Powershell v3.0 pipe issue - powershell

Question

I'm having trouble with this command:
gc .\domains.txt | Get-ADDomain
As the name implies, domains.txt contains a list of Active Directory to query (all domains are in the same forest).
If I run it on my Windows 8 machine everything works fine and I get the expected results, instead on a Windows 2008 R2 SP1 member server (not a DC) with WMF 3.0 I get result only from the first domain in the list and for the others:
Get-ADDomain : A referral was returned from the server
If I query a domain in the list with:
Get-ADDomain <Domain name here>
it works fine.
My Workstation
Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise (6.2.9200) x64
PS D:\Tools\Powershell> $PSVersionTable
Name Value
---- -----
PSVersion 3.0
WSManStackVersion 3.0
SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1
CLRVersion 4.0.30319.18010
BuildVersion 6.2.9200.16384
PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.2
Server
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard SP1 (6.1.7601) x64
PS C:\Tools\Powershell> $PSVersionTable
Name Value
---- -----
WSManStackVersion 3.0
PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0}
SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1
BuildVersion 6.2.9200.16398
PSVersion 3.0
CLRVersion 4.0.30319.269
PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.2
Update
If i run on the server:
gc .\domains.txt | %{ Get-ADDomain $_ }
it runs fine
TRACE
trace-command -Name ParameterBinding { "DOMAIN_1","DOMAIN_2" | Get-ADDomain } -PSHost
Server: http://pastebin.com/sRVJHaCU
Workstation: http://pastebin.com/kj3JV6nV
Thanks in advance

Answer 1

I found an article that may help.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee617224.aspx
From the look of your script you are providing the server using the text file. Is it possible the problem is the Windows 2008 server you are running the PowerShell script on is not in the same domain or the user you are logged in as does not have access to the domains where the other servers are members?
snippet from the above article:
-If the Server parameter is specified and the Credential parameter is not specified:
--The domain is set to the domain of the specified server and the cmdlet checks to make sure that the server is in the domain of the
LocalComputer or LoggedOnUser. Then the credentials of the current
logged on user are used to get the domain. An error is returned when
the server is not in the domain of the LocalComputer or LoggedOnUser.
You might try adding the additional parameters for the Get-ADDomain commandlet such as -Identity, -AuthType, and -Credential
Get-ADDomain [-Identity] [-AuthType { |
}] [-Credential ] [-Server ]
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Answer 2

Powershell v3.0 pipe issue
I just tried to run the cmdlet 'gc .\text.txt | Get-ADDomain' from a virtual Server 2008 R2 box that I have. I built a text file in the following format:
Domain1
Domain2
Domain3
One thing to be sure of is that each domain is on it's own line in the text file. I can understand why the one syntax worked when you piped the STDOUT to:
%{ Get-ADDomain $_}
because you are looping through all the information contained in the text file and only have the cmdlet work on a single value at a time. Unfortunately I don't have the RSAT package on my Win 8 desktop, so I can't test from my desktop. Hopefully this helps a little bit.