get this error

Backup-VCSAToFile : A server error occurred: ‘com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.error’: Failed to connect to the remote FTPS location. (Server error id:
‘com.vmware.applmgmt.err_fail_conn_remote_loc’). Check $Error[0].Exception.ServerError for more details.
At C:\PowerShell Development\vcsabackup2.ps1:120 char:2
+ Backup-VCSAToFile -BackupPassword $BackupPassword -LocationType $ …
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Write-Error], WriteErrorException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WriteErrorException,Backup-VCSAToFile

I am on VMware 6.7 VCSA and ESXI I run PowerCLI on my Windows 10 Pro computer.
I have a Windows 2012 R2 Server running IIS and FTP on port 21
On my PC I use Filezilla and I can FTP to my Windows 2012R2 Server see the folders add and remove files with the account I added to the script.

Any ideas?

Thank you
Tom

can you access the VCSA via the PowerShell credentials and do other stuff ?

A server error occurred: ‘com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.error’: Status for ” does not exist. (Server error id: ‘com.vmware.applmgmt.err_status_does_not_exist’). Check $Error[0].Exception.ServerError for
more details.
At C:\Users\admin372720\Desktop\test.ps1:89 char:35
+ $BackupAPI.get(“$($BackupJob.ID)”) | select id, progr …
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : OperationStopped: (:) [], CisServerException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : VMware.VimAutomation.Cis.Core.Types.V1.CisServerException

when running only
Connect-CisServer -Server $vcsa -User $vcsauser -Password $vcsapasswd

i get
Connect-CisServer : 08/11/2018 13:14:15 Connect-CisServer com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.unauthenticated {‘messages’: [com.vmware.vapi.std.localizable_message {‘id’: com.vmware.vapi.endpoint.method.authentication.required, ‘defa
ult_message’: Authentication required., ‘args’: []}], ‘data’:}.
At line:1 char:1
+ Connect-CisServer -Server $vcsa -User $vcsauser -Password $vcsapasswd
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Connect-CisServer], CisException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : VMware.VimAutomation.Cis.Core.Impl.V1.Service.CisConnectionService.SessionCanNotBeCreated,VMware.VimAutomation.Cis.Core.Commands.Cmdlets.ConnectCisServer

any idea?

I few notes from my experience:

I had to run the following on 3 of my appliances before the task would run.
service-control –stop applmgmt
service-control –start applmgmt

VisualStudio Code, I had to replace Write-Process with Write-Host

Seatbackup needs to be replaced with Commonbackup. See the latest version of Backup-VCSA here:
https://github.com/vmware/PowerCLI-Example-Scripts/blob/master/Modules/Backup-VCSA/Backup-VCSA.psm1

Thanks to all, especially Magnus!

ok perfect. thanks for letting us know

//Magnus

Have you checked http://magander.se/2013/03/schedule-powercli-script-in-windows-task-scheduler/ ?

thanks

Hi, did you check the comment from Steven Rodenburg further up?

thanks

Hi,
haven’t tried unfortunately.

Magnus

A server error occurred: ‘com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.unauthorized’: Unable to authorize user (Server error id: ‘vapi.security.authorization.invalid’). Check $Error[0].Exception.ServerError
for more details.

Tried all suggestions mentioned above, but no luck.
Could this be related to U2? Also using latest PowerCLI, which should not be an issue.

It appears that the code Write-Progress -Activity “Backing up VCSA” cannot be shown/interprestted by the console on the two tools.

therefore replaced Write-Progress -Activity with Write-Host , and works great.

good you found a solution. yes will update the blog post when I get some time 🙂

tnx