Start-Job is a Powershell CmdLet to run a Scriptblock as background job
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Multithread in Powershell
My script does the following:
Run a process for packet capture (using windump) for 1 hour, data are saved textFile1
Dump data into database after 1 hour
Delete text file
Run another windump and save data to textfile2
(Then Repeat process. while…
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I'm trying to execute an existing script on a remote server and capture the output in a local file
I want to run this on multiple servers(nearly 40-50 servers) parallely
$Username = "user"
$Password = "Password"
$servers = get-content "c:\temp\servers.txt"
$sb = {c:\temp\PsExec.exe -h \\$server -u $Username -p $password cmd.exe /c "echo . |…
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Powershell Start-Job jobs not completing
I am having some difficulty launching jobs and I am having trouble finding out what the issue is. Most if not all of the jobs just don't complete. Code below was working correctly when not started as a job.
$timer =…
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Powershell script - Increase progressbar in start-job scriptblock
I am pretty new to powershell (About 1 week in) and I am trying to create a tool for our helpdesk to import and export printers. The tool is running great except for the form is freezing when the code is being run.
To mitigate the freezing, I found…
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Start-Job - check $lastexicode of robocopy inside a Scriptblock
I'm trying to do something simple.
I want to create a robocopy job that would launch the copy and check the $lastexitcode.
$Source = "c:\SourceFolder"
$Destination "\\someserver\Destinationfolder"
$ScriptBlock = [scriptblock]::Create("robocopy…
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Powershell Passing Argument to background job
I have a script with the following parameters:
[Parameter(ParameterSetName="FromPipe", Mandatory=$true, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true)] [string[]]$ComputerName,
[Parameter(ParameterSetName="FromPipe", Mandatory=$true,…
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How to troubleshoot Start-job scriptblock that runs forever?
I have difficulties troubleshooting scriptblock used in start-job.
Basically I wanted to get WMI properties for servers. If I issue the following command from Powershell, it works.
c:/>$wmi=Get-WmiObject -class Win32_OperatingSystem -computer…
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Powershell Multi-Threading Start-Job Help Please
I'm trying to use Start-Job to run a command to collect security logs from some servers.
I'm parsing a .ini file to get the list of servers, number of days etc.
#___Collect Logs from Servers___#
$servList = $iniContent["SERVERS"]["svr"]
$days =…
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Selenium in Powershell does not work correctly in Start-Job
I am trying to execute PowerShell script with Selemiun using Start-Job
Start-Job {
$Url = 'https://stackoverflow.com/'
$Driver = Start-SeChrome
Enter-SeUrl -Url $Url -Driver $Driver
}
The script should open Chrome and follow the…
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I'm trying to remote into a server, run a script that resides on that server and capture the information displayed & store in a local file
##this code starts job but never exits or get any output###
clear
$test = 1
$Username = Read-host "Username (Example:Hosting.com\Your Username)"
""
$Pass = Read-Host -assecurestring "Password"
$Password =…
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