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Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070002 | Error when importing VMware's PowerCLI Core modules

See original GitHub issue

Steps to reproduce

Download the latest PowerCLI Core packages from here: https://labs.vmware.com/flings/powercli-core
Extract zips into ~/.local/share/powershell/Modules/
Attempt to import the PowerCLI.* modules

➜  Modules powershell
PowerShell v6.0.0-beta.3
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

PS /Users/kanecharles/.local/share/powershell/Modules> Get-Module -ListAvailable PowerCLI*


    Directory: /Users/kanecharles/.local/share/powershell/Modules


ModuleType Version    Name                                ExportedCommands
---------- -------    ----                                ----------------
Binary     6.0.0.0    PowerCLI.Cis
Binary     1.21       PowerCLI.Vds
Binary     1.21       PowerCLI.ViCore                     HookGetViewAutoCompleter


PS /Users/kanecharles/.local/share/powershell/Modules> Get-Module -ListAvailable PowerCLI* | Import-Module
Import-Module : The system cannot find the file specified.
 (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070002)
At line:1 char:1
+ Get-Module -ListAvailable PowerCLI* | Import-Module
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [Import-Module], FileNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : FormatXmlUpdateException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ImportModuleCommand

Expected behavior

Modules should import successfully, as they had on an older version of Powershell Core.

Actual behavior

PS /Users/kanecharles/.local/share/powershell/Modules> Get-Module -ListAvailable PowerCLI* | Import-Module
Import-Module : The system cannot find the file specified.
 (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070002)
At line:1 char:1
+ Get-Module -ListAvailable PowerCLI* | Import-Module
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [Import-Module], FileNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : FormatXmlUpdateException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ImportModuleCommand

Environment data

> $PSVersionTable
Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      6.0.0-beta
PSEdition                      Core
GitCommitId                    v6.0.0-beta.3
OS                             Darwin 16.6.0 Darwin Kernel Version 16.6.0: Fri Apr 14 16:21:16 PDT 2017; root:xnu-3789.60.24~6/RELEASE_X86_64
Platform                       Unix
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion              3.0

Issue Analytics

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Created 6 years ago
Reactions:1
Comments:10 (1 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

1reaction

iSazonovcommented, Jul 2, 2017

@kanecharles92 Thanks for your report! Please move the report to #4062

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iSazonovcommented, Aug 24, 2017

@mpsmith Thanks for report! Looks as the same error.

PG works with VMWare - we should wait compatible version of the module.

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