I have a task in which I need to launch multiple manual backups and need each to be launched in a separate window so I do not have to wait for each one to complete.
I am pulling a list of servers from a txt file and just need each instance to be in its own window.
The command line is:
PSEXEC #servers.txt -s -w "C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\baclient" "C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\baclient\dsmc.exe" "Incremental"
You can use Windows' start command.
If you just don't want to wait for the completion of each single issued command, you can use psexec's -d option:
-d Don't wait for process to terminate (non-interactive).
Thanks to Michael for posting - I added the -d option to have it continue on without waiting for a response of which it did not need.
PSEXEC #servers.txt -s -w "C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\baclient" -d "C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\baclient\dsmc.exe" "Incremental"
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I have a one liner that I run from the windows run command :
"C:\Program Files (x86)\casper\PuTTY\putty.exe" -ssh "192.168.1.2" -l casper -pw "<password>" -m \\PROD.MSAD.casp.NET\UserData\CASPER\Home\Documents\pbauth_list.txt -t
It works great.
However I tried copying the one liner to a .ps1 file like this:
start "C:\Program Files (x86)\casper\PuTTY\putty.exe" -ssh "192.168.1.2" -l casper -pw "<password>" -m \\PROD.MSAD.casp.NET\UserData\CASPER\Home\Documents\pbauth_list.txt -t
Running it from powershell and I get his error
The system cannot find the file -ssh
Saved this as a .bat and tried to open in thorough powershell
I get a message box
Windows cannot find '-ssh'. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again
I have tried all types of permutations with escaping the quotes, quoting the whole line. Can't get it to work as a saved command but it works great from the run as box. The same command worked fine from the run dialog box.
Instead of start, you should be using & "C:\Program Files (x86)\casper\PuTTY\putty.exe" <rest of args>
I would run the command like this.
Start-Process "C:\Program Files (x86)\casper\PuTTY\putty.exe" -Argumentlist "-ssh", "192.168.1.2", "-l", "casper", "-pw", "<password>", "-m", "\\PROD.MSAD.casp.NET\UserData\CASPER\Home\Documents\pbauth_list.txt", "-t"
This to make sure that arguments are sent to the putty command and not to the start command which is your issue.
Check everywhere for a reason but nothing I found matches my specific problem. I have a program in C:\somefoldername\anothersubdirectory\andanother\ of the remote pc that I try to run using PSEXEC but it does not take. PSEXEC just does not want to run anything for me. Now if I run a ping or tasklist via psexec, it works, though obviously this is in PATH.
So I am putting in:
PSEXEC \\pcname C:\somefoldername\anothersubdirectory\andanother\program.exe
and nothing happens.
I even wrote a batch script that I tried running in two different ways.
Script is just:
#ECHO OFF
C:\somefoldername\anothersubdirectory\andanother\program.exe
EXIT
and I had it copied to the remote pc's main directory (maybe I need to put it in a folder) and then I tried running C:\batch.bat using:
PSEXEC \\pcname C:\batch.bat
I also tries running:
PSEXEC \\pcname -c \\servername\batch.bat
so it copies it over to PATH.
Neither worked.
Does any program I try to run via PSEXEC have to be in the remote pc's path?
I do have to admit that I have not done running an EXE remotely, but I have written lengthier scripts using psexec that use batch file on a server without any hiccups.
What is weird to is that the program I run has parameters and I task that runs through it, so I first taskkill it remotely, then I PSEXEC the SAME EXACT EXE as:
psexec \\pcname C:\...\program.exe -a -few -parameters ODBC
and that works. When I try to open just program.exe on its own, nope doesn't take.
I also did try psexecing iexplore.exe and that didn't work either.
So gotta use the -i option. In addition to that, gotta use -p + -u or -s to load system hardware dependent gui. This is why large portions of the gui was missing, or I assume why.
Can you please try this format
psexec \\machineName -u username -p password /accepteula -h cmd /c
C://somefoldername//anothersubdirectory//andanother//program.exe >>log.txt
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Download the PSEXEC tool zip file in your user machine and unzip it.
Open command prompt and go to the psexec path.
In my machine it is: D:\PsTools
Run following command line
Syntax:
D:\PsTools> psexec \\ip_address -u username -p Password cmd /c executablename arguments >> test.log
i had used a batch cmd (xxx.bat) to execute a psexec function as follows:
C:\psexec.exe \192.168.xxx.xx -u server1\admin -p password C:\xxx.bat
the above batch file can run successfully to remote execute file.
but i found that there are many cmd.exe and psexec.exe process in task manager, that the batch file cannot kill process after execute.
do you know how to kill cmd.exe and psexec.exe process after execute ?
thanks
Joe
I'm sure there's a better way, but personally, I do this using pskill, e.g.:
pskill.exe \\\\192.168.x.x -u user -p pass -t <imagename>
You can find the name of the executable that you want to kill using the pslist command, also in the pstools toolset.
I am trying to execute following command
psexec \\x.x.x.x -d -c -f cmd.exe /c d:\test\hello.bat
It runs fine and gives output
cmd.exe started on x.x.x.x with process ID 106084.
But when I login on x.x.x.x I can find the process ID but no visible batch file is launched. It runs in background.
Batch file
echo "Hello"
pause
Please tell me how to see the command window launched on x.x.x.x
Thanks in advance
I think you can look at the Session Id for your current user and pass it as parameter with -i For example:
PsExec.exe -s -d -i 2 c:\temp\MyServer MyConsoleApp.exe
To look at the current Session Id you can run query session
Sometimes the Session Id is 2 for the active user you want to start process for, so try looking for your correct Session Id and use it with -i parameter.
Try one of those:
psexec \\server -u xxx-p xxxx /accepteula -i 1 -d cmd.exe /K "cd d:\test && call hello.bat"
psexec \\server -u xxx -p xxxx /accepteula -i 1 -d d:\test\hello.bat
Alex K. is correct. Specifically, remove the "-d", which tells PsExec "Don't wait for process to terminate (non-interactive)". In fact, if you run the sample batch file above, which includes "pause", the cmd process will continue to run on the remote host (invisible to the remote host's GUI, since it's done via PSExec) until you kill that process.
PsExec.exe -s -i 2 C:\path_to_exe.exe
This need to check with the session ID variable (-s & -i)
I am trying to control a remote Python script via psexec, which reads commands from stdin, but I need to redirect psexec's input since psexec itself will be launched from another program. However, I have no luck making psexec accept redirected input. Is it supposed to work at all?
An example of what I'm trying to do, where input is a file containing input to the remote script:
psexec \\mymachine python c:\script.py < input
Here's one way I was able to kinda accomplish what you're after:
PsExec.exe -d \\\\192.168.1.1 cmd /k "echo list volume | diskpart"
This would pass the commands "list volume" to the diskpart command. Additionally you can also try using cmd like this for you example:
PsExec.exe -d \\\\192.168.1.1 cmd /k "python c:\script.py < input"