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Error at importing ESXi OVA #15

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wojciehm opened this issue Oct 10, 2018 · 3 comments
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Error at importing ESXi OVA #15

wojciehm opened this issue Oct 10, 2018 · 3 comments

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At line 479 of the script it is failing.

$vm = Import-VApp -Server $viConnection -Source $NestedESXiApplianceOVA -Name $VMName -VMHost $vmhost -Datastore $datastore -DiskStorageFormat thin

Solutiuon is provided https://readysetvirtual.wordpress.com/2018/04/09/powercli-import-vapp-ova-hostname-cannot-be-parsed/ but should be fixed.

[10-10-2018_03:02:19] Connecting to 192.168.255.50 ...
[10-10-2018_03:02:20] Deploying Nested ESXi VM lab02-esxi01 ...
Import-VApp : 10.10.2018 15:02:22 Import-VApp Invalid URI: The hostname could not be parsed.
At D:\Download\HomeLab\6.7\Homelab6.7-failure.ps1:479 char:19

  • ... $vm = Import-VApp -Server $viConnection -Source $NestedESXiAppl ...
  •             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Import-VApp], ViError
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : Client20_NfcLease_RunNfcTask_Error,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.ImportVA
      pp

[10-10-2018_03:02:22] Updating VM Network ...
Get-NetworkAdapter : 10.10.2018 15:02:22 Get-NetworkAdapter NetworkAdapter with name 'Network adapter 1' was not found
using the specified filter(s).
At D:\Download\HomeLab\6.7\Homelab6.7-failure.ps1:482 char:19

  • ... $vm | Get-NetworkAdapter -Name "Network adapter 1" | Set-N ...
  •                  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (:) [Get-NetworkAdapter], VimException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : Core_OutputHelper_WriteNotFoundError,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.Virtua
      lDevice.GetNetworkAdapter

Get-NetworkAdapter : 10.10.2018 15:02:27 Get-NetworkAdapter NetworkAdapter with name 'Network adapter 2' was not found using the specified filter(s).
At D:\Download\HomeLab\6.7\Homelab6.7-failure.ps1:486 char:23

  • ... $vm | Get-NetworkAdapter -Name "Network adapter 2" | Set-N ...
  •                  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (:) [Get-NetworkAdapter], VimException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : Core_OutputHelper_WriteNotFoundError,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.VirtualDevice.GetNetworkAdapter

[10-10-2018_03:02:27] Updating vCPU Count to 4 & vMEM to 20 GB ...
Set-VM : 10.10.2018 15:02:27 Set-VM Value cannot be found for the mandatory parameter VM
At D:\Download\HomeLab\6.7\Homelab6.7-failure.ps1:492 char:13

  •         Set-VM -Server $viConnection -VM $vm -NumCpu $NestedESXiv ...

  •         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Set-VM], VimException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : Core_BaseCmdlet_UnknownError,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.SetVM

[10-10-2018_03:02:27] Updating vSAN Caching VMDK size to 20 GB ...
Get-HardDisk : Cannot validate argument on parameter 'VM'. The argument is null. Provide a valid value for the argument, and then try running the command again.
At D:\Download\HomeLab\6.7\Homelab6.7-failure.ps1:495 char:52

  •         Get-HardDisk -Server $viConnection -VM $vm -Name "Hard di ...

  •                                                ~~~
    • CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Get-HardDisk], ParameterBindingValidationException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationError,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.VirtualDevice.GetHardDisk

[10-10-2018_03:02:27] Updating vSAN Capacity VMDK size to 100 GB ...
Get-HardDisk : Cannot validate argument on parameter 'VM'. The argument is null. Provide a valid value for the argument, and then try running the command again.
At D:\Download\HomeLab\6.7\Homelab6.7-failure.ps1:498 char:52

  •         Get-HardDisk -Server $viConnection -VM $vm -Name "Hard di ...

  •                                                ~~~
    • CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Get-HardDisk], ParameterBindingValidationException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationError,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.VirtualDevice.GetHardDisk

Method invocation failed because [VMware.Vim.OptionValue] does not contain a method named 'op_Addition'.
At D:\Download\HomeLab\6.7\Homelab6.7-failure.ps1:541 char:13

  •         $orignalExtraConfig+=$b

  •         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (op_Addition:String) [], RuntimeException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : MethodNotFound

Method invocation failed because [VMware.Vim.OptionValue] does not contain a method named 'op_Addition'.
At D:\Download\HomeLab\6.7\Homelab6.7-failure.ps1:542 char:13

  •         $orignalExtraConfig+=$c

  •         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (op_Addition:String) [], RuntimeException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : MethodNotFound

Method invocation failed because [VMware.Vim.OptionValue] does not contain a method named 'op_Addition'.
At D:\Download\HomeLab\6.7\Homelab6.7-failure.ps1:543 char:13

  •         $orignalExtraConfig+=$d

  •         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (op_Addition:String) [], RuntimeException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : MethodNotFound

Method invocation failed because [VMware.Vim.OptionValue] does not contain a method named 'op_Addition'.
At D:\Download\HomeLab\6.7\Homelab6.7-failure.ps1:544 char:13

  •         $orignalExtraConfig+=$e

  •         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (op_Addition:String) [], RuntimeException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : MethodNotFound

Method invocation failed because [VMware.Vim.OptionValue] does not contain a method named 'op_Addition'.
At D:\Download\HomeLab\6.7\Homelab6.7-failure.ps1:545 char:13

  •         $orignalExtraConfig+=$f

  •         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (op_Addition:String) [], RuntimeException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : MethodNotFound

Method invocation failed because [VMware.Vim.OptionValue] does not contain a method named 'op_Addition'.
At D:\Download\HomeLab\6.7\Homelab6.7-failure.ps1:546 char:13

  •         $orignalExtraConfig+=$g

  •         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (op_Addition:String) [], RuntimeException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : MethodNotFound

Method invocation failed because [VMware.Vim.OptionValue] does not contain a method named 'op_Addition'.
At D:\Download\HomeLab\6.7\Homelab6.7-failure.ps1:547 char:13

  •         $orignalExtraConfig+=$h

  •         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (op_Addition:String) [], RuntimeException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : MethodNotFound

Method invocation failed because [VMware.Vim.OptionValue] does not contain a method named 'op_Addition'.
At D:\Download\HomeLab\6.7\Homelab6.7-failure.ps1:548 char:13

  •         $orignalExtraConfig+=$i

  •         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (op_Addition:String) [], RuntimeException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : MethodNotFound

Method invocation failed because [VMware.Vim.OptionValue] does not contain a method named 'op_Addition'.
At D:\Download\HomeLab\6.7\Homelab6.7-failure.ps1:549 char:13

  •         $orignalExtraConfig+=$j

  •         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (op_Addition:String) [], RuntimeException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : MethodNotFound

Method invocation failed because [VMware.Vim.OptionValue] does not contain a method named 'op_Addition'.
At D:\Download\HomeLab\6.7\Homelab6.7-failure.ps1:550 char:13

  •         $orignalExtraConfig+=$k

  •         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (op_Addition:String) [], RuntimeException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : MethodNotFound

Method invocation failed because [VMware.Vim.OptionValue] does not contain a method named 'op_Addition'.
At D:\Download\HomeLab\6.7\Homelab6.7-failure.ps1:551 char:13

  •         $orignalExtraConfig+=$l

  •         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (op_Addition:String) [], RuntimeException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : MethodNotFound

Method invocation failed because [VMware.Vim.OptionValue] does not contain a method named 'op_Addition'.
At D:\Download\HomeLab\6.7\Homelab6.7-failure.ps1:552 char:13

  •         $orignalExtraConfig+=$m

  •         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (op_Addition:String) [], RuntimeException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : MethodNotFound

[10-10-2018_03:02:27] Adding guestinfo customization properties to lab02-esxi01 ...
You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At D:\Download\HomeLab\6.7\Homelab6.7-failure.ps1:558 char:13

  •         $task = $vm.ExtensionData.ReconfigVM_Task($spec)

  •         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull

Get-Task : 10.10.2018 15:02:27 Get-Task The identifier Task- resulted in no objects.
At D:\Download\HomeLab\6.7\Homelab6.7-failure.ps1:559 char:22

  •         $task1 = Get-Task -Id ("Task-$($task.value)")

  •                  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (:) [Get-Task], VimException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : Client20_OutputTracker_ReportNotFoundLocators_LocatorNotProduced,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.GetTask

[10-10-2018_03:02:27] Powering On lab02-esxi01 ...
Start-VM : Cannot validate argument on parameter 'VM'. The argument is null or empty. Provide an argument that is not null or empty, and then try the command again.
At D:\Download\HomeLab\6.7\Homelab6.7-failure.ps1:563 char:48

  •         Start-VM -Server $viConnection -VM $vm -Confirm:$false |  ...

  •                                            ~~~
    • CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Start-VM], ParameterBindingValidationException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationError,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.StartVM

[10-10-2018_03:02:27] Deploying Nested ESXi VM lab02-esxi02 ...
Import-VApp : 10.10.2018 15:02:29 Import-VApp Invalid URI: The hostname could not be parsed.
At D:\Download\HomeLab\6.7\Homelab6.7-failure.ps1:479 char:19

  • ... $vm = Import-VApp -Server $viConnection -Source $NestedESXiAppl ...
  •             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Import-VApp], ViError
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : Client20_NfcLease_RunNfcTask_Error,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.ImportVApp

[10-10-2018_03:02:29] Updating VM Network ...
Get-NetworkAdapter : 10.10.2018 15:02:29 Get-NetworkAdapter NetworkAdapter with name 'Network adapter 1' was not found using the specified filter(s).
At D:\Download\HomeLab\6.7\Homelab6.7-failure.ps1:482 char:19

  • ... $vm | Get-NetworkAdapter -Name "Network adapter 1" | Set-N ...
  •                  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (:) [Get-NetworkAdapter], VimException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : Core_OutputHelper_WriteNotFoundError,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.VirtualDevice.GetNetworkAdapter

Get-NetworkAdapter : 10.10.2018 15:02:34 Get-NetworkAdapter NetworkAdapter with name 'Network adapter 2' was not found using the specified filter(s).
At D:\Download\HomeLab\6.7\Homelab6.7-failure.ps1:486 char:23

  • ... $vm | Get-NetworkAdapter -Name "Network adapter 2" | Set-N ...
  •                  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (:) [Get-NetworkAdapter], VimException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : Core_OutputHelper_WriteNotFoundError,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.VirtualDevice.GetNetworkAdapter

[10-10-2018_03:02:34] Updating vCPU Count to 4 & vMEM to 20 GB ...
Set-VM : 10.10.2018 15:02:34 Set-VM Value cannot be found for the mandatory parameter VM
At D:\Download\HomeLab\6.7\Homelab6.7-failure.ps1:492 char:13

  •         Set-VM -Server $viConnection -VM $vm -NumCpu $NestedESXiv ...

  •         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Set-VM], VimException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : Core_BaseCmdlet_UnknownError,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.SetVM

[10-10-2018_03:02:34] Updating vSAN Caching VMDK size to 20 GB ...
Get-HardDisk : Cannot validate argument on parameter 'VM'. The argument is null. Provide a valid value for the argument, and then try running the command again.
At D:\Download\HomeLab\6.7\Homelab6.7-failure.ps1:495 char:52

  •         Get-HardDisk -Server $viConnection -VM $vm -Name "Hard di ...

  •                                                ~~~
    • CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Get-HardDisk], ParameterBindingValidationException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationError,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.VirtualDevice.GetHardDisk

[10-10-2018_03:02:34] Updating vSAN Capacity VMDK size to 100 GB ...
Get-HardDisk : Cannot validate argument on parameter 'VM'. The argument is null. Provide a valid value for the argument, and then try running the command again.
At D:\Download\HomeLab\6.7\Homelab6.7-failure.ps1:498 char:52

  •         Get-HardDisk -Server $viConnection -VM $vm -Name "Hard di ...

  •                                                ~~~
    • CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Get-HardDisk], ParameterBindingValidationException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationError,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.VirtualDevice.GetHardDisk

Method invocation failed because [VMware.Vim.OptionValue] does not contain a method named 'op_Addition'.
At D:\Download\HomeLab\6.7\Homelab6.7-failure.ps1:541 char:13

  •         $orignalExtraConfig+=$b

  •         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (op_Addition:String) [], RuntimeException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : MethodNotFound

Method invocation failed because [VMware.Vim.OptionValue] does not contain a method named 'op_Addition'.
At D:\Download\HomeLab\6.7\Homelab6.7-failure.ps1:542 char:13

  •         $orignalExtraConfig+=$c

  •         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (op_Addition:String) [], RuntimeException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : MethodNotFound

Method invocation failed because [VMware.Vim.OptionValue] does not contain a method named 'op_Addition'.
At D:\Download\HomeLab\6.7\Homelab6.7-failure.ps1:543 char:13

  •         $orignalExtraConfig+=$d

  •         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (op_Addition:String) [], RuntimeException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : MethodNotFound

Method invocation failed because [VMware.Vim.OptionValue] does not contain a method named 'op_Addition'.
At D:\Download\HomeLab\6.7\Homelab6.7-failure.ps1:544 char:13

  •         $orignalExtraConfig+=$e

  •         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (op_Addition:String) [], RuntimeException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : MethodNotFound

Method invocation failed because [VMware.Vim.OptionValue] does not contain a method named 'op_Addition'.
At D:\Download\HomeLab\6.7\Homelab6.7-failure.ps1:545 char:13

  •         $orignalExtraConfig+=$f

  •         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (op_Addition:String) [], RuntimeException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : MethodNotFound

Method invocation failed because [VMware.Vim.OptionValue] does not contain a method named 'op_Addition'.
At D:\Download\HomeLab\6.7\Homelab6.7-failure.ps1:546 char:13

  •         $orignalExtraConfig+=$g

  •         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (op_Addition:String) [], RuntimeException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : MethodNotFound

Method invocation failed because [VMware.Vim.OptionValue] does not contain a method named 'op_Addition'.
At D:\Download\HomeLab\6.7\Homelab6.7-failure.ps1:547 char:13

  •         $orignalExtraConfig+=$h

  •         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (op_Addition:String) [], RuntimeException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : MethodNotFound

Method invocation failed because [VMware.Vim.OptionValue] does not contain a method named 'op_Addition'.
At D:\Download\HomeLab\6.7\Homelab6.7-failure.ps1:548 char:13

  •         $orignalExtraConfig+=$i

  •         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (op_Addition:String) [], RuntimeException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : MethodNotFound

Method invocation failed because [VMware.Vim.OptionValue] does not contain a method named 'op_Addition'.
At D:\Download\HomeLab\6.7\Homelab6.7-failure.ps1:549 char:13

  •         $orignalExtraConfig+=$j

  •         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (op_Addition:String) [], RuntimeException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : MethodNotFound

Method invocation failed because [VMware.Vim.OptionValue] does not contain a method named 'op_Addition'.
At D:\Download\HomeLab\6.7\Homelab6.7-failure.ps1:550 char:13

  •         $orignalExtraConfig+=$k

  •         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (op_Addition:String) [], RuntimeException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : MethodNotFound

Method invocation failed because [VMware.Vim.OptionValue] does not contain a method named 'op_Addition'.
At D:\Download\HomeLab\6.7\Homelab6.7-failure.ps1:551 char:13

  •         $orignalExtraConfig+=$l

  •         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (op_Addition:String) [], RuntimeException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : MethodNotFound

Method invocation failed because [VMware.Vim.OptionValue] does not contain a method named 'op_Addition'.
At D:\Download\HomeLab\6.7\Homelab6.7-failure.ps1:552 char:13

  •         $orignalExtraConfig+=$m

  •         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (op_Addition:String) [], RuntimeException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : MethodNotFound

[10-10-2018_03:02:34] Adding guestinfo customization properties to lab02-esxi02 ...
You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At D:\Download\HomeLab\6.7\Homelab6.7-failure.ps1:558 char:13

  •         $task = $vm.ExtensionData.ReconfigVM_Task($spec)

  •         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull

Get-Task : 10.10.2018 15:02:34 Get-Task The identifier Task- resulted in no objects.
At D:\Download\HomeLab\6.7\Homelab6.7-failure.ps1:559 char:22

  •         $task1 = Get-Task -Id ("Task-$($task.value)")

  •                  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (:) [Get-Task], VimException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : Client20_OutputTracker_ReportNotFoundLocators_LocatorNotProduced,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.GetTask

[10-10-2018_03:02:34] Powering On lab02-esxi02 ...
Start-VM : Cannot validate argument on parameter 'VM'. The argument is null or empty. Provide an argument that is not null or empty, and then try the command again.
At D:\Download\HomeLab\6.7\Homelab6.7-failure.ps1:563 char:48

  •         Start-VM -Server $viConnection -VM $vm -Confirm:$false |  ...

  •                                            ~~~
    • CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Start-VM], ParameterBindingValidationException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationError,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.StartVM

[10-10-2018_03:02:34] Deploying Nested ESXi VM lab02-esxi03 ...
Import-VApp : 10.10.2018 15:02:36 Import-VApp Invalid URI: The hostname could not be parsed.
At D:\Download\HomeLab\6.7\Homelab6.7-failure.ps1:479 char:19

  • ... $vm = Import-VApp -Server $viConnection -Source $NestedESXiAppl ...
  •             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Import-VApp], ViError
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : Client20_NfcLease_RunNfcTask_Error,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.ImportVApp

[10-10-2018_03:02:36] Updating VM Network ...
Get-NetworkAdapter : 10.10.2018 15:02:36 Get-NetworkAdapter NetworkAdapter with name 'Network adapter 1' was not found using the specified filter(s).
At D:\Download\HomeLab\6.7\Homelab6.7-failure.ps1:482 char:19

  • ... $vm | Get-NetworkAdapter -Name "Network adapter 1" | Set-N ...
  •                  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (:) [Get-NetworkAdapter], VimException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : Core_OutputHelper_WriteNotFoundError,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.VirtualDevice.GetNetworkAdapter

Get-NetworkAdapter : 10.10.2018 15:02:41 Get-NetworkAdapter NetworkAdapter with name 'Network adapter 2' was not found using the specified filter(s).
At D:\Download\HomeLab\6.7\Homelab6.7-failure.ps1:486 char:23

  • ... $vm | Get-NetworkAdapter -Name "Network adapter 2" | Set-N ...
  •                  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (:) [Get-NetworkAdapter], VimException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : Core_OutputHelper_WriteNotFoundError,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.VirtualDevice.GetNetworkAdapter

[10-10-2018_03:02:41] Updating vCPU Count to 4 & vMEM to 20 GB ...
Set-VM : 10.10.2018 15:02:41 Set-VM Value cannot be found for the mandatory parameter VM
At D:\Download\HomeLab\6.7\Homelab6.7-failure.ps1:492 char:13

  •         Set-VM -Server $viConnection -VM $vm -NumCpu $NestedESXiv ...

  •         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Set-VM], VimException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : Core_BaseCmdlet_UnknownError,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.SetVM

[10-10-2018_03:02:41] Updating vSAN Caching VMDK size to 20 GB ...
Get-HardDisk : Cannot validate argument on parameter 'VM'. The argument is null. Provide a valid value for the argument, and then try running the command again.
At D:\Download\HomeLab\6.7\Homelab6.7-failure.ps1:495 char:52

  •         Get-HardDisk -Server $viConnection -VM $vm -Name "Hard di ...

  •                                                ~~~
    • CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Get-HardDisk], ParameterBindingValidationException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationError,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.VirtualDevice.GetHardDisk

[10-10-2018_03:02:41] Updating vSAN Capacity VMDK size to 100 GB ...
Get-HardDisk : Cannot validate argument on parameter 'VM'. The argument is null. Provide a valid value for the argument, and then try running the command again.
At D:\Download\HomeLab\6.7\Homelab6.7-failure.ps1:498 char:52

  •         Get-HardDisk -Server $viConnection -VM $vm -Name "Hard di ...

  •                                                ~~~
    • CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Get-HardDisk], ParameterBindingValidationException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationError,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.VirtualDevice.GetHardDisk

Method invocation failed because [VMware.Vim.OptionValue] does not contain a method named 'op_Addition'.
At D:\Download\HomeLab\6.7\Homelab6.7-failure.ps1:541 char:13

  •         $orignalExtraConfig+=$b

  •         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (op_Addition:String) [], RuntimeException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : MethodNotFound

Method invocation failed because [VMware.Vim.OptionValue] does not contain a method named 'op_Addition'.
At D:\Download\HomeLab\6.7\Homelab6.7-failure.ps1:542 char:13

  •         $orignalExtraConfig+=$c

  •         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (op_Addition:String) [], RuntimeException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : MethodNotFound

Method invocation failed because [VMware.Vim.OptionValue] does not contain a method named 'op_Addition'.
At D:\Download\HomeLab\6.7\Homelab6.7-failure.ps1:543 char:13

  •         $orignalExtraConfig+=$d

  •         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (op_Addition:String) [], RuntimeException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : MethodNotFound

Method invocation failed because [VMware.Vim.OptionValue] does not contain a method named 'op_Addition'.
At D:\Download\HomeLab\6.7\Homelab6.7-failure.ps1:544 char:13

  •         $orignalExtraConfig+=$e

  •         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (op_Addition:String) [], RuntimeException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : MethodNotFound

Method invocation failed because [VMware.Vim.OptionValue] does not contain a method named 'op_Addition'.
At D:\Download\HomeLab\6.7\Homelab6.7-failure.ps1:545 char:13

  •         $orignalExtraConfig+=$f

  •         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (op_Addition:String) [], RuntimeException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : MethodNotFound

Method invocation failed because [VMware.Vim.OptionValue] does not contain a method named 'op_Addition'.
At D:\Download\HomeLab\6.7\Homelab6.7-failure.ps1:546 char:13

  •         $orignalExtraConfig+=$g

  •         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (op_Addition:String) [], RuntimeException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : MethodNotFound

Method invocation failed because [VMware.Vim.OptionValue] does not contain a method named 'op_Addition'.
At D:\Download\HomeLab\6.7\Homelab6.7-failure.ps1:547 char:13

  •         $orignalExtraConfig+=$h

  •         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (op_Addition:String) [], RuntimeException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : MethodNotFound

Method invocation failed because [VMware.Vim.OptionValue] does not contain a method named 'op_Addition'.
At D:\Download\HomeLab\6.7\Homelab6.7-failure.ps1:548 char:13

  •         $orignalExtraConfig+=$i

  •         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (op_Addition:String) [], RuntimeException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : MethodNotFound

Method invocation failed because [VMware.Vim.OptionValue] does not contain a method named 'op_Addition'.
At D:\Download\HomeLab\6.7\Homelab6.7-failure.ps1:549 char:13

  •         $orignalExtraConfig+=$j

  •         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (op_Addition:String) [], RuntimeException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : MethodNotFound

Method invocation failed because [VMware.Vim.OptionValue] does not contain a method named 'op_Addition'.
At D:\Download\HomeLab\6.7\Homelab6.7-failure.ps1:550 char:13

  •         $orignalExtraConfig+=$k

  •         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (op_Addition:String) [], RuntimeException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : MethodNotFound

Method invocation failed because [VMware.Vim.OptionValue] does not contain a method named 'op_Addition'.
At D:\Download\HomeLab\6.7\Homelab6.7-failure.ps1:551 char:13

  •         $orignalExtraConfig+=$l

  •         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (op_Addition:String) [], RuntimeException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : MethodNotFound

Method invocation failed because [VMware.Vim.OptionValue] does not contain a method named 'op_Addition'.
At D:\Download\HomeLab\6.7\Homelab6.7-failure.ps1:552 char:13

  •         $orignalExtraConfig+=$m

  •         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (op_Addition:String) [], RuntimeException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : MethodNotFound

[10-10-2018_03:02:41] Adding guestinfo customization properties to lab02-esxi03 ...
You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At D:\Download\HomeLab\6.7\Homelab6.7-failure.ps1:558 char:13

  •         $task = $vm.ExtensionData.ReconfigVM_Task($spec)

  •         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull

Get-Task : 10.10.2018 15:02:41 Get-Task The identifier Task- resulted in no objects.
At D:\Download\HomeLab\6.7\Homelab6.7-failure.ps1:559 char:22

  •         $task1 = Get-Task -Id ("Task-$($task.value)")

  •                  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (:) [Get-Task], VimException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : Client20_OutputTracker_ReportNotFoundLocators_LocatorNotProduced,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.GetTask

[10-10-2018_03:02:41] Powering On lab02-esxi03 ...
Start-VM : Cannot validate argument on parameter 'VM'. The argument is null or empty. Provide an argument that is not null or empty, and then try the command again.
At D:\Download\HomeLab\6.7\Homelab6.7-failure.ps1:563 char:48

  •         Start-VM -Server $viConnection -VM $vm -Confirm:$false |  ...

  •                                            ~~~
    • CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Start-VM], ParameterBindingValidationException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationError,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.StartVM

PS D:\Download\HomeLab\6.7>
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Thanks for logging this @wojciehm, expanding the OVA and pointing the the OVF file enabled importing the ESXi VM.

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bml104 commented Mar 6, 2020

@adamrushuk can you please explain what "expanding the OVA and pointing the the OVF file enabled importing the ESXi VM." means? Rename the ova to ovf?

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sure @bml104 , by expanding I meant unzip the OVA; it's a compressed file with multiple files inside, including an OVF file.

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