I need to modify the below script to execute the Windows Update so it downloads and updates the remote server:
Invoke-RemoteExecution($computername){
$cred = get-credential
invoke-command -computername $computername -Credential $cred -scriptblock {
Function Search-Updates
{
$Criteria = "IsInstalled=0 and Type='Software'"
#Search for relevant updates.
$Searcher = New-Object -ComObject Microsoft.Update.Searcher
$SearchResult = $Searcher.Search($Criteria).Updates
return [System.MarshalByRefObject]$SearchResult
}
Function Download-Updates
{
Param ($SearchResult)
$Session = New-Object -ComObject Microsoft.Update.Session
$Downloader = $Session.CreateUpdateDownloader()
$Downloader.Updates = $SearchResult
$Downloader.Download()
}
[System.MarshalByRefObject]$SearchResult = Search-Updates
Download-Updates -SearchResult $SearchResult
}
}
Invoke-RemoteExecution -computername yourcomputername
The error I am facing is like the below:
Invoke-RemoteExecution -computername PRD-SVR01-VM
cmdlet Get-Credential at command pipeline position 1
Supply values for the following parameters:
Access is denied. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070005 (E_ACCESSDENIED))
+ CategoryInfo : OperationStopped: (:) [], UnauthorizedAccessException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.UnauthorizedAccessException
+ PSComputerName : PRD-SVR01-VM
The property 'Updates' cannot be found on this object. Verify that the property exists and can be set.
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : PropertyNotFound
+ PSComputerName : PRD-SVR01-VM
You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull
+ PSComputerName : PRD-SVR01-VM
I have tried to use the remoting but it is still failed as above.
Related
I've faced up with a problem to execute powershell class methods inside a scriptblock passed to invoke-command.
Let's start with some examples
FooClass.psm1
class Foo {
static [string]Func() {
return "bar"
}
}
FooToScriptblock.ps1
using module .\FooClass.psm1
Function FooToScriptBlock {
$m = [Foo]::new()
write-host "from func:" $m.Func()
$sb1 = {$m = [Foo]::new(); $m.Func()}
$sb2 = {param($foo)$foo.Func()}
$sb3 = [scriptblock]::Create('$m.Foo()')
$s = New-PSSession -ComputerName "computer" -Credential "someuser"
$r1 = Invoke-Command -Session $s -ScriptBlock $sb1
write-host $r1
$r2 = Invoke-Command -Session $s -ScriptBlock $sb2 -ArgumentList $m
write-host $r2
$r3 = Invoke-Command -Session $s -ScriptBlock $sb3
write-host $r3
}
FooToScriptBlock
After executing I'm getting output like this
PS <scripts> $> .\FooToScriptblock.ps1
from func: bar
Unable to find type [Foo].
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (Foo:TypeName) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : TypeNotFound
+ PSComputerName :
You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull
+ PSComputerName :
Method invocation failed because [Deserialized.Foo] does not contain a method named 'Func'.
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (Func:String) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : MethodNotFound
+ PSComputerName :
You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull
+ PSComputerName :
So now the question. Is it possible to execute PowerShell classes inside a script block on another computer?
The easiest solution is to specify the 'Using' statement in the PSSession by adding something like the following.
$sb = {using module UNC_Path_to_Module\FooClass.psm1}
$r = Invoke-Command -Session $s -ScriptBlock $sb
It should be noted that since PSSessions do not pass credentials to remote session by default and will not allow access to network resources requiring authentication. In order to authenticate to network resources you will need to specify the authentication method as CredSSP. This carries a security risk if the remote system is compromised.
New-PSSession -Authentication CredSSP
I want to reset my own Active Directory Password on a remote Machine (different domain).
If I use the following code snippet locally it works perfectly:
param(
[string]$oldPassword = $(Read-Host "Old password"),
[string]$newPassword = $(Read-Host "New password")
)
$ADSystemInfo = New-Object -ComObject ADSystemInfo
$type = $ADSystemInfo.GetType()
$user = [ADSI] "LDAP://$($type.InvokeMember('UserName', 'GetProperty', $null, $ADSystemInfo, $null))"
$user.ChangePassword($oldPassword, $newPassword)
Running following snippet on the remote machine fails:
$ADSystemInfo = New-Object -ComObject ADSystemInfo
$type = $ADSystemInfo.GetType()
Invoke-Command -Session $Session -ScriptBlock {
param($rtype, $RemoteADSystemInfo, $OldPassword)
$user = [ADSI] "LDAP://$($rtype.InvokeMember('UserName', 'GetProperty', $null, $RemoteADSystemInfo, $null))"
$user.ChangePassword($OldPassword , "TestPa$$w0rd"")
} -ArgumentList $type,$ADSystemInfo,$Password
Error Message: Method invocation failed because
[Deserialized.System.RuntimeType] does not contain a method named
'InvokeMember'.
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (InvokeMember:String) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : MethodNotFound
+ PSComputerName : test.test.domain The following exception occurred while retrieving member "ChangePassword": "Unknown error (0x80005000)"
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], ExtendedTypeSystemException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CatchFromBaseGetMember
+ PSComputerName : test.test.domain
Hi I am trying to connect to sharepoint online and publish calender using the data from a SQL Table and I am getting the following exception , please advise.The same code works fine with slight modification on a on prem sharepoint server I have added sharepointonline for the authentication but it is failing with the error.
[System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadFile ("C:\MOSSLibrary\Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.dll") | Out-Null
[System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadFile("C:\MOSSLibrary\Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Runtime.dll") | Out-Null
$username = "XXXXXX"
$url = "XXXXXX"
$pass= cat C:\text.txt | ConvertTo-SecureString
$Context = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientContext($siteUrl)
$Creds = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.SharePointOnlineCredentials($username,$Pass)
$Context.Credentials = $Creds
$web = $Context.Web
$Context.Load($web)
$Context.Load($splist)
$splist = $Context.web.Lists.GetByTitle("XXXX")
$ItemCreateInfo = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ListItemCreationInformation
####Some Data coming from SQL Server DB into $table########
$table = $result.Tables[0];
foreach ($row in $table)
{
Write-Host $row.Item("changetitle") $row.Item("status");
$Item1 = $splist.AddItem($ItemCreateInfo)
$Item1["Title"] = "test"
Write-host $date
$Item1.Update()
$Context.ExecuteQuery()
}
Exception
New-Object : A constructor was not found. Cannot find an appropriate
constructor for type Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientContext. At
C:\MOSSLibrary\testingpublish.ps1:15 char:12 + $Context = New-Object
Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientContext($site ... +
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (:) [New-Object], PSArgumentException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CannotFindAppropriateCtor,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.NewObjectCommand
The property 'Credentials' cannot be found on this object. Verify
that the property exists and can be set. At
C:\MOSSLibrary\testingpublish.ps1:17 char:1 + $Context.Credentials =
$Creds + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : PropertyNotFound You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression. At
C:\MOSSLibrary\testingpublish.ps1:20 char:1 + $Context.Load($web) +
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression. At
C:\MOSSLibrary\testingpublish.ps1:21 char:1 + $Context.Load($splist)
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression. At
C:\MOSSLibrary\testingpublish.ps1:22 char:1 + $splist =
$Context.web.Lists.GetByTitle("XXXXXXX") +
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull
It seems Assemblies are not loading correctly.
[System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadFile ("C:\MOSSLibrary\Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.dll") | Out-Null
[System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadFile("C:\MOSSLibrary\Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Runtime.dll") | Out-Null
Instead of above, try following
Add-Type -Path "C:\MOSSLibrary\Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.dll"
Add-Type -Path "C:\MOSSLibrary\Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Runtime.dll"
PS: Make sure that C:\MOSSLibrary\ contains following two .dll's
Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.dll
Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Runtime.dll
KB2956128 is causing headache for users in my network. I do not run WSUS in this environment so I was going to employ PS script to take care of uninstallation.
By all means the script below should work
$comp = 'PC03'
$scrblock =
{
$TitlePattern = 'KB2956128'
$Session = New-Object -ComObject Microsoft.Update.Session
$Collection = New-Object -ComObject Microsoft.Update.UpdateColl
$Installer = $Session.CreateUpdateInstaller()
$Searcher = $Session.CreateUpdateSearcher()
$Searcher.QueryHistory(0, $Searcher.GetTotalHistoryCount()) |
Where-Object { $_.Title -match $TitlePattern } |
ForEach-Object {
Write-Verbose "Found update history entry $($_.Title)"
$SearchResult = $Searcher.Search("UpdateID='$($_.UpdateIdentity.UpdateID)' and RevisionNumber=$($_.UpdateIdentity.RevisionNumber)")
Write-Verbose "Found $($SearchResult.Updates.Count) update entries"
if ($SearchResult.Updates.Count -gt 0) {
$Installer.Updates = $SearchResult.Updates
$Installer.Uninstall()
$Installer | Select-Object -Property ResultCode, RebootRequired, Exception
# result codes: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc720442(WS.10).aspx
}
}
}
Invoke-Command -ComputerName $comp -ScriptBlock $scrblock -Credential 'myDomain\administrator'
Instead I get this error
Exception calling "CreateUpdateInstaller" with "0" argument(s): "Access is denied. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070005 (E_ACCESSDENIED))"
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ComMethodTargetInvocation
+ PSComputerName : PC03
Exception calling "QueryHistory" with "2" argument(s): "Exception from HRESULT: 0x80240007"
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ComMethodTargetInvocation
+ PSComputerName : PC03
I don't quite understand why the access is denied. Any ideas?
Short answer is that the ComObject does not allow the CreateUpdateInstaller to be called remotely. You can only do this locally, not over sessions or any other remoting. You can however use psexec to remotely execute your script as system.
i have a problem with my PS code, i have to start my tests on browsers every tuesday in teamcity! and i wrote the function which goes on my server with credentials and try to make my tests on it
function HTTP-GetRequest($url, $username, $password)
{
$properties = Resolve-Path "C:\Users\Uladzimir_Vaitsiakho\Documents\CI\Build\CI_2.0\vsphere\properties.ps1"
Write-Host $properties
. $properties
$webRequest = [System.Net.WebRequest]::Create($url)
$webRequest.Credentials = New-Object System.Net.NetworkCredential -ArgumentList $username, $password
$webRequest.PreAuthenticate = $true
$webRequest.Headers.Add("AUTHORIZATION", "Basic");
[System.Net.WebResponse] $resp = $webRequest.GetResponse();
$rs = $resp.GetResponseStream();
[System.IO.StreamReader] $sr = New-Object System.IO.StreamReader -argumentList $rs;
[string] $results = $sr.ReadToEnd();
return $results
}
if (($today.DayOfWeek) -eq "Tuesday")
{
if ($env:Browser -eq "Firefox"){
$url = "http://1111111/httpAuth/action.html?add2Queue=bt6&&env.name=Browser&env.value=Chrome"
HTTP-GetRequest $url, $teamcity_username, $teamcity_password
Write-Host $teamcity_password
Write-Host $teamcity_username
}
if ($env:Browser -eq "Chrome"){
$url = "http://11111/httpAuth/action.html?add2Queue=bt6&&env.name=Browser&env.Value=InternetExplorer"
HTTP-GetRequest $url, $teamcity_username, $teamcity_password
}
}
And have got the next output with troubles, but file with properties and credentials i gave to my function, what's can be wrong?!
Cannot convert argument "0", with value: "System.Object[]", for "Create" to type "System.Uri": "Cannot convert the "System.Object[]" value of type "System.Object[]" to type "System.Uri"."
At C:\Users\Uladzimir_Vaitsiakho\Documents\qw.ps1:6 char:47
+ $webRequest = [System.Net.WebRequest]::Create <<<< ($url)
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : MethodArgumentConversionInvalidCastArgument
Property 'Credentials' cannot be found on this object; make sure it exists and is settable.
At C:\Users\Uladzimir_Vaitsiakho\Documents\qw.ps1:7 char:14
+ $webRequest. <<<< Credentials = New-Object System.Net.NetworkCredential -ArgumentList $username, $password
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (Credentials:String) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : PropertyNotFound
Property 'PreAuthenticate' cannot be found on this object; make sure it exists and is settable.
At C:\Users\Uladzimir_Vaitsiakho\Documents\qw.ps1:10 char:14
+ $webRequest. <<<< PreAuthenticate = $true
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (PreAuthenticate:String) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : PropertyNotFound
You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At C:\Users\Uladzimir_Vaitsiakho\Documents\qw.ps1:11 char:25
+ $webRequest.Headers.Add <<<< ("AUTHORIZATION", "Basic");
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (Add:String) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull
You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At C:\Users\Uladzimir_Vaitsiakho\Documents\qw.ps1:13 char:58
+ [System.Net.WebResponse] $resp = $webRequest.GetResponse <<<< ();
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (GetResponse:String) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull
You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At C:\Users\Uladzimir_Vaitsiakho\Documents\qw.ps1:14 char:31
+ $rs = $resp.GetResponseStream <<<< ();
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (GetResponseStream:String) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull
New-Object : Constructor not found. Cannot find an appropriate constructor for type System.IO.StreamReader.
At C:\Users\Uladzimir_Vaitsiakho\Documents\qw.ps1:15 char:43
+ [System.IO.StreamReader] $sr = New-Object <<<< System.IO.StreamReader -argumentList $rs;
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (:) [New-Object], PSArgumentException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CannotFindAppropriateCtor,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.NewObjectCommand
You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At C:\Users\Uladzimir_Vaitsiakho\Documents\qw.ps1:16 char:35
+ [string] $results = $sr.ReadToEnd <<<< ();
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (ReadToEnd:String) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull
Currently the call to HTTP-GetRequest is passing an array of objects ($url, $teamcity_username , $teamcity_password) to the function. Remove the commas from your function call:
HTTP-GetRequest $url $teamcity_username $teamcity_password