Powercli Copy/create alarm problem

[AllanChristians]

Hi all,

im trying to copy a default alarm to a datacenter folder but seams i get an error every time i try. im using the LucD copy alarm script as my base and it has worked well in the past but after i upgraded vcenter to version 5.0 it seams to fail. can anyone give this a couple of seconds and check whats up.

the error is :

Exception calling "CreateAlarm" with "2" argument(s): "A specified parameter was not correct.

"

At C:\Users\Allans\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\CopyAlarms.ps1:72 char:24

+         $alarmMgr.CreateAlarm <<<< ($destination.MoRef,$newAlarm)

    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : DotNetMethodException

im running powershell 2.0/ powercli 5.0 and the http://www.lucd.info/2010/02/20/alarms-moving-them-around/ Move/copy alarm script.

in the past this has been a succes setting up env for a new customer aka datacenter so they could get their own alarms to fidle with.

/regards

Allan

[LucD]

Just tried the script with PowerCLI 5 against a vCenter 4.1U1 without a problem.

I don't have a vCenter 5 available right now to test.

But I noticed in the vSphere 5 SDK Reference that the AlarmSpec object has a new property called systemName.

Although the Reference indicates that this property is optional, this could perhaps be the cause of the error.

Where you perhaps trying to copy a predefined, or system, alarm ?

If yes, could you perhaps try to copy a user-defined alarm and check if you also get the error ?

[AllanChristians]

Hi Luc,

I was trying to copy a system created alarm so that new costumers get all the default alarms assigned to their area.

i will see if i can get it to work with a user-defined alarm

/Regards

Allan

[DavideDG]

Hi,

I had this problem, too: http://communities.vmware.com/thread/284908?start=30&tstart=0

Did you manage to import System Alarms exactly as they were created?

Thanks.