Connecting to remote machine from PowerShell - powershell

Question

I am trying to copy files from one domain to a remote machine in another domain. I want to use constant credentials. No matter what I tried, it doesn't work. I can ping to the remote machine only via IP and not by hostname.
$labname='L1681'
$remoteComputer = "10.32.22.157"
$username = "$labname\Administrator"
$password = ConvertTo-SecureString "password" -AsPlainText -Force
$creds = new-object -typename System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -argumentlist $username, $password
$session = New-PSSession -ComputerName $remoteComputer -Credential $creds
$Source = "\\...\folder"
$Destination = "\\$remoteComputer\c$\Users\Administrator\Desktop"
New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $Destination -Force
Copy-Item -Path $Source -Recurse -Destination $Destination -Force -ToSession $session
I tried to replace the $labname with $remoteComputer. Each time I get a different error:
Enter-PSSession : Connecting to remote server 10.32.22.157 failed with the following error message : The WinRM client cannot process the request. Default authentication may be used with an IP address under the following conditions:
the transport is HTTPS or the destination is in the TrustedHosts list, and explicit credentials are provided. Use winrm.cmd to configure TrustedHosts. Note that computers in the TrustedHosts list might not be authenticated. For more
information on how to set TrustedHosts run the following command: winrm help config. For more information, see the about_Remote_Troubleshooting Help topic.
At line:1 char:1
+ Enter-PSSession -ComputerName $remoteComputer -Credential $creds
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (10.32.22.157:String) [Enter-PSSession], PSRemotingTransportException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CreateRemoteRunspaceFailed
I hope someone can help me with that, is there a way to know when the copy if finished, once it works? Also, how can I run a .bat file in a remote machine?

Answer 1

You can try this script which establishes a remote connection to a VM and copy a text file from the Local directory to that Remote VM.
#Provide the Remote VM Username and Password
$myPwd="Your VM Password"
$username="VM Username"
$password = ConvertTo-SecureString $myPwd -AsPlainText -Force
$credentials= New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential ($username, $password)
#Create a remote session to that VM
$Session = New-PSSession -ComputerName FQDN/IP -Credential $credentials
#Check the content to the Local File that will be copied to Remote
Get-Content -Path "C:\LocalFolder\File.txt"
#Create a folder named *RemoteFolder* then copy the local file to that Folder
Invoke-Command -Session $Session -ScriptBlock {cd C:\; mkdir RemoteFolder}
Copy-Item –Path "C:\LocalFolder\File.txt" –Destination "C:\RemoteFolder\" –ToSession $Session
#Check the content of the copied file
Invoke-Command -ScriptBlock { Get-Content -Path "C:\RemoteFolder\File.txt" } -Session $Session
The screenshot of the output after running this script: