I have done a ton of research on how to push this EXE to a remote PC using PSSession
and all lines of code work when executed line by line. But i have had a hard time putting this into a function that makes sense and will execute all lines of code and successfully install the software with one push of a button. Not sure whats happening. It will install the exe locally when i tried to do put all lines of code in a function and run it. Can you please help instruct what i am doing wrong? Sorry i am a newbie at Powershell.
$dc1 = New-PSSession -ComputerName DC1
Copy-Item C:\TPAdmin\Greenshot-INSTALLER-1.2.10.6-RELEASE.exe -Destination C:\TPAdmin -ToSession $dc1
Enter-PSSession -Session $dc1
Invoke-Command -ScriptBlock {C:\TPAdmin\Greenshot-INSTALLER-1.2.10.6-RELEASE.exe /VERYSILENT /LOG="C:\SOFTWAREINSTALL.LOG"
Remove-Pssession $dc1
Enter-PSSession
is for interactive use only, so not suitable for use in a function.[1]
Instead of using Enter-PSSession
, pass the session you've created with New-Session
to the Invoke-Command
command's -Session
parameter, which will run the command in the context of that (remote) session.
# Define your function...
function Invoke-InstallerRemotely {
param([string] $ComputerName)
$session = New-PSSession -ComputerName $ComputerName
Copy-Item C:\TPAdmin\Greenshot-INSTALLER-1.2.10.6-RELEASE.exe -Destination C:\TPAdmin -ToSession $session
# Do NOT use Enter-PSSession.
# Pass your session to Invoke-Command with -Session
Invoke-Command -Session $session -ScriptBlock {C:\TPAdmin\Greenshot-INSTALLER-1.2.10.6-RELEASE.exe /VERYSILENT /LOG="C:\SOFTWAREINSTALL.LOG"
Remove-PSSession $session
}
# ... then invoke it.
# Note that functions must be defined *before* they're called.
Invoke-InstallerRemotely -ComputerName DC1
[1] Using it in a function means that an interactive session on the target computer is entered, which you must exit interactively (by typing and submitting exit
or Exit-PSSession
) before the remaining statements in the function are executed, again locally.