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Copy-item script not working properly

having problems getting my script to work. it fundamentally needs to copy an app folder from the server and drop it to the workstations, so I'm using a script to achieve this. however its throwing up multiple errors of the same type, weirdly some files copy ok.

Heres the script :

$pw = ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText -Force -String xxxxxx
$cred = New-Object -TypeName System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -ArgumentList "xxxx\xxxx",$pw
$Session = New-PSSession -ComputerName "server" -Credential $cred
Copy-item -FromSession $Session -Path "D:\xxxxx\Apps" -Destination "C:\xxxxx" -Recurse

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Heres the errors :

Copy-item : Method invocation failed because [System.IO.MemoryStream] does not contain a method named 'new'.
At line:4 char:1
+ Copy-item -FromSession $Session -Path "D:\xxxxx\Apps" -Destination  ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Write-Error], RuntimeException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.Management.Automation.RuntimeException,WriteException

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Alex

I don't understand why you're putting in the username and password, your better option would be to use a scheduled task and then implement the username from there.

Thus, only leaving you with

Copy-item -FromSession $Session -Path "D:\xxxxx\Apps" -Destination "C:\xxxxx" -Recurse

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Or do a run as on your powershell application.

Regards

Alex

Alex

Oh sorry

Do

$Computers = Get-content c:\temp\computers.txt

Foreach ($Computer in $Computer){Copy-item -Path "D:\xxxxx\Apps" -Destination "\\$($Computer)\c$\xxxxx" -Recurse}

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If you let me know where you're getting the destination computer, I.E Active directory or something, I can get it from there.

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Chris Cadey

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I'm launching the PowerShell script from our software deployment platform. The software determines the workstations to install on, whether its all of them or certain selected ones or even just one. the script remains the same.

can robocopy be used from within powershell?

yo_bee

Yes:

Here is a script from the MS Gallery that will help.
In Powershell you can run other commands and use variables from powerhsell cmdlets to be passed to the command..

https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/Robocoy-Files-to-Remote-bdfc5154

Chris Cadey

ASKER

OK tried it with Robocopy and its worked a treat. many thanks

yo_bee

Robcopy is the $h!t in my world.