I wrote functional in powershell which delete virtual folder in IIS, delete physical path, unzip archive to folder, and create virtual path in IIS with old name. The problem in step 2. Script try delete files and folder.
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get-childitem ($pathToIIs + "*") -recurse | remove-item -Force -recurse
...
Powershell throws error:
Cannot remove item C:\inetpub\test\css: The directory is not empty. + CategoryInfo : WriteError: (css:DirectoryInfo) [Remove-Item], I
OException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : RemoveFileSystemItemIOError,Microsoft.PowerShell
.Commands.RemoveItemCommand
+ PSComputerName : test.cloudapp.net
If understand correct, to stop and start IIS it's bad idea. So how fix this error?
You MUST stop IIS to be able to remove files locked by IIS:
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iisreset /stop
get-childitem ($pathToIIs + "*") -recurse | remove-item -Force -recurse
iisreset /start
...
Stopping IIS will obviously and temporarily prevent your server from serving web pages.
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I'm trying to use a script I found on the internet to copy all files in a directory but I can't get it to work. Can anybody help debug? I'm guessing the script was used to transfer windows/windows but I need windows --> Linux.
https://www.powershellmagazine.com/2013/12/17/pstip-copying-folders-using-copy-vmfile-cmdlet-in-windows-server-2012-r2-hyper-v/
Get-ChildItem C:\tmp -Recurse -File | % { Copy-VMFile -Name "OpenProject8.3" -SourcePath $_.FullName -DestinationPath "/tmp/" -FileSource Host }
The issue seems to be related to the sourcepath, but im not 100%.
Copy-VMFile : Failed to initiate copying files to the guest.
Failed to copy the source file 'C:\tmp\svn-repositories-20200212010002.tar.gz' to the destination '/tmp/' in the guest.
At line:1 char:43
+ ... -File | % { Copy-VMFile -Name "OpenProject8.3" -SourcePath $_.FullNam ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Copy-VMFile], VirtualizationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : OperationFailed,Microsoft.HyperV.PowerShell.Commands.CopyVMFile
Well.... I feel stupid! The issue was that earlier testing the x-fer had succeeded and then when the file exists, Copy-VMFile won't overwrite the file (even though it uses root account...) and gives a non-descriptive error! The code above works fine as is.
I'm using powershell to remove a directory with the command:
Remove-Item $pathAsString -Recurse -Force
However, it gives me the following error:
Remove-Item : Cannot remove the item at 'C:\Path' because it is in use.
At line:1 char:1
+ Remove-Item "C:\Path" -Recurse
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [Remove-Item], PSInvalidOperationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvalidOperation,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.RemoveItemCommand
I thought that was odd, because the directory shouldn't be in use. I can go into file explorer and delete the directory manually. I'm not really sure why this behavior is occurring. I'm fairly new to powershell, so don't understand exactly how it behaves.
My scripts interaction with the program includes:
Creating the folder
Downloading an MSI to the folder
Setting a variable to represent the MSI stored in the folder. Like so:
$MSIVariable = Get-ChildItem $Path | Where {&_.Name -eq "MSIName.msi"}
I'm assuming that something to do with the folder is within a stream of some sort, but don't know how I'd fix this issue.
EDIT:
Here is the code I use involving the folder:
Creating the Folder:
if(!(Test-Path $MSILocation))
{
New-Item $MSILocation -ItemType directory
}
Downloading the MSI:
$webClient = (New-Object System.Net.WebClient)
$downloadLocation = Join-Path $MSILocation $MSIName
$webClient.DownloadFile($downloadURL, $downloadLocation)
I'm seeing a strange behavior with the "Copy-Item" cmdlet. It looks like the cmdlet errors out if the source location is a local location that does not exist, but completely ignores that if the source is a network location that does not exist.
For e.g.
Copy-Item \\server\share\thisdoesnotexist\* -Destination c:\temp -ErrorAction Stop
This command doesn't show any errors even if the source share is invalid. However,
Copy-Item c:\thisdoesnotexist\* -Destination c:\temp -ErrorAction Stop
throws an error that looks like:
Copy-Item : Cannot find path 'C:\thisdoesnotexist' because it does not exist.
At line:1 char:1
+ Copy-Item c:\thisdoesnotexist\* -Destination c:\temp -ErrorAction Stop;
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (C:\thisdoesnotexist:String) [Copy-Item], ItemNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.CopyItemCommand
What's going on here? I checked TechNet but couldn't see anything there that talked about this. My question is:
Is this expected?
Is there a way to make the cmdlet fail when source network share is invalid as well?
Thanks for any pointers!
I am trying to do an unattended backup our websites from 2 webservers to our backup server.
$FolderName = $(Get-Date -Format D)
New-Item -ItemType directory -Path D:\backups\webservers\$FolderName
New-Item -ItemType directory -Path D:\backups\webservers\$FolderName\ColoWebP1
New-Item -ItemType directory -Path D:\backups\webservers\$FolderName\ColoWebD1
Copy-Item \\colowebp1.wa.local\e$\websites D:\backups\webservers\$FolderName\ColoWebP1 -recurse
Copy-Item \\colowebp1.wa.local\e$\backup D:\backups\webservers\$FolderName\ColoWebP1 -recurse
Copy-Item \\colowebd1.wa.local\e$\websites D:\backups\webservers\$FolderName\ColoWebD1 -recurse
Copy-Item \\colowebd1.wa.local\e$\backup D:\backups\webservers\$FolderName\ColoWebD1 -recurse
Now I still have not got this to run unattended. It creates the folders but does not copy the files. And now a new wrinkle has occured. When I run it manually I recieve this error:
Copy-Item : Access to the path 'D:\backups\webservers\Tuesday, February 25, 2014\ColoWebD1\websites\Agent_eVantage_Beta
\Master_wSlider.master' is denied.
At C:\scripts\Webserverbackup.ps1:12 char:10
+ Copy-Item <<<< \\colowebd1.wa.local\e$\websites D:\backups\webservers\$FolderName\ColoWebD1 -recurse
+ CategoryInfo : PermissionDenied: (Master_wSlider.master:FileInfo) [Copy-Item], UnauthorizedAccessExcept
ion
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CopyFileInfoItemUnauthorizedAccessError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.CopyItemCommand
But all the files appear to be there. (I haven't attempted a restore of this yet).
So my questions are:
Am I reading this error right? Is it having trouble authenticating to the server this is running from?
And how do I get this to run unattended?
The problem is with the dollar sign in your Copy-Item (i.e. \$e\)
PowerShell is interpreting the $ sign as a variable. I would instead use a shared folder instead of the drive letter.
Copy-Item '\\colowebp1.wa.local\Share\websites' "D:\backups\webservers\$FolderName\ColoWebP1" -recurse
You have to set proper permissions to access Admin share. What happens when you access the target path above with Explorer? If everything is set up correctly, you should be able to get into the share without authentication. (ex. with default network credentials). Your solution itself is fine however and it will work once the authentication is not required. There are workarounds to this with PS but you would have to provide some details on network and UAC setup. I will happily attempt to resolve this once you provide the details.
At work I use such paths to admin share and these are working perfectly, Powershell doesnt treat the share as a variable.
Thanks,
Alex
I have some code which is trying to make a copy of a directory which contains shortcuts:
# Create a directory to store the files in
mkdir "D:\backup-temp\website.com files\"
# Search for shortcuts so that we can exclude them from the copy
$DirLinks = Get-ChildItem "\\web1\c$\Web Sites\website\" -Recurse | ? { $_.Attributes -like "*ReparsePoint*" } | % { $_.FullName }
# Execute the copy
cp -recurse -Exclude $DirLinks "\\web1\c$\Web Sites\website\*" "D:\backup-temp\website.com files\"
But when I execute the script I get the following error:
Copy-Item : The symbolic link cannot be followed because its type is disabled.
At C:\scripts\backup.ps1:16 char:3
+ cp <<<< -recurse "\\web1\c$\Web Sites\website\*" "D:\backup-temp\website.com files\"
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Copy-Item], IOException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId :
System.IO.IOException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.CopyItemCommand
It seems the script is getting hung up on a symbolic link (I'm assuming the shortcut) that I'm trying to exclude in the fourth line of the script.
How can I tell powershell to ignore/exclude shortcuts?
Thanks,
Brad
If you are on V3 or higher you can eliminate the reparse points like so:
Get-ChildItem "\\web1\c$\Web Sites\website" -Recurse -Attributes !ReparsePoint |
Copy-Item -Dest "D:\backup-temp\website.com files"
On V1/V2 you can do this:
Get-ChildItem "\\web1\c$\Web Sites\website" |
Where {!($_.Attributes -bor [IO.FileAttributes]::ReparsePoint)} |
Copy-Item -Dest "D:\backup-temp\website.com files" -Recurse
So it turns out that the issue I faces is explained in this Microsoft Blog Post:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/junfeng/archive/2012/05/07/the-symbolic-link-cannot-be-followed-because-its-type-is-disabled.aspx
Essentially on the server I am running the powershell script from I needed to run the following command:
fsutil behavior set SymlinkEvaluation R2R:1
This allows Remote to remote symbolic links. Once this is in place the above powershell commands run as expected without errors.