You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression about asbuiltreport.vmware.vsphere HOT 17 CLOSED

No resolution yet @zpatrickson Was ok on vsphere 6.5 but won't work on 6.7 u2

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@EloiseJory you seem to be using the vSphere report module from my dev repo.

Have you tried using the module from PSGallery?

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Yes i initially tried the prod version and had these errors so thought I'd give the dev version a whirl..

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I would suggest that you set all InfoLevels to 0 and then gradually increase the InfoLevel, one section at a time to help isolate where you are having the issue.

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Running the report withInfolevel 0 on all settings, lets the script complete, but it doesn’t output anything (As expected).

If Iset vCentre to 1, or 2, the script completes, and yields an empty report.

Setting InfoLevel to 3 for vCenter, as below, the report crashes, with the same error as before.

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I'm facing the exact same issue. Have you figured out a solution to this issue?

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Hi @zpatrickson are you able to provide some more information regarding your vSphere environment and the AsBuiltReport module versions? Do you have anything unusual or unique in your environment?

Would you be open to doing a webex (or similar) session to allow me to investigate further?

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Hi @tpcarman, sure we can do a webex. How can we proceed with troubleshooting the script? I'm using version 1.0.7 and reside in DC. Nothing unusual in my environment. My Vsphere is 5.5 and planning to do an upgrade. I just want to document it before hand.

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@zpatrickson I am in UTC +10 for the next 1.5 weeks. Late evening my time, early morning your time probably works best for me. We can either do webex or do LiveShare within VS Code. Let me know if this works for you.

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Webex works. I can do 10:00 PM, 11:00 PM or 12:00AM your time. If you can provide me with a contact info that would be helpful.

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@zpatrickson Send me your email address via the contact page.

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@zpatrickson @EloiseJory hi guys, would you mind connecting to your vCenter with PowerCLI and running the following;

$VMs = Get-VM
$VMInfo = foreach ($VM in $VMs) {
	$VMView = $VM | Get-View
	[PSCustomObject]@{
		'Name' = $VM.Name
		'Power State' = Switch ($VM.PowerState) {
			'PoweredOn' { 'On' }
			'PoweredOff' { 'Off' }
			default { $VM.PowerState }
		}
		'IP Address' = Switch ($VMView.Summary.Guest.IpAddress) {
			$null { '--' }
			default { $VMView.Summary.Guest.IpAddress }
		}
		'vCPUs' = $VM.NumCpu
		'Memory GB' = [math]::Round(($VM.MemoryGB), 0)
		'Provisioned GB' = [math]::Round(($VM.ProvisionedSpaceGB), 0)
		'Used GB' = [math]::Round(($VM.UsedSpaceGB), 0)
		'HW Version' = ($VM.HardwareVersion).Replace('vmx-', 'v')
		'VM Tools Status' = Switch ($VMView.Summary.Guest.ToolsStatus) {
			'toolsOld' { 'Old' }
			'toolsOK' { 'OK' }
			'toolsNotRunning' { 'Not Running' }
			'toolsNotInstalled' { 'Not Installed' }
			default { $VMView.Guest.ToolsStatus }
		}         
	}
}
Write-Output $VMInfo | ft

Please let me know how this goes.

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@zpatrickson @EloiseJory hi guys, would you mind connecting to your vCenter with PowerCLI and running the following;

I should be able to test it tomorrow - will let you know !!

thanks

Eloise.

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Hi
All I get is errors:

You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
`At line:11 char:26

•     'IP Address' = Switch ($VMView.Summary.Guest.IpAddress) {
  

•                            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  

  • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull

You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At line:11 char:26

•     'IP Address' = Switch ($VMView.Summary.Guest.IpAddress) {
  

•                            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  

  • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull

You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At line:11 char:26

•     'IP Address' = Switch ($VMView.Summary.Guest.IpAddress) {
  

•                            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  

  • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull

You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At line:11 char:26

•     'IP Address' = Switch ($VMView.Summary.Guest.IpAddress) {
  

•                            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  

  • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull

You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At line:11 char:26

•     'IP Address' = Switch ($VMView.Summary.Guest.IpAddress) {
  

•                            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  

  • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull

You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At line:11 char:26

•     'IP Address' = Switch ($VMView.Summary.Guest.IpAddress) {
  

•                            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  

  • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull
    `

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What about this?

$VMs = Get-VM
$VMInfo = foreach ($VM in $VMs) {
	$VMView = $VM | Get-View
	[PSCustomObject]@{
		'Name' = $VM.Name
		'Power State' = Switch ($VM.PowerState) {
			'PoweredOn' { 'On' }
			'PoweredOff' { 'Off' }
			default { $VM.PowerState }
		}
		'IP Address' = Switch ($VMView.Summary.Guest.IpAddress) {
			$null { '--' }
                        '' { '--' }
			default { $VMView.Summary.Guest.IpAddress }
		}
		'vCPUs' = $VM.NumCpu
		'Memory GB' = [math]::Round(($VM.MemoryGB), 0)
		'Provisioned GB' = [math]::Round(($VM.ProvisionedSpaceGB), 0)
		'Used GB' = [math]::Round(($VM.UsedSpaceGB), 0)
		'HW Version' = ($VM.HardwareVersion).Replace('vmx-', 'v')
		'VM Tools Status' = Switch ($VMView.Summary.Guest.ToolsStatus) {
			'toolsOld' { 'Old' }
			'toolsOK' { 'OK' }
			'toolsNotRunning' { 'Not Running' }
			'toolsNotInstalled' { 'Not Installed' }
			default { $VMView.Guest.ToolsStatus }
		}         
	}
}
Write-Output $VMInfo | ft

If that still doesn't work, try removing these lines and trying again

'IP Address' = Switch ($VMView.Summary.Guest.IpAddress) {
			$null { '--' }
                        '' { '--' }
			default { $VMView.Summary.Guest.IpAddress }
		}

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What about this?
First attempt was a heap of these again

`You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At line:11 char:26

•     'IP Address' = Switch ($VMView.Summary.Guest.IpAddress) {
  

•                            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  

  • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull

You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At line:11 char:26

•     'IP Address' = Switch ($VMView.Summary.Guest.IpAddress) {
  

•                            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  

  • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull

You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At line:11 char:26

•     'IP Address' = Switch ($VMView.Summary.Guest.IpAddress) {
  

•                            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  

  • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull`

second attempt with the IP code removed was

`You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At line:6 char:27

•     'Power State' = Switch ($VM.PowerState) {
  

•                             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  

  • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull

You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At line:6 char:27

•     'Power State' = Switch ($VM.PowerState) {
  

•                             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  

  • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull

You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At line:6 char:27

•     'Power State' = Switch ($VM.PowerState) {
  

•                             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  

  • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull`

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This issue should be resolved in 5a2992c. Please reopen if you continue to experience issues.

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