Clone-Object Error

[oretom]

Describe the bug

I have an Issue using Clone-Object:
Clone-Object : PRTG was unable to complete the request. The server responded with the following error: The object is currently not valid. Try again later.
It works for the first one or two items and then I get the error above.

Steps to reproduce

My code looks like this:
$newDevice = Get-Device -Id $SourceDevice | Clone-Object -DestinationId $GroupID

What is the output of 'Get-PrtgClient -Diagnostic'?

PSVersion      : 5.1.17763.2931
PSEdition      : Desktop
OS             : Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Datacenter
PrtgAPIVersion : 0.9.17
Culture        : de-AT
CLRVersion     : .NET Framework 4.7.2 (461814)
PrtgVersion    : 22.3.79.2108
PrtgLanguage   : english.lng

Additional context

No response

[lordmilko]

Hi @oretom,

I tested against 22.3.79.2108 and was successfully able to clone a device in this way

Are you able to advise

• How many sensors you have in your PRTG installation?
• What the output of doing Get-Device -Id $SourceDevice | Clone-Object -DestinationId $GroupID -Verbose is?

When providing the verbose output, please obscure any sensitive details such as your company name, username and passhash

[oretom]

Hi

16000 active sensors.
I have added the -Verbose switch and the script ran through with no error.

regards
oretom

[lordmilko]

This indicates to me that at the time you attempted to clone the object previously, PRTG timed out. Normally PrtgAPI knows how to deal with PRTG timing out, however it sounds like PRTG timed out in a way different from normal, so I need to see the output when you specify -Verbose one time when it does time out, which unfortunately could make things a bit tricky

[mxwi]

same here:

PS C:\Users\wdx> Get-Device server1 | Clone-Object -SourceId 81082 -Resume -SkipParent -Verbose
AUSFÜHRLICH: Ausführen des Vorgangs "Copy-Object" für das Ziel "'Internet DNS' (ID: 81082), Destination: 'Server1' (ID: 77671)".
AUSFÜHRLICH: Copy-Object: Synchronously executing request https://prtg.de/api/duplicateobject.htm?id=81082&name=Internet+DNS&targetid=77671&username=aa&passhash=11
Clone-Object : PRTG was unable to complete the request. The server responded with the following error: The object is currently not valid. Try again later.
In Zeile:1 Zeichen:24
+ ... server1 | Clone-Object -SourceId 81082 -Resume -SkipParent -Verbose ...
+                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [Copy-Object], PrtgRequestException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PrtgRequestException,PrtgAPI.PowerShell.Cmdlets.CloneObject

the object gets cloned successfully, but paused.

edit: When I do it like this i have no problems.

foreach($dc in $DCs){

     Clone-Object -SourceId 81082 -DestinationId $dc.Id

     Sleep 20

WARNUNG: 'Copy-Object' failed to resolve object: object is still being created. Retries remaining: 4
WARNUNG: 'Copy-Object' failed to resolve object: object is still being created. Retries remaining: 3
WARNUNG: 'Copy-Object' failed to resolve object: object is still being created. Retries remaining: 2
Clone of Internet DNS        81159  EMEAADS3             Active Directory          EMEA - PRTG2          PausedByUser  
Clone of Internet DNS        81160  EMEAADS4             Active Directory          EMEA - PRTG2          PausedByUser  
Clone of Internet DNS        81161  asdfADS2            Active Directory          EMEA - PRTG2          PausedByUser  
WARNUNG: 'Copy-Object' failed to resolve object: object is still being created. Retries remaining: 4
Clone of Internet DNS        81163  EMEAADS5             Active Directory          EMEA - PRTG2          PausedByUser  

}

[lordmilko]

I have found a potential issue that may be causing this. Can you please try PrtgAPI 0.9.19-preview.1 via the Manual download instructions?

[mxwi]

Hi, looks pretty good to me.

Thanks!

[bajayb4u]

Hi @lordmilko, I am trying clone-object and running into same error. Where can I download PrtgAPI 0.9.19-preview.1 version from. It seems the latest build link is no longer valid.

    Clone-Object : PRTG was unable to complete the request. The server responded with the following error: The object is currently not valid. Try again later.
At line:36 char:50
+ ... rDeviceID | Clone-Object -DestinationId $destGroupID -Name $deviceNam ...
+                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [Copy-Object], PrtgRequestException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PrtgRequestException,PrtgAPI.PowerShell.Cmdlets.CloneObject

Thank you!

[squintfox]

I had this same problem and using the latest build version solved it for me as well.

[Maxell0089]

Hi have the same error :

VERBOSE: Performing the operation "Copy-Object" on target "'Template Serveur [Windows]' (ID: 45327), Destination: 36316". VERBOSE: Copy-Object: Synchronously executing request https:///api/duplicateobject.htm?id=45327&name=csvr-app01w-3&targetid=36316&host=csvr-app01w-3&username=PRTGApiCall&passhash=***

Clone-Object : PRTG was unable to complete the request. The server responded with the following error: The object is currently not valid. Try again later. At Clone_device.ps1:100 char:41 + ... -Id 45327 | Clone-Object -DestinationId $GroupeID -host $DeviceHost ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

ModuleType Version Name ExportedCommands

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Binary 0.9.18 PrtgAPI {Get-Channel, Get-Device, Get-DeviceTemplate, Get-Group...}

[lordmilko]

Hi @Maxell0089,

Can you try with the latest build?