asked on 3/29/2017

Quest Powershell code

Hi All,

I have written the code below however it does not work. please can someone explain why it doesn't work as I am trying to advance in powershell.

Get-QADComputer | Get-Service -ComputerName $_.computername -Name *xagt*

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3/29/2017

3/29/2017

Is ComputerName a property returned by Get-QADComputer? It's been years since I've seen Quest, so it could be...

Get-QADComputer | Get-Service -Name *xagt*

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The value is picked out because ComputerName accepts pipeline input:

PS> Get-Help Get-Service -Parameter ComputerName

ComputerName <String[]>
...
    Required?                    false
    Position?                    named
    Default value                None
    Accept pipeline input?       True (ByPropertyName)
    Accept wildcard characters?  false

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The "ByPropertyName" means the input object (returned by Get-QADComputer) must have a property with a corresponding name. If it does, the parameter will automatically fill itself in.

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3/29/2017

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Kelly Garcia

3/29/2017

ASKER

Hi Qlemo,

I have tried this however I get the following error:

Get-Service : Cannot open Service Control Manager on computer 'LP-LON-1573$'. This operation might require other
privileges.
At line:1 char:31
+ ... p-lon-1573 | Get-Service -ComputerName {$_.computername} -Name *xagt*
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Get-Service], InvalidOperationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.InvalidOperationException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetServiceCommand

Regards,
Kay

Chris Dent

3/29/2017

That's your access rights, not code.

Qlemo

3/29/2017

... and should be the same when using Chris' code.

Kelly Garcia

3/29/2017

ASKER

the account has domain admin rights and also this my own laptop, the lp-lon-1573 and I am clearly added as a admin on it

Chris Dent

3/29/2017

Something else perhaps. But it's not the code. You might work around it, for example by using remoting instead of RPC.

Invoke-Command { Get-Service *xagt* } -ComputerName lp-lon-1573

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WMI is open as yet another option, uses DCOM over RPC, but a different permissions model.