Error 'Get-WmiObject: Invalid class' Msvm_ImageManagementService ''

Question

I recently got this error, and I have no idea what caused it. The documentation I found regarding this class is minimal, and I'm not sure what I need to check or where to look in order to figure it out and fix it.

System:

• Preview Datacenter Windows Server 2012 R2 Build 9431
• PowerShell version 4.0 32bit and 64bit

Output:

PS > Get-WmiObject -Class "Msvm_ImageManagementService" -Namespace "root\virtualization" Get-WmiObject : Invalid class "Msvm_ImageManagementService" At line:1 char:1 + Get-WmiObject -Class "Msvm_ImageManagementService" -Namespace "root\virtualizati ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : InvalidType: (:) [Get-WmiObject], ManagementException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : GetWMIManagementException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetWmiObjectCommand 

Answer 1

The class still exists; it is now in a different namespace. This is in the namespace "root \ virtualization \ v2". It is also worth noting that the class has changed; previously used methods can no longer exist.