Installing VMware PowerCLi Install on windows 10/2012/2016 via Windows Gallery

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Before you proceed, ensure there are no older version of VMware PowerCLi installed (check in add or remove programs), uninstall if you do have the older version.

Install PowerCli from Windows Gallery

Open powerCLI as an administrator and then run:

Install-Module -Name VMware.PowerCLI

List available VMware module:

Get-Module -ListAvailable -Name VMware*

Import Module

 Get-Module vmware* | Import-Module

Troubleshooting






Import module’s generally fail with the below error: 

PS C:\windows\system32> Import-Module VMware*
>>
Import-Module : File C:\Program
Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\VMware.VimAutomation.Sdk\11.0.0.10334495\VMware.VimAutomation.Sdk.psm1 cannot be
loaded because running scripts is disabled on this system. For more information, see about_Execution_Policies at
https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=135170.
At line:1 char:1
+ Import-Module VMware.VimAutomation.Core
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 + CategoryInfo : SecurityError: (:) [Import-Module], PSSecurityException
 + FullyQualifiedErrorId : UnauthorizedAccess,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ImportModuleCommand

Set execution policy to remote signed if the importing fails:

Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned






If vCenter is running on the default self signed certificates: The connect-viserver is likely to fail

If the above command is not run, we would see an error similar to below:
Connect-VIServer : 12/21/2018 2:05:00 AM Connect-VIServer Error: Invalid server certificate. Use
Set-PowerCLIConfiguration to set the value for the InvalidCertificateAction option to Prompt if you'd like to connect
once or to add a permanent exception for this server.
Additional Information: Could not establish trust relationship for the SSL/TLS secure channel with authority
'vc.ntitta.in'.
At line:1 char:1
+ Connect-VIServer vc.FQDN.Domain
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 + CategoryInfo : SecurityError: (:) [Connect-VIServer], ViSecurityNegotiationException
 + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Client20_ConnectivityServiceImpl_Reconnect_CertificateError,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.
 Cmdlets.Commands.ConnectVIServer

Set invalid certificate to ignore on the computer to work this around

Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -InvalidCertificateAction Ignore


Connecting to vCenter using PowerCli 

connect-viserver vc.ntitta.in

on a successful connect, you should see the below

VMware Power CLI: Could not establish trust relationship for the SSL/TLS secure channel with authority

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With the Newer version of Power CLI, the Connect-ViServer fails with message:

Connect-VIServer : 28-04-2018 11:41:42 Connect-VIServer Error: Invalid server certificate. Use
Set-PowerCLIConfiguration to set the value for the InvalidCertificateAction option to Prompt if you'd like to connect
once or to add a permanent exception for this server.
Additional Information: Could not establish trust relationship for the SSL/TLS secure channel with authority
'vc.ntitta.in'.
At line:1 char:1
+ Connect-VIServer vc.ntitta.in
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : SecurityError: (:) [Connect-VIServer], ViSecurityNegotiationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Client20_ConnectivityServiceImpl_Reconnect_CertificateError,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.
Cmdlets.Commands.ConnectVIServer

This can easily be worked around by

  • Importing The VMCA trusted root Certificate
  • Use Set-PowerCLIConfiguration to ignore certs

Importing The VMCA trusted root Certificate to windows Trusted Root Store

  • Extract the ZIP file and import the certificate to windows trusted root store

Use Set-PowerCLIConfiguration to ignore certs

  • on an elevated power CLI, Run the below

Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -Confirm:$false -Scope AllUsers -InvalidCertificateAction Ignore -DefaultVIServerModeSingle

connect to vcenter:

vpxd crashes bora/vpx/vpxd/vpxservices/alarm/PredefinedAlarmsManager.cpp:203

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vpxd.log
2019-02-20T02:09:33.982Z info vpxd[07142] [Originator@6876 sub=vpxLro opID=lro-5-5364f5ed] [VpxLRO] -- BEGIN lro-5 --  -- QuerySCLRO --
2019-02-20T02:09:33.982Z info vpxd[07142] [Originator@6876 sub=vpxLro opID=lro-5-5364f5ed] [VpxLRO] -- FINISH lro-5
2019-02-20T02:09:33.982Z info vpxd[07142] [Originator@6876 sub=ThreadPool] Spawning additional worker - allocated: 150, idle: 20
2019-02-20T02:09:33.982Z error vpxd[07142] [Originator@6876 sub=alarmMo opID=CreatePredefinedAlarms-94dc561] Upgrade from pre VC5.0 version not supported in VC 6X
2019-02-20T02:09:33.982Z info vpxd[07447] [Originator@6876 sub=ThreadPool] Thread enlisted
2019-02-20T02:09:33.982Z info vpxd[07447] [Originator@6876 sub=ThreadPool] Entering worker thread loop
2019-02-20T02:09:33.982Z info vpxd[07447] [Originator@6876 sub=ThreadPool] Spawning additional worker - allocated: 151, idle: 20
2019-02-20T02:09:33.985Z info vpxd[07135] [Originator@6876 sub=ThreadPool] Spawning additional worker - allocated: 152, idle: 20
2019-02-20T02:09:33.986Z panic vpxd[07142] [Originator@6876 sub=Default opID=CreatePredefinedAlarms-94dc561]
-->
--> Panic: NOT_REACHED bora/vpx/vpxd/vpxservices/alarm/PredefinedAlarmsManager.cpp:203
-->
--> Backtrace:
--> [backtrace begin] product: VMware VirtualCenter, version: 6.7.0, build: build-9433931, tag: vpxd, cpu: x86_64, os: linux, buildType: release
--> backtrace[00] libvmacore.so[0x002A9C48]: Vmacore::System::Stacktrace::CaptureFullWork(unsigned int)
--> backtrace[01] libvmacore.so[0x001B2F1C]: Vmacore::System::SystemFactory::CreateBacktrace(Vmacore::Ref<Vmacore::System::Backtrace>&)
--> backtrace[02] libvmacore.so[0x002A7E1E]
--> backtrace[03] libvmacore.so[0x002A7EFE]: Vmacore::PanicExit(char const*)
--> backtrace[04] libvmacore.so[0x001935E5]
--> backtrace[05] libvmacore.so[0x00193683]
--> backtrace[06] vpxd[0x0090C95B]
--> backtrace[07] vpxd[0x008B3A5A]
--> backtrace[08] vpxd[0x00517C29]
--> backtrace[09] vpxd[0x00517CCC]
--> backtrace[10] libvmacore.so[0x00230A3D]
--> backtrace[11] libvmacore.so[0x00230D06]
--> backtrace[12] libvmacore.so[0x002AF3E1]
--> backtrace[13] libpthread.so.0[0x000073D4]
--> backtrace[14] libc.so.6[0x000E8BBD]
--> [backtrace end]

Cause: alarms.version mismatch in database.

Resolution:
Connect to vCenter database

root@vc [ / ]psql VCDB postgres
VCDB=# select * from vpx_parameter where name = 'alarms.version';
      name      | value
----------------+-------
 alarms.version | 0
(1 row)
VCDB=# update vpx_parameter set value = '60' where name = 'alarms.version';
UPDATE 1
VCDB=# select * from vpx_parameter where name = 'alarms.version';
      name      | value
----------------+-------
 alarms.version | 60
(1 row)