Virene
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RVTools for VMware Reports - Issue
Greetings,
I am using RVtools v3.8 and cannot get the command line to authenticate. My syntax is by the book:
RVTools.exe -u Administrator –p password –s vcentername -c ExportAll2csv -d c:\reports -f c:\filename
I get the following error: "Unhandled exception: Invalid URI: The hostname could not be parsed". After that the GUI login opens and I can enter the same credentials successfully and the script completes.
I have tried every permutation of the command line - case sensitive, sequence, username type - Domain\user and UPN, a local VC account, 2 working domain accounts, and host by IP and FQDN.
I have also googled the hell out of this and apparently I am the first to experience this issue.
If anyone can shed some light on this, I would be most grateful. Thanks,
Rick
I am using RVtools v3.8 and cannot get the command line to authenticate. My syntax is by the book:
RVTools.exe -u Administrator –p password –s vcentername -c ExportAll2csv -d c:\reports -f c:\filename
I get the following error: "Unhandled exception: Invalid URI: The hostname could not be parsed". After that the GUI login opens and I can enter the same credentials successfully and the script completes.
I have tried every permutation of the command line - case sensitive, sequence, username type - Domain\user and UPN, a local VC account, 2 working domain accounts, and host by IP and FQDN.
I have also googled the hell out of this and apparently I am the first to experience this issue.
If anyone can shed some light on this, I would be most grateful. Thanks,
Rick
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Hi Andrew - thanks for responding
Good to know that this is repeatable elsewhere. Yes, I am using version 3.8. It failed in 3.7, so I upgraded.
I have tried it by IP address using the syntax you wrote. I get a new msg: cannot complete login due to an incorrect user name or password. That same User/Pass is OK when entered in the GUI after clicking OK on the error message. I have tried this with 3 domain accounts and the Administrator@vsphere.loca
I also have tried this from 3 different servers running the RVtools.
Confounding....
Good to know that this is repeatable elsewhere. Yes, I am using version 3.8. It failed in 3.7, so I upgraded.
I have tried it by IP address using the syntax you wrote. I get a new msg: cannot complete login due to an incorrect user name or password. That same User/Pass is OK when entered in the GUI after clicking OK on the error message. I have tried this with 3 domain accounts and the Administrator@vsphere.loca
I also have tried this from 3 different servers running the RVtools.
Confounding....
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I got it going with this syntax: "rvtools -u vsphere.local\Administrato
Odd, because I know it supports AD domain logon accounts..... The passthroughAuth switch is still failing.
Well, at least it's working with the local vCenter account.
Odd, because I know it supports AD domain logon accounts..... The passthroughAuth switch is still failing.
Well, at least it's working with the local vCenter account.
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Thank you for your help, Andrew!
I seem to be having a similar issue with RVTools 3.8 using local credentials on my vCenter. I am assuming that I should use the same credentials I use to log into from my vSphere Client?
@Corey Primeaux Please post a new question and myself or other experts, can assist.
have you tried 3.8.
but have you tried this
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works for me