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Calling "PSDesiredStateConfiguration/WindowsOptionalFeature" Fails with Error
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Summary
I have been experimenting with DSC and have encountered an Error with what i belive is the "PSDesiredStateConfiguration/WindowsOptionalFeature" resource when using the attached document
I continuously encountered the following error:
NativeErrorCode : Failed
ErrorData : MSFT_WmiError
MessageId : MI RESULT 1
ErrorSource :
ErrorType : 0
StatusCode : 1
Message : A general error occurred that is not covered by a more specific error code.
Data : {}
InnerException :
TargetSite : Void ProcessNativeCallback(Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.Native.OperationCallbackProcessingContext, T, Boolean, Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.Native.MiResult,
System.String, Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.Native.InstanceHandle)
StackTrace : at Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.Internal.Operations.CimAsyncObserverProxyBase`1.ProcessNativeCallback(OperationCallbackProcessingContext callbackProcessingContext,
T currentItem, Boolean moreResults, MiResult operationResult, String errorMessage, InstanceHandle errorDetailsHandle)
HelpLink :
Source : Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure
HResult : -2146233088
When investigation dsc logs i have managed to identity this event
Job {DE97456C-C6CA-11F0-811C-010101010000} :
Message Unable to cast object of type 'System.Management.Automation.PSObject' to type 'System.Object[]'.
HResult -2147467262
StackTrack at System.Management.Automation.LanguagePrimitives.ConvertTo[T](Object valueToConvert)
at Microsoft.PowerShell.DesiredStateConfiguration.Internal.ResourceProviderAdapter.GetPSObjectArrayValue(CimType cimType, Object propertyValue)
at Microsoft.PowerShell.DesiredStateConfiguration.Internal.ResourceProviderAdapter.GetTargetResource(IntPtr resourceConfigurationInstanceHandle, IntPtr nonResourcePropetiesHandle, IntPtr metaConfigHandle, IntPtr regInstanceHandle, IStreamHandler plugInStreamsHandler, IntPtr& outputInstanceHandle, IntPtr& errorInstanceHandle)
at Microsoft.PowerShell.DesiredStateConfiguration.Internal.DscPluginManagedEntryWrapper.Get(IntPtr provContext, IntPtr instance, IntPtr nonResourcePropeties, IntPtr metaConfig, IntPtr regInstance, IntPtr outputInstance, IntPtr extendedError)
followed by this one which i believe to be the cause of the issue
Job {DE97456C-C6CA-11F0-811C-010101010000} :
MIResult: 1
Error Message: NULL
Message ID: NULL
Error Category: 0
Error Code: 0
Error Type: NULL
Steps to reproduce
- use the following config file
$schema: https://aka.ms/dsc/schemas/v3.0.0/config/document.json
resources:
- name: "Enable HyperV"
type: Microsoft.Windows/WindowsPowerShell
properties:
resources:
- name: "Enable HyperV"
type: "PSDesiredStateConfiguration/WindowsOptionalFeature"
properties:
Name: "Microsoft-Hyper-V-All"
-
Execute the following command line with the saved config file
dsc.exe config get --file "F:\Homelab_DSC\test.config.dsc.yaml" -o yaml
Expected behavior
i expect to get an actual result not an Error
Actual behavior
returns Error Message
Error details
NativeErrorCode : Failed
ErrorData : MSFT_WmiError
MessageId : MI RESULT 1
ErrorSource :
ErrorType : 0
StatusCode : 1
Message : A general error occurred that is not covered by a more specific error code.
Data : {}
InnerException :
TargetSite : Void ProcessNativeCallback(Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.Native.OperationCallbackProcessingContext, T, Boolean, Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.Native.MiResult,
System.String, Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.Native.InstanceHandle)
StackTrace : at Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.Internal.Operations.CimAsyncObserverProxyBase`1.ProcessNativeCallback(OperationCallbackProcessingContext callbackProcessingContext,
T currentItem, Boolean moreResults, MiResult operationResult, String errorMessage, InstanceHandle errorDetailsHandle)
HelpLink :
Source : Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure
HResult : -2146233088
Environment data
PSVersion 5.1.26100.7019
PSEdition Desktop
PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
BuildVersion 10.0.26100.7019
CLRVersion 4.0.30319.42000
WSManStackVersion 3.0
PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.3
SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1,
PSVersion 7.5.4
PSEdition Core
GitCommitId 7.5.4
OS Microsoft Windows 10.0.26200
Platform Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.3
SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion 3.0
Version
dsc 3.1.1
Visuals
No response
WindowsOptionalFeature requires to run as admin, are you running it in an admin prompt? You can also update your config doc to check that the securityContext is elevated.
$schema: https://aka.ms/dsc/schemas/v3.0.0/config/document.json
metadata:
Microsoft.DSC:
securityContext: elevated
resources:
- name: "Enable HyperV"
type: Microsoft.Windows/WindowsPowerShell
properties:
resources:
- name: "Enable HyperV"
type: "PSDesiredStateConfiguration/WindowsOptionalFeature"
properties:
Name: "Microsoft-Hyper-V-All"
I have confirmed I am running PowerShell as admin and the security context is elevated; however, I receive the same error, even tried running as system with psexec - i can access the wmi class normally without issue
@ChaosBlade10101 - looking more closely at the error message indicates that there might be a conflicting module. Have you tried running the above example using Invoke-DscResource, rather than using dsc.exe first?
after doing further testing i was able to narrow the issue down to the actual module - the line that causes the issue seems to be "$result = Dism\Get-WindowsOptionalFeature -FeatureName $Name -Online -Verbose:$false" however this only causes issues when invoked using dsc there is no issues during a manual executation of the module command and the input has been tested and is getting the right result