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powercli virtual hardware verson v15 not showing

tdubb123

tdubb123Oct 24, 2019 03:03 PM

  • 1.  powercli virtual hardware verson v15 not showing

    Posted Oct 21, 2019 10:39 PM

    When I try to get versions of virtual hardware that has been upgraded to v15, its showing blank in powercli

    any idea?

    VMware PowerCLI 6.5 Release 1 build 4624819



  • 2.  RE: powercli virtual hardware verson v15 not showing

    Posted Oct 22, 2019 07:06 AM

    Because you are using an older PowerCLI version.



  • 3.  RE: powercli virtual hardware verson v15 not showing

    Posted Oct 22, 2019 07:00 PM

    when i remove powercli and try to install from internet

    PS C:\scripts> install-module -name vmware.powercli -Scope Currentuser

    WARNING: Source Location 'https://www.powershellgallery.com/api/v2/package/VMware.VimAutomation.Sdk/11.3.0.13964823' is not valid.

    PackageManagement\Install-Package : Package 'VMware.VimAutomation.Sdk' failed to download.

    At C:\Program Files (x86)\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PowerShellGet\1.0.0.1\PSModule.psm1:1772 char:21

    + ...          $null = PackageManagement\Install-Package @PSBoundParameters

    +                      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

        + CategoryInfo          : ResourceUnavailable: (C:\Users\xxxAp...ation.Sdk.nupkg:String) [Install-Package], Exception

        + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PackageFailedInstallOrDownload,Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.InstallPackage

    any idea?

    I have access to internet



  • 4.  RE: powercli virtual hardware verson v15 not showing

    Posted Oct 22, 2019 07:05 PM

    my repo

    PS C:\scripts> Get-PSRepository

    Name                      InstallationPolicy   SourceLocation                                                                                        

    ----                      ------------------   --------------                                                                                        

    PSGallery                 Untrusted            https://www.powershellgallery.com/api/v2



  • 5.  RE: powercli virtual hardware verson v15 not showing

    Posted Oct 22, 2019 07:06 PM

    I suspect you might have an old PackageManagement module.

    What does this return?

    Get-Module -Name PackageManagement -ListAvailable


  • 6.  RE: powercli virtual hardware verson v15 not showing

    Posted Oct 22, 2019 07:19 PM

    PS C:\scripts> Get-Module -Name PackageManagement -ListAvailable

        Directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\WindowsPowerShell\Modules

    ModuleType Version    Name                                ExportedCommands                                                                           

    ---------- -------    ----                                ----------------                                                                           

    Binary     1.0.0.1    PackageManagement                   {Find-Package, Get-Package, Get-PackageProvider, Get-PackageSource...}                     

        Directory: C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules

    ModuleType Version    Name                                ExportedCommands                                                                           

    ---------- -------    ----                                ----------------                                                                           

    Binary     1.0.0.1    PackageManagement                   {Find-Package, Get-Package, Get-PackageProvider, Get-PackageSource...} 



  • 7.  RE: powercli virtual hardware verson v15 not showing

    Posted Oct 22, 2019 07:51 PM

    That is a very old module and the source of some known issues.

    Can you try the following

    Install-PackageProvider -Name Nuget –Force 

    Install-Module –Name PowerShellGet –Force

    Install-Module -Name PackageManagement -Force



  • 8.  RE: powercli virtual hardware verson v15 not showing

    Posted Oct 22, 2019 10:36 PM

    hi luc

    unable to do

    PS C:\scripts> Install-PackageProvider -Name Nuget –Force

    WARNING: Unable to download from URI 'https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=627338&clcid=0x409' to ''.

    WARNING: Unable to download the list of available providers. Check your internet connection.

    Install-PackageProvider : No match was found for the specified search criteria for the provider 'Nuget'. The package provider requires

    'PackageManagement' and 'Provider' tags. Please check if the specified package has the tags.

    At line:1 char:1

    + Install-PackageProvider -Name Nuget –Force

    + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

        + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (Microsoft.Power...PackageProvider:InstallPackageProvider) [Install-PackageProvider], Exception

        + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NoMatchFoundForProvider,Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.InstallPackageProvider

    PS C:\scripts> Install-Module –Name PowerShellGet –Force

    WARNING: Source Location 'https://www.powershellgallery.com/api/v2/package/PackageManagement/1.4.5' is not valid.

    PackageManagement\Install-Package : Package 'PackageManagement' failed to download.

    At C:\Program Files (x86)\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PowerShellGet\1.0.0.1\PSModule.psm1:1772 char:21

    + ...          $null = PackageManagement\Install-Package @PSBoundParameters

    +                      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

        + CategoryInfo          : ResourceUnavailable: (C:\Users\tkw\Ap...anagement.nupkg:String) [Install-Package], Exception

        + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PackageFailedInstallOrDownload,Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.InstallPackage

    PS C:\scripts> Install-Module -Name PackageManagement -Force

    WARNING: Source Location 'https://www.powershellgallery.com/api/v2/package/PackageManagement/1.4.5' is not valid.

    PackageManagement\Install-Package : Package 'PackageManagement' failed to download.

    At C:\Program Files (x86)\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PowerShellGet\1.0.0.1\PSModule.psm1:1772 char:21

    + ...          $null = PackageManagement\Install-Package @PSBoundParameters

    +                      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

        + CategoryInfo          : ResourceUnavailable: (C:\Users\xxx\Ap...anagement.nupkg:String) [Install-Package], Exception

        + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PackageFailedInstallOrDownload,Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.InstallPackage



  • 9.  RE: powercli virtual hardware verson v15 not showing

    Posted Oct 23, 2019 05:24 AM

    any idea? I am out without powercli right now



  • 10.  RE: powercli virtual hardware verson v15 not showing

    Posted Oct 23, 2019 07:00 AM

    It's probably a TLS settings issue.
    Try one of the solutions described in Trying to install program using Powershell and getting this error



  • 11.  RE: powercli virtual hardware verson v15 not showing

    Posted Oct 24, 2019 04:02 AM

    tried it

    PS C:\windows\system32> [Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol

    Tls, Tls11, Tls12

    but still same error



  • 12.  RE: powercli virtual hardware verson v15 not showing

    Posted Oct 24, 2019 06:59 AM

    Which PowerShell version are you using?
    Do a $PSVersionTable



  • 13.  RE: powercli virtual hardware verson v15 not showing

    Posted Oct 24, 2019 02:28 PM

    PS C:\windows\system32> $psversiontable

    Name                           Value                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

    ----                           -----                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

    PSVersion                      5.1.14409.1005                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

    PSEdition                      Desktop                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

    PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

    BuildVersion                   10.0.14409.1005                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

    CLRVersion                     4.0.30319.36470                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

    WSManStackVersion              3.0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

    PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

    SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1   

    ------------------------------------------------



  • 14.  RE: powercli virtual hardware verson v15 not showing

    Posted Oct 24, 2019 02:31 PM

    I change TLS to use only 1.2 but still dont work

    PS C:\windows\system32>  [Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol

    Tls12

    also invoke-webrequest is not working on this

    PS C:\windows\system32> Invoke-WebRequest "https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=627338&clcid=0x409"

    Invoke-WebRequest : The underlying connection was closed: An unexpected error occurred on a send.

    At line:1 char:1

    + Invoke-WebRequest "https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=627338&clc ...

    + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

        + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (System.Net.HttpWebRequest:HttpWebRequest) [Invoke-WebRequest], WebException

        + FullyQualifiedErrorId : WebCmdletWebResponseException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.InvokeWebRequestCommand



  • 15.  RE: powercli virtual hardware verson v15 not showing

    Posted Oct 24, 2019 02:58 PM

    Are you running this on a Windows 10 box?
    Do you have another machine available to verify if it works there?



  • 16.  RE: powercli virtual hardware verson v15 not showing

    Posted Oct 24, 2019 03:03 PM

    windows 8



  • 17.  RE: powercli virtual hardware verson v15 not showing

    Posted Oct 24, 2019 03:14 PM

    I'm not 100% sure (I don't have any Windows 8 in my lab), but I think you need at least 8.1 to have TLS 1.2 support.

    See How to enable TLS 1.2 - Configuration Manager | Microsoft Docs



  • 18.  RE: powercli virtual hardware verson v15 not showing

    Posted Oct 25, 2019 05:19 AM

    I am having same issue on a 2012r2 box. I uninstalled powercli and trying to install it from the web but cant



  • 19.  RE: powercli virtual hardware verson v15 not showing

    Posted Oct 25, 2019 05:29 AM

    PS C:\scripts> install-module -Name vmware.powercli -verbose

    VERBOSE: Cannot download link 'https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=627338&clcid=0x409', retrying for '2' more times.

    VERBOSE: Installing NuGet provider.

    VERBOSE: Using the provider 'Bootstrap' for searching packages.

    VERBOSE: Finding the package 'Bootstrap::FindPackage' 'NuGet','','2.8.5.201','''.

    WARNING: Unable to download from URI 'https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=627338&clcid=0x409' to ''.

    VERBOSE: Cannot download link 'https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=627338&clcid=0x409', retrying for '2' more times.

    VERBOSE: Cannot download link 'https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=627338&clcid=0x409', retrying for '1' more times.

    VERBOSE: Cannot download link 'https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=627338&clcid=0x409', retrying for '0' more times.

    WARNING: Unable to download the list of available providers. Check your internet connection.

    PackageManagement\Install-PackageProvider : No match was found for the specified search criteria for the provider 'NuGet'. The

    package provider requires 'PackageManagement' and 'Provider' tags. Please check if the specified package has the tags.

    At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PowerShellGet\1.0.0.1\PSModule.psm1:7405 char:21

    + ...     $null = PackageManagement\Install-PackageProvider -Name $script:N ...

    +                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

        + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (Microsoft.Power...PackageProvider:InstallPackageProvider) [Install-PackageProvider

       ], Exception

        + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NoMatchFoundForProvider,Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.InstallPackageProvider

    PackageManagement\Import-PackageProvider : No match was found for the specified search criteria and provider name 'NuGet'. Try

    'Get-PackageProvider -ListAvailable' to see if the provider exists on the system.

    At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PowerShellGet\1.0.0.1\PSModule.psm1:7411 char:21

    + ...     $null = PackageManagement\Import-PackageProvider -Name $script:Nu ...

    +                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

        + CategoryInfo          : InvalidData: (NuGet:String) [Import-PackageProvider], Exception

        + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NoMatchFoundForCriteria,Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.ImportPackageProvider

    VERBOSE: No match was found for the specified search criteria and provider name 'NuGet'. Try 'Get-PackageProvider -ListAvailable' to

    see if the provider exists on the system.

    VERBOSE: Finding the package 'Bootstrap::FindPackage' 'NuGet','','0.0.0.1','''.

    WARNING: Unable to download from URI 'https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=627338&clcid=0x409' to ''.

    VERBOSE: Cannot download link 'https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=627338&clcid=0x409', retrying for '2' more times.

    VERBOSE: Cannot download link 'https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=627338&clcid=0x409', retrying for '1' more times.

    VERBOSE: Cannot download link 'https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=627338&clcid=0x409', retrying for '0' more times.

    WARNING: Unable to download the list of available providers. Check your internet connection.

    PackageManagement\Get-PackageProvider : Unable to find package provider 'NuGet'. It may not be imported yet. Try

    'Get-PackageProvider -ListAvailable'.

    At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PowerShellGet\1.0.0.1\PSModule.psm1:7415 char:30

    + ... tProvider = PackageManagement\Get-PackageProvider -Name $script:NuGet ...

    +                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

        + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (Microsoft.Power...PackageProvider:GetPackageProvider) [Get-PackageProvider], Except

       ion

        + FullyQualifiedErrorId : UnknownProviderFromActivatedList,Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.GetPackageProvider

    install-module : NuGet provider is required to interact with NuGet-based repositories. Please ensure that '2.8.5.201' or newer

    version of NuGet provider is installed.

    At line:1 char:1

    + install-module -Name vmware.powercli -verbose

    + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

        + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [Install-Module], InvalidOperationException

        + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CouldNotInstallNuGetProvider,Install-Module

    PS C:\scripts> Install-Module -Name PackageManagement -Force -verbose

    VERBOSE: Installing NuGet provider.

    VERBOSE: Using the provider 'Bootstrap' for searching packages.

    VERBOSE: Finding the package 'Bootstrap::FindPackage' 'NuGet','','2.8.5.201','''.

    WARNING: Unable to download from URI 'https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=627338&clcid=0x409' to ''.

    VERBOSE: Cannot download link 'https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=627338&clcid=0x409', retrying for '2' more times.

    VERBOSE: Cannot download link 'https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=627338&clcid=0x409', retrying for '1' more times.

    VERBOSE: Cannot download link 'https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=627338&clcid=0x409', retrying for '0' more times.

    WARNING: Unable to download the list of available providers. Check your internet connection.

    PackageManagement\Install-PackageProvider : No match was found for the specified search criteria for the provider 'NuGet'. The

    package provider requires 'PackageManagement' and 'Provider' tags. Please check if the specified package has the tags.

    At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PowerShellGet\1.0.0.1\PSModule.psm1:7405 char:21

    + ...     $null = PackageManagement\Install-PackageProvider -Name $script:N ...

    +                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

        + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (Microsoft.Power...PackageProvider:InstallPackageProvider) [Install-PackageProvider

       ], Exception

        + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NoMatchFoundForProvider,Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.InstallPackageProvider

    PackageManagement\Import-PackageProvider : No match was found for the specified search criteria and provider name 'NuGet'. Try

    'Get-PackageProvider -ListAvailable' to see if the provider exists on the system.

    At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PowerShellGet\1.0.0.1\PSModule.psm1:7411 char:21

    + ...     $null = PackageManagement\Import-PackageProvider -Name $script:Nu ...

    +                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

        + CategoryInfo          : InvalidData: (NuGet:String) [Import-PackageProvider], Exception

        + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NoMatchFoundForCriteria,Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.ImportPackageProvider

    VERBOSE: No match was found for the specified search criteria and provider name 'NuGet'. Try 'Get-PackageProvider -ListAvailable' to

    see if the provider exists on the system.

    VERBOSE: Finding the package 'Bootstrap::FindPackage' 'NuGet','','0.0.0.1','''.

    WARNING: Unable to download from URI 'https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=627338&clcid=0x409' to ''.

    VERBOSE: Cannot download link 'https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=627338&clcid=0x409', retrying for '2' more times.

    VERBOSE: Cannot download link 'https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=627338&clcid=0x409', retrying for '1' more times.

    VERBOSE: Cannot download link 'https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=627338&clcid=0x409', retrying for '0' more times.

    WARNING: Unable to download the list of available providers. Check your internet connection.

    PackageManagement\Get-PackageProvider : Unable to find package provider 'NuGet'. It may not be imported yet. Try

    'Get-PackageProvider -ListAvailable'.

    At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PowerShellGet\1.0.0.1\PSModule.psm1:7415 char:30

    + ... tProvider = PackageManagement\Get-PackageProvider -Name $script:NuGet ...

    +                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

        + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (Microsoft.Power...PackageProvider:GetPackageProvider) [Get-PackageProvider], Except

       ion

        + FullyQualifiedErrorId : UnknownProviderFromActivatedList,Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.GetPackageProvider

    Install-Module : NuGet provider is required to interact with NuGet-based repositories. Please ensure that '2.8.5.201' or newer

    version of NuGet provider is installed.

    At line:1 char:1

    + Install-Module -Name PackageManagement -Force -verbose

    + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

        + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [Install-Module], InvalidOperationException

        + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CouldNotInstallNuGetProvider,Install-Module

    PS C:\scripts> Install-Module –Name PowerShellGet –Force -Verbose

    VERBOSE: Installing NuGet provider.

    VERBOSE: Using the provider 'Bootstrap' for searching packages.

    VERBOSE: Finding the package 'Bootstrap::FindPackage' 'NuGet','','2.8.5.201','''.

    WARNING: Unable to download from URI 'https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=627338&clcid=0x409' to ''.

    VERBOSE: Cannot download link 'https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=627338&clcid=0x409', retrying for '2' more times.

    VERBOSE: Cannot download link 'https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=627338&clcid=0x409', retrying for '1' more times.

    VERBOSE: Cannot download link 'https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=627338&clcid=0x409', retrying for '0' more times.

    WARNING: Unable to download the list of available providers. Check your internet connection.

    PackageManagement\Install-PackageProvider : No match was found for the specified search criteria for the provider 'NuGet'. The

    package provider requires 'PackageManagement' and 'Provider' tags. Please check if the specified package has the tags.

    At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PowerShellGet\1.0.0.1\PSModule.psm1:7405 char:21

    + ...     $null = PackageManagement\Install-PackageProvider -Name $script:N ...

    +                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

        + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (Microsoft.Power...PackageProvider:InstallPackageProvider) [Install-PackageProvider

       ], Exception

        + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NoMatchFoundForProvider,Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.InstallPackageProvider

    PackageManagement\Import-PackageProvider : No match was found for the specified search criteria and provider name 'NuGet'. Try

    'Get-PackageProvider -ListAvailable' to see if the provider exists on the system.

    At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PowerShellGet\1.0.0.1\PSModule.psm1:7411 char:21

    + ...     $null = PackageManagement\Import-PackageProvider -Name $script:Nu ...

    +                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

        + CategoryInfo          : InvalidData: (NuGet:String) [Import-PackageProvider], Exception

        + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NoMatchFoundForCriteria,Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.ImportPackageProvider

    VERBOSE: No match was found for the specified search criteria and provider name 'NuGet'. Try 'Get-PackageProvider -ListAvailable' to

    see if the provider exists on the system.

    VERBOSE: Finding the package 'Bootstrap::FindPackage' 'NuGet','','0.0.0.1','''.

    WARNING: Unable to download from URI 'https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=627338&clcid=0x409' to ''.

    VERBOSE: Cannot download link 'https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=627338&clcid=0x409', retrying for '2' more times.

    VERBOSE: Cannot download link 'https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=627338&clcid=0x409', retrying for '1' more times.

    VERBOSE: Cannot download link 'https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=627338&clcid=0x409', retrying for '0' more times.

    WARNING: Unable to download the list of available providers. Check your internet connection.

    PackageManagement\Get-PackageProvider : Unable to find package provider 'NuGet'. It may not be imported yet. Try

    'Get-PackageProvider -ListAvailable'.

    At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PowerShellGet\1.0.0.1\PSModule.psm1:7415 char:30

    + ... tProvider = PackageManagement\Get-PackageProvider -Name $script:NuGet ...

    +                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

        + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (Microsoft.Power...PackageProvider:GetPackageProvider) [Get-PackageProvider], Except

       ion

        + FullyQualifiedErrorId : UnknownProviderFromActivatedList,Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.GetPackageProvider

    Install-Module : NuGet provider is required to interact with NuGet-based repositories. Please ensure that '2.8.5.201' or newer

    version of NuGet provider is installed.

    At line:1 char:1

    + Install-Module –Name PowerShellGet –Force -Verbose

    + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

        + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [Install-Module], InvalidOperationException

        + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CouldNotInstallNuGetProvider,Install-Module



  • 20.  RE: powercli virtual hardware verson v15 not showing

    Posted Oct 25, 2019 06:11 AM

    even tested on windows 10 and same problem

    nstall-PackageProvider -Name Nuget –Force -Verbose

    VERBOSE: Using the provider 'Bootstrap' for searching packages.

    VERBOSE: Finding the package 'Bootstrap::FindPackage' 'Nuget','','','''.

    WARNING: Unable to download from URI 'https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=627338&clcid=0x409' to ''.

    VERBOSE: Cannot download link 'https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=627338&clcid=0x409', retrying for '2' more times.

    VERBOSE: Cannot download link 'https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=627338&clcid=0x409', retrying for '1' more times.

    VERBOSE: Cannot download link 'https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=627338&clcid=0x409', retrying for '0' more times.

    WARNING: Unable to download the list of available providers. Check your internet connection.

    Install-PackageProvider : No match was found for the specified search criteria for the provider 'Nuget'. The package provider requires

    'PackageManagement' and 'Provider' tags. Please check if the specified package has the tags.

    At line:1 char:1

    + Install-PackageProvider -Name Nuget –Force -Verbose

    + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

        + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (Microsoft.Power...PackageProvider:InstallPackageProvider) [Install-PackageProvider], Exception

        + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NoMatchFoundForProvider,Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.InstallPackageProvider



  • 21.  RE: powercli virtual hardware verson v15 not showing

    Posted Oct 25, 2019 06:15 AM

    PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> get-packageprovider -ListAvailable

    Name                     Version          DynamicOptions                                                                                            

    ----                     -------          --------------                                                                                            

    msi                      3.0.0.0          AdditionalArguments                                                                                       

    msu                      3.0.0.0                                                                                                                    

    PowerShellGet            1.0.0.1          PackageManagementProvider, Type, Scope, AllowClobber, SkipPublisherCheck, InstallUpdate, NoPathUpdate, F...

    Programs                 3.0.0.0          IncludeWindowsInstaller, IncludeSystemComponent                                                           



  • 22.  RE: powercli virtual hardware verson v15 not showing

    Posted Oct 25, 2019 06:20 AM

    Your PowerShellGet version is very old.
    Can you try the method described in Upgrading PowershellGet 1.0.0.1 to the latest version



  • 23.  RE: powercli virtual hardware verson v15 not showing

    Posted Oct 25, 2019 06:41 AM

    I am =failing on first step

    PS C:\Users\xxx> save-module -Name PowershellGet -Path C:\Users\xxx\psrepo

    WARNING: Unable to download from URI 'https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=627338&clcid=0x409' to ''.

    WARNING: Unable to download the list of available providers. Check your internet connection.

    PackageManagement\Install-PackageProvider : No match was found for the specified search criteria for the provider 'NuGet'. The package provider

    requires 'PackageManagement' and 'Provider' tags. Please check if the specified package has the tags.

    At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PowerShellGet\1.0.0.1\PSModule.psm1:7468 char:21

    + ...     $null = PackageManagement\Install-PackageProvider -Name $script:N ...

    +                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

        + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (Microsoft.Power...PackageProvider:InstallPackageProvider) [Install-PackageProvider], Exception

        + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NoMatchFoundForProvider,Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.InstallPackageProvider

    PackageManagement\Import-PackageProvider : No match was found for the specified search criteria and provider name 'NuGet'. Try 'Get-PackageProvider

    -ListAvailable' to see if the provider exists on the system.

    At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PowerShellGet\1.0.0.1\PSModule.psm1:7474 char:21

    + ...     $null = PackageManagement\Import-PackageProvider -Name $script:Nu ...

    +                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

        + CategoryInfo          : InvalidData: (NuGet:String) [Import-PackageProvider], Exception

        + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NoMatchFoundForCriteria,Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.ImportPackageProvider

    WARNING: Unable to download from URI 'https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=627338&clcid=0x409' to ''.

    WARNING: Unable to download the list of available providers. Check your internet connection.

    PackageManagement\Get-PackageProvider : Unable to find package provider 'NuGet'. It may not be imported yet. Try 'Get-PackageProvider

    -ListAvailable'.

    At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PowerShellGet\1.0.0.1\PSModule.psm1:7478 char:30

    + ... tProvider = PackageManagement\Get-PackageProvider -Name $script:NuGet ...

    +                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

        + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (Microsoft.Power...PackageProvider:GetPackageProvider) [Get-PackageProvider], Exception

        + FullyQualifiedErrorId : UnknownProviderFromActivatedList,Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.GetPackageProvider

    save-module : NuGet provider is required to interact with NuGet-based repositories. Please ensure that '2.8.5.201' or newer version of NuGet

    provider is installed.

    At line:1 char:1

    + save-module -Name PowershellGet -Path C:\Users\adm-tkw\psrepo

    + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

        + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [Save-Module], InvalidOperationException

        + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CouldNotInstallNuGetProvider,Save-Module



  • 24.  RE: powercli virtual hardware verson v15 not showing

    Posted Oct 25, 2019 06:52 AM

    Are you behind a corporate proxy?



  • 25.  RE: powercli virtual hardware verson v15 not showing

    Posted Oct 25, 2019 09:43 AM

    If you are, run this before (and replace the proxy FDQN and port).

    [system.net.webrequest]::defaultwebproxy = New-Object system.net.webproxy('http://[YourProxyDNS]:[yourProxyPort]')

    [system.net.webrequest]::defaultwebproxy.credentials = [System.Net.CredentialCache]::DefaultNetworkCredentials

    [system.net.webrequest]::defaultwebproxy.BypassProxyOnLocal = $true



  • 26.  RE: powercli virtual hardware verson v15 not showing

    Posted Oct 25, 2019 02:07 PM

    I dont think I am behind proxy

    I just seem to be having issue with this web url

    but another url is fine

    PS C:\scripts> invoke-webrequest "https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=627338&clcid=0x409"

    invoke-webrequest : The underlying connection was closed: An unexpected error occurred on a send.

    At line:1 char:1

    + invoke-webrequest "https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=627338&clc ...

    + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

        + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (System.Net.HttpWebRequest:HttpWebRequest) [Invoke-WebRequest], WebException

        + FullyQualifiedErrorId : WebCmdletWebResponseException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.InvokeWebRequestCommand

    PS C:\scripts> invoke-webrequest "https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/"

    StatusCode        : 200

    StatusDescription : OK

    Content           :

                       

                       

                        <!DOCTYPE html>

                        <html lang="en-us" dir="ltr">

                        <head data-info="{&quot;v&quot;:&quot;1.0.7234.163&quot;,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;bedd68e7-c51f-40fd-bbc9-a6e22964ec

                        3e&quot;,&quot;cn&quot;:&quot;OneDe...

    RawContent        : HTTP/1.1 200 OK

                        Pragma: no-cache

                        X-Activity-Id: bedd68e7-c51f-40fd-bbc9-a6e22964ec3e

                        MS-CV: JXkyiOdmR0usgsj0.0

                        X-AppVersion: 1.0.7234.163

                        X-Az: {did:92e7dc58ca2143cfb2c818b047cc5cd1, rid: OneDepl...

    Forms             : {searchForm}

    Headers           : {[Pragma, no-cache], [X-Activity-Id, bedd68e7-c51f-40fd-bbc9-a6e22964ec3e], [MS-CV, JXkyiOdmR0usgsj0.0],

                        [X-AppVersion, 1.0.7234.163]...}

    Images            : {@{innerHTML=; innerText=; outerHTML=<img class="c-image" role="presentation" aria-hidden="true" alt=""

                        src="https://img-prod-cms-rt-microsoft-com.akamaized.net/cms/api/am/imageFileData/RE1Mu3b?ver=5c31"

                        itemscope="itemscope" itemprop="logo">; outerText=; tagName=IMG; class="c-image"; role=presentation;

                        aria-hidden=true; alt=;

                        src=https://img-prod-cms-rt-microsoft-com.akamaized.net/cms/api/am/imageFileData/RE1Mu3b?ver=5c31;

                        itemscope=itemscope; itemprop=logo}, @{innerHTML=; innerText=; outerHTML=<img class="slider lazypreload"

                        alt="The new Surface Laptop 3 back to back" src="https://img-prod-cms-rt-microsoft-com.akamaized.net/cms/api/am

                        /imageFileData/RE3NYMo?ver=d72d&amp;q=90&amp;m=8&amp;h=600&amp;w=1600&amp;b=%23FFFFFFFF&amp;l=f&amp;x=0&amp;y=1

                        76&amp;s=2120&amp;d=795&amp;aim=true">; outerText=; tagName=IMG; class="slider" lazypreload; alt=The new Surface

                        Laptop 3 back to back; src=https://img-prod-cms-rt-microsoft-com.akamaized.net/cms/api/am/imageFileData/RE3NYMo

                        ?ver=d72d&amp;q=90&amp;m=8&amp;h=600&amp;w=1600&amp;b=%23FFFFFFFF&amp;l=f&amp;x=0&amp;y=176&amp;s=2120&amp;d=79

                        5&amp;aim=true}, @{innerHTML=; innerText=; outerHTML=<img class="slider lazypreload lazyload" alt="A new

                        Surface Pro 7 displaying mountains."

                        src="//www.microsoft.com/onerfstatics/marketingsites-eus-prod/_h/9be151e5/coreui.statics/images/1x1clear.gif" d

                        ata-src="https://img-prod-cms-rt-microsoft-com.akamaized.net/cms/api/am/imageFileData/RE3NR20?ver=7bd2&q=90

                        &amp;m=8&amp;h=600&amp;w=1600&amp;b=%23FFFFFFFF&amp;l=f&amp;x=0&amp;y=213&amp;s=2103&amp;d=789&amp;aim=true">;

                        outerText=; tagName=IMG; class="slider" lazypreload lazyload; alt=A new Surface Pro 7 displaying mountains.;

                        src=//www.microsoft.com/onerfstatics/marketingsites-eus-prod/_h/9be151e5/coreui.statics/images/1x1clear.gif; da

                        ta-src=https://img-prod-cms-rt-microsoft-com.akamaized.net/cms/api/am/imageFileData/RE3NR20?ver=7bd2&amp;q=90&a

                        mp;m=8&amp;h=600&amp;w=1600&amp;b=%23FFFFFFFF&amp;l=f&amp;x=0&amp;y=213&amp;s=2103&amp;d=789&amp;aim=true},

                        @{innerHTML=; innerText=; outerHTML=<img class="lazyload" alt="The new Surface Pro X slightly propped up."

                        src="//www.microsoft.com/onerfstatics/marketingsites-eus-prod/_h/9be151e5/coreui.statics/images/1x1clear.gif" d

                        ata-src="https://img-prod-cms-rt-microsoft-com.akamaized.net/cms/api/am/imageFileData/RE3NLNo?ver=c406&q=90

                        &amp;m=6&amp;h=201&amp;w=358&amp;b=%23FFFFFFFF&amp;l=f&amp;o=t&amp;aim=true">; outerText=; tagName=IMG;

                        class="lazyload"; alt=The new Surface Pro X slightly propped up.;

                        src=//www.microsoft.com/onerfstatics/marketingsites-eus-prod/_h/9be151e5/coreui.statics/images/1x1clear.gif; da

                        ta-src=https://img-prod-cms-rt-microsoft-com.akamaized.net/cms/api/am/imageFileData/RE3NLNo?ver=c406&amp;q=90&a

                        mp;m=6&amp;h=201&amp;w=358&amp;b=%23FFFFFFFF&amp;l=f&amp;o=t&amp;aim=true}...}

    InputFields       : {@{innerHTML=; innerText=; outerHTML=<input name="q" id="cli_shellHeaderSearchInput"

                        aria-controls="universal-header-search-auto-suggest-transparent"

                        aria-owns="universal-header-search-auto-suggest-ul" aria-autocomplete="list" aria-label="search expanded"

                        type="search" placeholder="Search Microsoft.com"

                        data-m='{"cN":"SearchBox_nav","id":"n1c3c1c7c2m1r1a1","sN":1,"aN":"c3c1c7c2m1r1a1"}'>; outerText=;

                        tagName=INPUT; name=q; id=cli_shellHeaderSearchInput;

                        aria-controls=universal-header-search-auto-suggest-transparent;

                        aria-owns=universal-header-search-auto-suggest-ul; aria-autocomplete=list; aria-label=search expanded;

                        type=search; placeholder=Search Microsoft.com;

                        data-m={"cN":"SearchBox_nav","id":"n1c3c1c7c2m1r1a1","sN":1,"aN":"c3c1c7c2m1r1a1"}}}

    Links             : {@{innerHTML=Skip to main content; innerText=Skip to main content; outerHTML=<a tabindex="0"

                        class="m-skip-to-main" id="uhfSkipToMain" style="z-index: 3000002;" href="#primaryArea" data-m='{"cN":"Skip to

                        content_nonnav","id":"nn1m1r1a1","sN":1,"aN":"m1r1a1"}'>Skip to main content</a>; outerText=Skip to main

                        content; tagName=A; tabindex=0; class="m-skip-to-main"; id=uhfSkipToMain; style=z-index: 3000002;;

                        href=#primaryArea; data-m={"cN":"Skip to content_nonnav","id":"nn1m1r1a1","sN":1,"aN":"m1r1a1"}}, @{innerHTML=

                                                <img class="c-image" role="presentation" aria-hidden="true" alt=""

                        src="https://img-prod-cms-rt-microsoft-com.akamaized.net/cms/api/am/imageFileData/RE1Mu3b?ver=5c31"

                        itemscope="itemscope" itemprop="logo">

                                                <span role="presentation" aria-hidden="true">Microsoft</span>

                                            ; innerText=Microsoft ; outerHTML=<a class="c-logo c-sgl-stk-uhfLogo" id="uhfLogo"

                        aria-label="Microsoft" href="https://www.microsoft.com"

                        data-m='{"cN":"GlobalNav_Logo_cont","cT":"Container","id":"c3c2m1r1a1","sN":3,"aN":"c2m1r1a1"}' itemprop="url">

                                                <img class="c-image" role="presentation" aria-hidden="true" alt=""

                        src="https://img-prod-cms-rt-microsoft-com.akamaized.net/cms/api/am/imageFileData/RE1Mu3b?ver=5c31"

                        itemscope="itemscope" itemprop="logo">

                                                <span role="presentation" aria-hidden="true">Microsoft</span>

                                            </a>; outerText=Microsoft ; tagName=A; class="c-logo" c-sgl-stk-uhfLogo; id=uhfLogo;

                        aria-label=Microsoft; href=https://www.microsoft.com;

                        data-m={"cN":"GlobalNav_Logo_cont","cT":"Container","id":"c3c2m1r1a1","sN":3,"aN":"c2m1r1a1"}; itemprop=url},

                        @{innerHTML=Office; innerText=Office; outerHTML=<a class="c-uhf-nav-link" id="shellmenu_0"

                        href="https://products.office.com/en-us/home"

                        data-m='{"cN":"CatNav_Office_nav","id":"n1c6c2m1r1a1","sN":1,"aN":"c6c2m1r1a1"}'>Office</a>; outerText=Office;

                        tagName=A; class="c-uhf-nav-link"; id=shellmenu_0; href=https://products.office.com/en-us/home;

                        data-m={"cN":"CatNav_Office_nav","id":"n1c6c2m1r1a1","sN":1,"aN":"c6c2m1r1a1"}}, @{innerHTML=Windows;

                        innerText=Windows; outerHTML=<a class="c-uhf-nav-link" id="shellmenu_1"

                        href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/"

                        data-m='{"cN":"CatNav_Windows_nav","id":"n2c6c2m1r1a1","sN":2,"aN":"c6c2m1r1a1"}'>Windows</a>;

                        outerText=Windows; tagName=A; class="c-uhf-nav-link"; id=shellmenu_1;

                        href=https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/;

                        data-m={"cN":"CatNav_Windows_nav","id":"n2c6c2m1r1a1","sN":2,"aN":"c6c2m1r1a1"}}...}

    ParsedHtml        : System.__ComObject

    RawContentLength  : 177223



  • 27.  RE: powercli virtual hardware verson v15 not showing

    Posted Oct 25, 2019 02:28 PM

    Does this work?

    Register-PSRepository -Name "PSGallery" –SourceLocation "https://www.powershellgallery.com/api/v2/" -InstallationPolicy Trusted

    And when it does, does it change anything on the result of previous commands?



  • 28.  RE: powercli virtual hardware verson v15 not showing

    Posted Oct 25, 2019 09:52 PM

    PS C:\scripts> Register-PSRepository -Name "PSGallery" –SourceLocation "https://www.powershellgallery.com/api/v2/" -InstallationPolicy Trusted

    WARNING: Unable to download from URI 'https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=627338&clcid=0x409' to ''.

    WARNING: Unable to download the list of available providers. Check your internet connection.

    PackageManagement\Install-PackageProvider : No match was found for the specified search criteria for the provider 'NuGet'.

    The package provider requires 'PackageManagement' and 'Provider' tags. Please check if the specified package has the tags.

    At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PowerShellGet\1.0.0.1\PSModule.psm1:7405 char:21

    + ...     $null = PackageManagement\Install-PackageProvider -Name $script:N ...

    +                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

        + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (Microsoft.Power...PackageProvider:InstallPackageProvider) [Install-PackageP

       rovider], Exception

        + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NoMatchFoundForProvider,Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.InstallPackageProvider

    PackageManagement\Import-PackageProvider : No match was found for the specified search criteria and provider name 'NuGet'.

    Try 'Get-PackageProvider -ListAvailable' to see if the provider exists on the system.

    At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PowerShellGet\1.0.0.1\PSModule.psm1:7411 char:21

    + ...     $null = PackageManagement\Import-PackageProvider -Name $script:Nu ...

    +                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

        + CategoryInfo          : InvalidData: (NuGet:String) [Import-PackageProvider], Exception

        + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NoMatchFoundForCriteria,Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.ImportPackageProvider

    WARNING: Unable to download from URI 'https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=627338&clcid=0x409' to ''.

    WARNING: Unable to download the list of available providers. Check your internet connection.

    PackageManagement\Get-PackageProvider : Unable to find package provider 'NuGet'. It may not be imported yet. Try

    'Get-PackageProvider -ListAvailable'.

    At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PowerShellGet\1.0.0.1\PSModule.psm1:7415 char:30

    + ... tProvider = PackageManagement\Get-PackageProvider -Name $script:NuGet ...

    +                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

        + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (Microsoft.Power...PackageProvider:GetPackageProvider) [Get-PackageProvider],

        Exception

        + FullyQualifiedErrorId : UnknownProviderFromActivatedList,Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.GetPackagePro

       vider

    Register-PSRepository : NuGet provider is required to interact with NuGet-based repositories. Please ensure that

    '2.8.5.201' or newer version of NuGet provider is installed.

    At line:1 char:1

    + Register-PSRepository -Name "PSGallery" –SourceLocation "https://www. ...

    + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

        + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [Register-PSRepository], InvalidOperationException

        + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CouldNotInstallNuGetProvider,Register-PSRepository

    PS C:\scripts>



  • 29.  RE: powercli virtual hardware verson v15 not showing

    Posted Oct 25, 2019 09:55 PM

    I give up, you seem to be in a rather special environment, which I can't seem to replicate.
    In any case, your original question about HW version 15 is resolved when you upgrade your PowerCLI installation.



  • 30.  RE: powercli virtual hardware verson v15 not showing

    Posted Oct 26, 2019 04:12 AM

    thanks Luc. Appreciate it



  • 31.  RE: powercli virtual hardware verson v15 not showing

    Posted Nov 05, 2019 10:47 PM

    I got 11.5 powercli to work now

    but my vm on hardware version 15 is still showing at unknown

    any idea why?



  • 32.  RE: powercli virtual hardware verson v15 not showing

    Posted Nov 05, 2019 11:26 PM

    Apparently the HW version 15 was not added in 11.5.
    You'll have to use the ExtensionData, see for example Re: HW Version Report