While working on few Powershell DSC (Desired State Configuration) script and pushing it on remote computer using Start-DscConfiguration command, but I was constantly receiving below error.
A configuration is pending. If you are in Pull mode, please run Update-DscConfiguration to pull a new configuration and apply it. If
you are in Push mode, please run Start-DscConfiguration command with -Force parameter to apply a new configuration or run
Start-DscConfiguration command with -UseExisting parameter to finish the existing configuration.
+ CategoryInfo : ResourceExists: (root/Microsoft/...gurationManager:String) [], CimException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : MI RESULT 11
+ PSComputerName : iis
To resolve this issue I checked help with Get-Help of Start-DscConfiguration cmdlet and used -Force parameter to resolve it. (The solution of the error is given in error itself)
Start-DscConfiguration -Wait -Path <MofConfigurationPath> -Verbose -Force
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