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New-folder issue with subfolders

Hi

Customer has quite an extensive structure of subfolders in the "VMs and templates" section. I have exported these from the existing vCenter to a CSV file and now want to import them into the new vCenter. But I'm running into an issue where the folder can't be created if the parentfolder isn't unique. Which I can understand. But I can't figure out how to refer to the non-unique parent folder in a different way.

 

This is what I do and what works:

 

New-Folder -Name "TOP" -Location "vm"

New-Folder -Name "SUB-ONE" -Location "TOP"

New-Folder -Name "SUB-TWO" -Location "SUB-ONE"

New-Folder -Name "SECONDTOP" -Location "vm"

New-Folder -Name "SUB-ONE" -Location "SECONDTOP"

 

 

But when I now try to add a folder under TOP\SUB-ONE, there is no way to reference to it:

New-Folder -Name "SUB-THREE" -Location "SUB-ONE"

New-Folder -Name "SUB-THREE" -Location "TOP\SUB-ONE"

New-Folder -Name "SUB-THREE" -Location "vm\TOP\SUB-ONE"

 

All the above report:

New-Folder : 12/3/2013 10:51:39 AMNew-Folder    VIContainer parameter: Could not find any of the obj

ects specified by name.   

At line:1 char:11

+ New-Folder <<<<  -Name "SUB-THREE" -Location "vm\TOP\SUB-ONE"

+ CategoryInfo      : ObjectNotFound: (VMware.VimAutom...tainer Location:RuntimePropertyInfo) [New-

   Folder], ObnRecordProcessingFailedException

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Core_ObnSelector_SetNewParameterValue_ObjectNotFoundCritical,VMware.VimAutoma

   tion.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.NewFolder

 

 

Any help is appreciated.

Gabrie


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