Need help in fixing the Error while creating a storage account to copy the VHD file.

Question

A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument 'Storage account name'.

try {
    # Create the context for the storage account which will be used to copy the disk to the storage account 
    Write-Log -Message "Attempting to create storage account: $($StorageAccountName)" -Level Info
    $StorageAccount = New-AzStorageAccount -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroup -Name $storageAccountName -SkuName Standard_LRS -Kind StorageV2 -MinimumTlsVersion TLS1_2 -AllowBlobPublicAccess $false -PublicNetworkAccess disabled -Location $VM.Location
    $StorageAccountKey = Get-AzStorageAccountKey –ResourceGroupName $StorageAccount.ResourceGroupName `–Name $StorageAccount.StorageAccountName
    $DestinationContext = New-AzStorageContext –StorageAccountName $StorageAccount.StorageAccountName `–StorageAccountKey ($StorageAccountKey).Value[0]
    Write-Log -Message "Attempting to create storage account container: $($StorageAccountName)" -Level Info
    $Container = New-AzStorageContainer -Name $StorageContainerName -Permission "Off" -Context $DestinationContext -ErrorAction Stop
    Write-Log -Message "Success: created storage account: $($StorageAccountName) and container: $($StorageAccountName)" -Level Info
}
catch {
    Write-Log -Message "Failed to create storage account for transfer. Exit script" -Level Warn
    Write-Log -Message $_ -Level Warn
    StopIteration
    Exit 1

Answer 1

To fix the error, simply replace $storageAccountName with $StorageAccountName in the script

try {
    # Create the context for the storage account which will be used to copy the disk to the storage account 
    Write-Log -Message "Attempting to create storage account: $($StorageAccountName)" -Level Info
    $StorageAccount = New-AzStorageAccount -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroup -Name $StorageAccountName -SkuName Standard_LRS -Kind StorageV2 -MinimumTlsVersion TLS1_2 -AllowBlobPublicAccess $false -PublicNetworkAccess disabled -Location $VM.Location
    $StorageAccountKey = Get-AzStorageAccountKey –ResourceGroupName $StorageAccount.ResourceGroupName `–Name $StorageAccount.StorageAccountName
    $DestinationContext = New-AzStorageContext –StorageAccountName $StorageAccount.StorageAccountName `–StorageAccountKey ($StorageAccountKey).Value[0]
    Write-Log -Message "Attempting to create storage account container: $($StorageAccountName)" -Level Info
    $Container = New-AzStorageContainer -Name $StorageContainerName -Permission "Off" -Context $DestinationContext -ErrorAction Stop
    Write-Log -Message "Success: created storage account: $($StorageAccountName) and container: $($StorageAccountName)" -Level Info
}
catch {
    Write-Log -Message "Failed to create storage account for transfer. Exit script" -Level Warn
    Write-Log -Message $_ -Level Warn
    StopIteration
    Exit 1
}

Answer 2

These two lines are incorrect:

$StorageAccountKey = Get-AzStorageAccountKey –ResourceGroupName $StorageAccount.ResourceGroupName `–Name $StorageAccount.StorageAccountName
    $DestinationContext = New-AzStorageContext –StorageAccountName $StorageAccount.StorageAccountName `–StorageAccountKey ($StorageAccountKey).Value[0]

They both use an en-dash instead of a hyphen, and the "-Name" and "-StoreAccountKey" parameter both have a backtick escape in front of the eh-dash.

Also, it's unnecessary use this sort of code $($variableName) when a simple variable name is used within a double quoted string. That's only necessary when for example, you're referencing an objects' property like this: $_.property or $object.property and the string interpolation would use the $<underbar> and $object as the thing your interested in.

Try this:

try {
    # Create the context for the storage account which will be used to copy the disk to the storage account 
    Write-Log -Message "Attempting to create storage account: $StorageAccountName" -Level Info
    $StorageAccount = New-AzStorageAccount -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroup -Name $storageAccountName -SkuName Standard_LRS -Kind StorageV2 -MinimumTlsVersion TLS1_2 -AllowBlobPublicAccess $false -PublicNetworkAccess disabled -Location $VM.Location
    $StorageAccountKey = Get-AzStorageAccountKey -ResourceGroupName $StorageAccount.ResourceGroupName -Name $StorageAccount.StorageAccountName
    $DestinationContext = New-AzStorageContext -StorageAccountName $StorageAccount.StorageAccountName -StorageAccountKey ($StorageAccountKey).Value[0]
    Write-Log -Message "Attempting to create storage account container: $StorageAccountName" -Level Info
    $Container = New-AzStorageContainer -Name $StorageContainerName -Permission "Off" -Context $DestinationContext -ErrorAction Stop
    Write-Log -Message "Success: created storage account: $StorageAccountName and container: $StorageAccountName" -Level Info
}
catch {
    Write-Log -Message "Failed to create storage account for transfer. Exit script" -Level Warn
    Write-Log -Message $_ -Level Warn
    StopIteration
    Exit 1
}

Answer 3

Well, it took 25 minutes for my original answer to appear, so I'll just remove this one. :-/