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Creating Folder in Remote Servers Using Powershell

I want to create a folder in list of servers that i specify in a .csv file. The format of csv file is

server user password
192.168.14.15 sa password1

I get the following error when i execute the below code from local machine where i have installed Powershell v2.

Powershell has not been installed on the server where i need to create a folder.
Please provide me a solution.

Cannot convert value "\\@{server=192.168.15.14; user=sa; password=password1}.server\root\cimv2:Win32_Process" to type
"System.Management.ManagementClass". Error: "The RPC server is unavailable. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x800706BA)"
At line:4 char:16
+ $p = [WMIClass] <<<< "\\$computer\root\cimv2:Win32_Process"
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : RuntimeException.

If i execute the same code for local machine i get the same error but i get the folder created.

$Path="D:\Test1"
$servers = Import-csv "C:\Powershell\serverlist.csv"
ForEach ($server in $servers)
{
$computer = "$server.server"
$p = [WMIClass]"\\$computer\root\cimv2:Win32_Process"
$p.Create("cmd.exe /c md $Path")
}

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KenMcF

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SQLM_M

ASKER

Hi,

I get the following error when i execute this code

$servers = Import-csv "C:\Powershell\serverlist.csv"
ForEach ($server in $servers){New-Item "\\$($Server.Servername)\d$\Test1" -type directory}

New-Item : The path is not of a legal form.
At line:1 char:39
+ ForEach ($server in $servers){New-Item <<<< "\\$($server.servername)\d$\Test1" -type directory}
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (\\\d$\Test1:String) [New-Item], ArgumentException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CreateDirectoryArgumentError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.NewItemCommand

KenMcF

in your CSV file is the header on the column for the servers "ServerName". So it should look like this

Servername
Server1
Server2
Server3

SQLM_M

ASKER

Hi,

I changed the csv header but still i get the login failure error.

New-Item : Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password.
At line:1 char:39
+ ForEach ($server in $servers){New-Item <<<< "\\$($server.servername)\d$\Test1" -type directory}
+ CategoryInfo : WriteError: (\\192.168.151.38\d$\Test1:String) [New-Item], IOException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CreateDirectoryIOError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.NewItemCommand

KenMcF

The account you are using does not have access to the remote server.

Are you able to access
\\192.168.151.38\d$

SQLM_M

ASKER

It prompts for login credentials. I could able to access if i give the credentials...

KenMcF

try this

{New-Item "\\$($Server.Servername)\d$\Test1" -type directory -credentials DOMAIN\USERNAME}

SQLM_M

ASKER

Thanks for your solution.

SQLM_M

ASKER

I've requested that this question be closed as follows:

Accepted answer: 0 points for SQLM_M's comment http:/Q_27321945.html#36580325

for the following reason:

Thanks for your solution.

SQLM_M

ASKER

Sorry i have wrongly chosen the solution. The exact solution is provided by KenMcF solution id is 36580114