...
1620760129,,ui,message, vmware-iso: + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1620760129,,ui,message, vmware-iso: + CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (c:/Windows/Temp...80ef5977d8e.ps1:String) []%!(PACKER_COMMA) CommandNotFoundException
1620760129,,ui,message, vmware-iso: + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException
1620760129,,ui,message, vmware-iso:
1620761964,,ui,message, vmware-iso:
1620761964,,ui,message, vmware-iso: Handles NPM(K) PM(K) WS(K) CPU(s) Id SI ProcessName
1620761964,,ui,message, vmware-iso: ------- ------ ----- ----- ------ -- -- -----------
1620761964,,ui,message, vmware-iso: 125 9 6288 7416 0.11 352 0 msiexec
1620762438,,ui,error,==> vmware-iso: . : The term 'c:/Windows/Temp/packer-ps-env-vars-609ad0a9-ead9-ff96-1c10-f80ef5977d8e.ps1' is not recognized as the
1620762438,,ui,error,==> vmware-iso: name of a cmdlet%!(PACKER_COMMA) function%!(PACKER_COMMA) script file%!(PACKER_COMMA) or operable program. Check the spelling of the name%!(PACKER_COMMA) or if a path was
1620762438,,ui,error,==> vmware-iso: included%!(PACKER_COMMA) verify that the path is correct and try again.
1620762438,,ui,error,==> vmware-iso: At line:1 char:138
1620762438,,ui,error,==> vmware-iso: + ... ontinue'};. c:/Windows/Temp/packer-ps-env-vars-609ad0a9-ead9-ff96-1c1 ...
1620762438,,ui,error,==> vmware-iso: + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1620762438,,ui,error,==> vmware-iso: + CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (c:/Windows/Temp...80ef5977d8e.ps1:String) []%!(PACKER_COMMA) CommandNotFoundException
1620762438,,ui,error,==> vmware-iso: + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

Thank you!

[sylviamoss]

Hey there, thanks for reaching out. The build completes but does the created ISO work as expected?

[ghost]

This issue has been automatically migrated to hashicorp/packer-plugin-vmware#22 because it looks like an issue with that plugin. If you believe this is not an issue with the plugin, please reply to hashicorp/packer-plugin-vmware#22.

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