I'm writing a script that normally will get called by another application (VMware vCenter Server). From that application I trigger a batch file (redirect.bat) and pass a variable which is the powershell script name (TestMe.ps1).
The script is placed on a Windows Server and when I go into the command prompt of the Windows Server and call the redirect script, I see that my PowerShell script runs as expected. However when I trigger it from the app the Powershell script is not run or doesn't produce output. I have confirmation that the redirect.bat is run, because the redirect.bat writes a line in a log file.
The vCenter Server app is running under Local System account. Could it be a permissions error? Is LocalSystem allowed to run Powershell scripts?
I now have no clue if the Powershell script even starts, because it (of course) is not visible in my console when running. The batch file always returns errorlevel = 0.
Any tips on how to insert debugging info in the script that should always give output? Tips on how to troubleshoot this?
redirect.bat:
set POWERSHELL=C:\WINDOWS\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe -nologo -noprofile -noninteractive
SET ERRORLEVEL =
echo %1 > G:\DataStoreAlarms\Log\Redirect-batch.txt
start %POWERSHELL% -command "&"%1""
echo Error level: %ERRORLEVEL% >> G:\DataStoreAlarms\Log\Redirect-batch.txt
I call redirect.bat from the command line and from the app like this:
redirect.bat G:\DataStoreAlarms\Scripts\TestGabrie.ps1
TestGabrie.ps1:
$String = "This is a test"
$String | Out-File -FilePath "G:\DataStoreAlarms\Log\Powershell.txt" -Append
Regards
Gabrie
Problem seemed to be the START command:
start %POWERSHELL% -command "&"%1""
After changing it to this, it worked:
%POWERSHELL% -command "&"%1""
Thanks for all your help.
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I have a PowerShell script ex1.ps1 which takes user inputs and ex1.ps1 has commands to open a new PowerShell to execute an exe file:
Start-Process -FilePath "$PSHOME\powershell.exe" -ArgumentList "-command C:\APPLICATION1.exe`
I want to execute ex1.ps1 on a remote host. I am trying to call ex1.ps1 using Ansible-playbook as:
# ansible-playbook script
- name: Run basic PowerShell script
win_powershell:
script: |
powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -File C:/Users/ex1.ps1
It is executing fine but in remote host there is no PowerShell prompt open to get the inputs.
You shouldn't be expecting manual input when deploying with a tool like Ansible. I don't know the actual program you are trying to run but the best solution here is to figure out the required parameters for the program to install/start/run without user interaction.
If you are able to provide the name of the program (and it's not something internal to your organization) a more complete answer may be able to be provided.
Unrelated to your question, unless you've over-generalized your code for this question there isn't a reason to call powershell.exe from within PowerShell just to run an executable. You can either use Start-Process or the call operator & directly with the exe path in question.
I have an answer here that goes over Start-Process and the usage of & in a bit more detail.
I have a batch file structured like below:
cd "C:\my\scripts\directory
powershell -f myPowershellSCript.ps1
exit %errorlevel%
This batch file is being sent through an in house remote shell application (which is mostly a black box to me) in a non-interactive way to another machine to be run. I can execute the application and watch it's output on the terminal locally. The script is completing the powershell script and then just dropping back to the remote shell on the test machine without ever running the last line in the batch file. I see the cmd.exe shell drop back to a prompt at C:\my\scripts\directory on the remote machine and just wait. Because it's non-interactive the script never completes.
I'd like to tag that last exit line onto the end of the line that calls powershell, but everything I've tried (below) has not worked. I fear that powershell is taking everything as input instead of batch interpreting them as two separate commands.
powershell -f SecurePaymentsTestLauncher.ps1 && exit 1
powershell -nonInteractive -f SecurePaymentsTestLauncher.ps1 && exit 1
powershell -nonInteractive -command "& 'SecurePaymentsTestLauncher.ps1'" && exit 1
powershell -nonInteractive -command "& 'SecurePaymentsTestLauncher.ps1'" ; exit 1
powershell -nonInteractive -f SecurePaymentsTestLauncher.ps1 ; exit 1
still produces the same result. No return from the remote execution.
How do I append a second command to a batch file line when the first command is a call to powershell?
Is your PowerShell process exiting status 0? The && conditional operator only executes the command it precedes when the command it follows exits 0. If you want to exit 1 regardless of whether PowerShell exits zero or non-zero, use a single &.
In your powershell command, you might also need to call the .ps1 script name as .\SecurePaymentsTestLauncher.ps1 and add the -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned arguments.
Try
cd "C:\my\scripts\directory"
start powershell -f myPowershellSCript.ps1
exit %errorlevel%
Using 'start' in front of powershell instantiates a separate powershell host outside of the batch script host, which will allow your ps1 file to do its thing while your batch script goes straight to 'exit %errorlevel%'
I'm launching a script from Oracle Data Integrator using an OS command.
Long story short: the ps1 script is invoked using powershell.exe -noninteractive script
The problem is that the caller, ODI, does not recognize the termination of the powershell script, where if i call the script in the same way from the console it correctly terminate (and I can eventually read the errorlevel i set as parameter to the exit, that is the last command I wrote in the script).
Has someone had this behaviour of powershell script? It successfully executes but the command remains pending in the task manager (the same command that ran by me in the cmd prompt exit successfully).
I found the solution, just add < NUL to the caller command:
powershell.exe script.ps1 < NUL
So i have fairly easy powershell script that contains following:
import-module activedirectory
Get-ADUser -Filter *
remove-module activedirectory
If i run it from powershell it runs OK, but when i try to call it from CMD nothing happens, it just opens powershell and thats it. I am using following command to run it:
powershell.exe -file "D:\test.ps1"
I noticed also following thing, 2 powershell.exe processes run after i execute this. If i exit from CMD from one powershell then i start seeing lists that this PS query should be returning. Is there a way to get this working since i am trying to run ps script as scheduled job. The crucial part here is import module when i run it over cmd which is not happening for some reason.
It's powershell 2.0 running on Windows 2008R2. I tried this script on win 2012r2, works fine from CMD... Looks like ps 2.0 limitation?
Could be a couple of things going on here. Since your windows opens and closes you wont get to see any errors that might be occurring. What is your ExecutionPolicy set to? Get-ExecutionPolicy
When I make scheduled tasks of my scripts I usually set up my action as such
Program/Script = %SystemRoot%\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
Arguments = -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -NoProfile -File C:\data\script.ps1
Start In = %SystemRoot%\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0
Also, I don't believe it matters in this case but be sure you have the script "Running with highest privilege" if required.
As the title suggests, I have an added parameter in my Task Scheduler Actions that logs stdout and stderr to a log.txt file. The logging works when the action is run through the command prompt, but not when the action is run by the actual Task Scheduler (at its specified time). Task scheduler reports the action runs successfully, but I can't be sure it does because there's no logging:)
Command looks like this
powershell.exe -file "D:\Scripts\TimeSync2.ps1" > "D:\Scripts\timeSync_log.txt" 2>&1
I'm unfortunately not a native Windows user, so any help would be appreciated. I'm running Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise.
Thanks!
Cmd.exe handles command redirection. You have to run it under cmd.exe. Powershell probably also can do redirection but in your script (.NET can).
A black window just means a console program is running. Only if cmd is running does cmd features become available. By starting cmd or by putting it in a batch you canget redirection from cmd.
cmd /c powershell.exe -file "D:\Scripts\TimeSync2.ps1" > "D:\Scripts\timeSync_log.txt" 2>&1
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cmd /?
Place the command you listed in a batch file and then schedule the batch file.
If you are doing so and it fails, then try it with your account credentials as authentication in task scheduler, to see if it is a permissions issue.
#echo off
powershell.exe -file "D:\Scripts\TimeSync2.ps1" > "D:\Scripts\timeSync_log.txt" 2>&1