Powershell script searching files on domain - powershell

Question

Very new to powershell and AD, so apologies if this post has an obvious answer. I have done some research and I am still not finding the answers I am looking for. My script is below for reference.
I have created a simple powershell script that will run on an admin vm i have setup on my domain. I have a separate SQL vm running a backup script that consume a lot of storage over time. I am trying to run this very simple script. My question is, do I need to modify this script in order to store it on my admin vm but have it run on my sql vm? Or can i leave the path as is and just set up in AD task scheduler. I have tried targeting the FQDN and the IP, but it doesn't seem to be working either way.
$backups_file = 'E:\blahBlahBla\SQL\Backups' or
$backups_file = '<IP_ADDRESS>\E:\blahBlahBla\SQL\Backups' or
$backups_file = '<FQDN>E:\blahBlahBla\SQL\Backups'
$backup_file_exist = (Test-Path -Path $backups_file)
if ($backup_file_exist){
# Verifies the folder exists
Write-Output -InputObject "This folder exists"
# returns all the files in the folder.
Get-ChildItem -Path $backups_file
# Deletes all files in the folder that are older that 7 days.
Get-ChildItem -Path $backups_file -Recurse | Where-Object {($_.LastWriteTime -lt (Get-
Date).AddDays(-7))} | Remove-Item
}
else
{
Write-Output -InputObject "Unable to access this directory."
}
Thanks.

Answer 1

well all your $backups_file solutions seems wrong to me.
If you want excess a directory on a Remote system, it has to be at least a fileshare or a administrative share like \\computer\e$\folder\folder\
But why using file shares or something like that when you just simple can connect to a Powershell Session on the Remote Host? here is a example.:
$mySQLServer = "Server1.domain.name", "server2.domain.name"
$backupFolder = "E:\blahBlahBla\SQL\Backups"
foreach ($server in $mySQLServer)
{
$session = New-PSSession -ComputerName $server #maybe -cred if needed
Invoke-Command -Session $session -ArgumentList $backupFolder -ScriptBlock {
param(
$directoy
)
if ($backup_file_exist)
{
# Verifies the folder exists
Write-Output -InputObject "This folder exists"
# returns all the files in the folder.
Get-ChildItem -Path $directoy
# Deletes all files in the folder that are older that 7 days.
Get-ChildItem -Path $directoy -Recurse | Where-Object { ($_.LastWriteTime -lt (Get-Date).AddDays(-7))
} | Remove-Item
}
}
Remove-PSSession
}
Good Luck!