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Start-Job is a Powershell CmdLet to run a Scriptblock as background job

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PowerShell - Passing expanded arguments to Start-Job cmdlet

We're trying to create an array with variables and then pass this array as expanded to a script, which shall be run by Start-Job. But actually it fails and we are unable to find the reason. Maybe someone can help!? $arguments= @() $arguments+=…
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Powershell Start-Jobs throttling

I am having trouble with throttling of jobs and "hung" or "failed" jobs. Here is basically what I am trying to do. $allServers = Import-Csv "C:\temp\input.csv" $job = $allServers | % { while (@(Get-Job -State Running).Count -ge 6) { …
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Invoke-Command in a background job

I have a powershell 2.0 script which should run a command on several servers and process the output. I want to run the command and the processing for each server in a background job. The comand works without any problems and terminates within half a…
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start-job Run command in parallel and output result as they arrive

I am trying to get specific KBXXXXXX existence on a list of servers , but once my script one server it takes time and return result and come back and then move to next one . this script works perfectly fine for me . I want my script to kick off and…
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PowerShell Job Queue

Run a job for each server in a list. I only want 5 jobs running at a time. When a job completes, it should start a new job on the next server on the list. Here's what I have so far, but I can't get it to start a new job after the first 5 jobs have…
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Start-Job script block-- how to call cmdlets with arguments?

I'm new to the Start-Job cmdlet and am having trouble calling a script block with cmdlets in it that take arguments. Here's what I have so far: Start-Job -ScriptBlock { $ServiceObj = Get-Service -Name $ServiceName -ComputerName $Computer…
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Function not recognized in start-job

I created a function "Get-Uptime" in a module sysinfo.psm1 and imported the module. C:/pstools> get-command -Module sysinfo CommandType Name Definition ----------- ---- …
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Call a jenkins job by using a variable for build the name

I try to launch a job from a parametrized trigger and I would compute the name from a given variable. Is it possible to set in field : Build Triggers Projects to build a value like this ${RELEASE}-MAIN-${PROJECT}-LOAD_START ?
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Dismiss a Powershell form controlled by a start-job task

I've been tasked with building a powershell script with a GUI which enables users to install network printers. I've succesfully managed to do so, but I cannot meet the requirement that the user be shown a 'please wait' window whilst the printers…
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Foreach-Object -Parallel, How to implement a timeout at thread level

Foreach-Object -Parallel is great. But sometimes the script block will hang, which will block the rest of the code. There is a timeOutSeconds parameter on the Foreach-Object, but it's a global one. When the timeout is reached, any remaining object…
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EventNames of PowerShell jobs started with Start-Job

I want to run a script when a PowerShell job has successfully completed. But how do I find out all possible events of the job started with the Start-Job cmdlet? Here is an example: $myjob = Start-Job { Get-ChildItem } $jobEvent =…
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PowerShell, test the performance/efficiency of asynchronous tasks with Start-Job and Start-Process

I'm curious to test out the performance/usefulness of asynchronous tasks in PowerShell with Start-ThreadJob, Start-Job and Start-Process. I have a folder with about 100 zip files and so came up with the following test: New-Item "000" -ItemType…
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PowerShell Script - Run multiple executables in parallel and wait for all launched executables to terminate before proceeding

I have an executable file (.exe) which has to be run multiple times with different arguments in parallel (ideally on different cores) from a PowerShell script, and at the end wait for all launched executables to terminate. To implement that in my…
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Add Write-Progress to Get-Job/Wait-Job

I'm using the below code to display the results of PowerShell Jobs with a timeout of 120 seconds. I would like to enhance this code by incorporating Write-Progress (based on number of jobs completed). I tried using this example as a reference,…
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Update winforms GUI from Start-Job (Powershell)

I am trying to create a custom Robocopy status GUI in powershell, here is my basic code. $script:Robocopy = Start-Process -FilePath robocopy.exe -ArgumentList $ArgumentList -Verbose -PassThru -NoNewWindow; $RCStatus = Start-Job -Name RCLOOP…
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