Automate ESX Datastore creation with Nimble PowerShell Module

[jrich52352]

hmm so i just ran this line

New-NSVolume  -Name "test" -Size 2tb -MultipleInitiator -PerformancePolicy 'VMware ESX 5'

and it ran successfully. when did you install the module? it could possibly be an older release that had a bug in it?

[marktheblue45]

Same line that failed for me. Have you got a pointer for the modules you used.

[marktheblue45]

As per your link Justin

[jrich52352]

just to be safe, close powershell, delete the Nimble folder in the modules folder (my documents\windowspowershell\modules)

then open up powershell and run this

ex (new-object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://raw.github.com/jrich523/NimblePowerShell/master/Install.ps1')

also, what version of powershell are you using? nothing comes to mind as to why this wouldnt work in V2, but this is designed around V3

[jrich52352]

fixed the problem, you'll have to install it again (couple of code changes). you still need to manually supply the quotes, but at least now it works!

[marktheblue45]

I'll give it a go tomorrow. I'm using PowerShell v3 and esxi 5.5

[jrich52352]

im actually making a few other modifications right now, so you'll want to download it again tomorrow.

[marktheblue45]

Worked a treat. Thanks. Need to learn Powershell basics and some to fully understand some of the snippets on here.

[brichardson15]

I've tried running that same exact command and I'm receiving an error...

New-NSVolume : Error Creating volume test! code: SMeinval

At line:1 char:1

+ New-NSVolume  -Name "test" -Size 2tb -MultipleInitiator -PerformancePolicy 'VMwa ...

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

    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Write-Error], WriteErrorException

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WriteErrorException,New-NSVolume

I'm running PS version 3.0 and I'm running version 1.1.20140407.1024 of the Nimble module.

[yolinares27]

I am running the latest powershell module from GitHub, running powershell 4.0 and my nimbles are running 2.2.9.0-269169-opt. This is the command im running and the error im getting:

New-NSVolume -PerformancePolicy default -Name "test" -Description "test" -Size 500GB -MultipleInitiator

New-NSVolume : Error Creating volume test! code: SMeinval

At line:1 char:1

+ New-NSVolume -PerformancePolicy default -Name "test" -Description "test" -Size 5 ...

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

    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Write-Error], WriteErrorException

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WriteErrorException,New-NSVolume

New-NSVolume -PerformancePolicy "VMware ESX 5" -Name "test" -Description "test" -Size 500GB -MultipleInitiator

New-NSVolume : Error Creating volume test! code: SMeinval

At line:1 char:1

+ New-NSVolume -PerformancePolicy "VMware ESX 5" -Name "test" -Description "test"  ...

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

    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Write-Error], WriteErrorException

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WriteErrorException,New-NSVolume