Provider installation

Hi PHILMEFLINK,

Please install VC2012 C++ also and restart the machine before you try to import the module.

Thanks, 

Karthik.C

Thank you, it works OK now.

Hi PhilMEFL, ,

Thanks for letting us know that it worked . Please write to us for any queries. 

Thanks, 

Karthik.C 

Hi Karthik,

I am trying with latest version and observing same issue, I want to use this cmdlet for test environment. Installing VC++ in all machine is tedious job. Can you please tell minimal workaround for this error or give us new release which not having this issue ?

thanks,

Dharmesh

VC++ 2010 and VC ++ 2012 both runtime are required on target machines for DellBIOSProvider v1.0 execution. There is no work-around.

We will consider the issue  in next release which is work in progress.

Thanks

Vibha

Thanks for update !

After installing VC++ runtime for 2010 and 2012 we rebooted target, once after reboot Installed DellBIOSProvider from Microsoft Gallery using below command -

Install-Module DellBIOSProvider 

After this when we tried to import module we are hitting below error -

PS C:\Program Files\Dell\Powershell\Modules\DellBIOSProvider> Import-Module DellBIOSProvider
WARNING: Couldn't get ACPI Buffer Size!!
Import-Module : PS drive DellSmbios could not be created.
At line:1 char:1
+ Import-Module DellBIOSProvider
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : OpenError: (DellSmbios:PSDriveInfo) [Import-Module], InvalidOperationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DefaultDriveInitFailed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ImportModuleCommand

Target Detail:

Target System: 

System Model PowerEdge R520

OS : WS2016

BIOS version : Dell Inc. 2.4.2, 1/29/2015

Thanks,

Dharmesh

BIOS Version/Date Dell Inc. 2.4.2, 1/29/2015

Hello Dharmesh,　

Instead of installing VC++ runtime separately , you can copy msvcp100.dll, msvcr100.dll from VC2010

and msvcp110.dll, msvcr110.dll, vccorlib110.dll from VC2012 in the same folder as provider module.

-Vibha

Presently only Dell Client Enterprise systems (  OptiPlex, Latitude, Venue etc.) are supported.

Thanks

Vibha

Opps ! from your another thread found that Poweredge 520 is not in supported list, any plan to add Poweredge series servers also in support list ?

http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/enterprise-client/w/wiki/11653.supported-platformsbios-reference-list-for-dell-command-powershell-provider

after installing VC10 and VC12 runtime, while importing module getting below error, DellSMBIOS: not created -

PS C:\Users\Administrator.WINEIT> Import-Module DellBIOSProvider -Verbose
VERBOSE: Loading module from path 'C:\Program
Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\DellBIOSProvider\1.0\DellBIOSProvider.psd1'.
VERBOSE: Populating RepositorySourceLocation property for module DellBIOSProvider.
VERBOSE: Loading module from path 'C:\Program
Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\DellBIOSProvider\1.0\DellBIOSProvider.psm1'.
VERBOSE: Exporting function 'Set-Dell1stBootdevice'.
VERBOSE: Exporting function 'Get-DellBiosSettings'.
VERBOSE: Exporting function 'Clear-DellAdminPassword'.
VERBOSE: Exporting function 'Set-DellAutoOnForSelectDays'.
VERBOSE: Exporting function 'Get-DellBIOSPasswordPath'.
VERBOSE: Exporting function 'Write-DellBIOSPassword'.
VERBOSE: Exporting function 'Read-DellBIOSPassword'.
VERBOSE: Importing function 'Clear-DellAdminPassword'.
VERBOSE: Importing function 'Get-DellBIOSPasswordPath'.
VERBOSE: Importing function 'Get-DellBiosSettings'.
VERBOSE: Importing function 'Read-DellBIOSPassword'.
VERBOSE: Importing function 'Set-Dell1stBootdevice'.
VERBOSE: Importing function 'Set-DellAutoOnForSelectDays'.
VERBOSE: Importing function 'Write-DellBIOSPassword'.
VERBOSE: Loading module from path 'C:\Program
Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\DellBIOSProvider\1.0\DellBIOSProvider.dll'.
VERBOSE: Starting PS provider DellSmbiosProv
VERBOSE: .NET Version: 4.0.30319.42000
VERBOSE: Performing InitializeDefaultDrives operation on the 'DellSmbiosProv'provider.
VERBOSE: Performing operation New-PSDrive for the provider DellSmbiosProv.
WARNING: Couldn't get ACPI Buffer Size!!
Import-Module : PS drive DellSmbios could not be created.
At line:1 char:1
+ Import-Module DellBIOSProvider -Verbose
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : OpenError: (DellSmbios:PSDriveInfo) [Import-Module], InvalidOperationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DefaultDriveInitFailed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ImportModuleCommand
VERBOSE: Exporting function 'Clear-DellAdminPassword'.
VERBOSE: Exporting function 'Get-DellBIOSPasswordPath'.
VERBOSE: Exporting function 'Get-DellBiosSettings'.
VERBOSE: Exporting function 'Read-DellBIOSPassword'.
VERBOSE: Exporting function 'Set-Dell1stBootdevice'.
VERBOSE: Exporting function 'Set-DellAutoOnForSelectDays'.
VERBOSE: Exporting function 'Write-DellBIOSPassword'.
VERBOSE: Importing function 'Clear-DellAdminPassword'.
VERBOSE: Importing function 'Get-DellBIOSPasswordPath'.
VERBOSE: Importing function 'Get-DellBiosSettings'.
VERBOSE: Importing function 'Read-DellBIOSPassword'.
VERBOSE: Importing function 'Set-Dell1stBootdevice'.
VERBOSE: Importing function 'Set-DellAutoOnForSelectDays'.
VERBOSE: Importing function 'Write-DellBIOSPassword'.

Hello All,

Any workaround on this issue? "WARNING: Couldn't get ACPI Buffer Size!!"

Thank you.

Jack

Hello Tarun,

I am running this on a Dell 3020 with BIOS version A08.

Thank you.

Jack

Hello,

I'm running a Dell OptiPlex 9020 with latest BIOS (A15) and Windows 7 64bit.
VC++2010 x86 and VC++2012 x86 are both installed (also VC++2010 x64) and also .NET 4.6.
I installed nuget and the DellBIOSProvider and tried to import the module, but it always runs into

VERBOSE: Starting PS provider DellSmbiosProv
VERBOSE: .NET Version: 4.0.30319.42000
VERBOSE: Performing InitializeDefaultDrives operation on the 'DellSmbiosProv'provider.
Import-Module : Could not load file or assembly 'DSMBLibWrapper.dll' or one of its dependencies. Das angegebene Modul
wurde nicht gefunden.
At line:1 char:1
+ Import-Module DellBIOSProvider -Verbose
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [Import-Module], FileNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NewDriveProviderException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ImportModuleCommand

On another machine (Dell OptiPlex 7010) with the same configuraton, I can import the module without problems.

Any ideas, what I can do?!? :emotion-7:

Thanks a lot and kind regards,
Sebastian

Hi Sebastian, 

You must have VC++2010 x64 and VC++2012 x64 redistributables installed in your machine to run Dell Command | PowerShell Provider successfully. After installation please restart the machine before loading the module.

Note - x86 redistributables are not required if operating system is 64 bit. 

Please let me know in case you face same issue again.

Thanks

-Tarun