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Run a test-mailflow within the invoke-command?

jwhite — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 05:00:00 GMT

I'm trying to run the test-mailflow cmdlet, within the invoke-command cmdlet. I'm on a Client Access Server and I can issue the test-mapiconnectivity cmdlet against a user. However in order to run the test-mailflow cmdlet, I need to be on the mailbox server that the user is on.

I'm referencing this article: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh849719.aspx

The problem is I keep getting the error:

A variable that cannot be referenced in restricted language mode or a Data section is being referenced. Variables that
can be referenced include the following: $PSCulture, $PSUICulture, $true, $false, and $null.
+ CategoryInfo : ParserError: (data:Token) [], ParseException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : VariableReferenceNotSupportedInDataSection

Anyone know what I'm missing or how I can get the invoke-command to run the mailflow test remotely?

Cheers.

Using send-mailmessage cmdlet...?

jwhite — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 05:00:00 GMT

I am trying to use the send-mailmessage cmdlet, but im runninng into a problem where I am getting a "Send-MailMessage : The remote certificate is invalid according to the validation procedure." error. I'm running the cmd like this:

send-mailmessage -to <address> -from <address> -subject "test" -body "This is a test from powershell" -usessl -credential domain\user -smtpserver <server name>.

Anyone know what I am doing wrong?? Thx.

How do I use Invoke-Command correctly?

jwhite — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 06:00:00 GMT

Im trying to run the command test-outlookconnectivity -protocol:tcp or http -trustanysslcert:$true. I'm wanting to run it on a remote machine as if I were on the machine, and have the output returned to the screen of the local machine.

As stated in this article: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd347578.aspx, i tried to use the invoke-command. My syntax looks like this:

Invoke-command -comuptername <sever name> -scriptblock {test-outlookconnectivity ....} -authentication Kerberos. However I got this error:

"Connecting to remote server failed with the following error message : WinRM cannot process the request. The following error occured while using Kerberos authentication: The network path was not found."

Anyone got any idea what im doing wrong? I have permissions to run the cmd on both machines and I can also successfully ping the remote machine.?? Thanks.

Re: Add event logs to a transcript!

jwhite — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

Yes so I added the -append switch to the start-transcript. Also did a >> with get-eventlog so it would append that info to the info in the transcript. Problem is that it's throwing the error "unable to access the file as another person or process is all ready using it". So how would I get the info from get-eventlog to add its info to the file from the transcript. Bascially im wanting to have the entire shell session logged into the transcript and also any application events as well. ANy thoughts..?

Cheers.

Re: Show a menu based on multiple variables!

jwhite — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

In my script I created a menu that allowed the user to restart a service on the server from within the powershell session. My idea was to use a if (condition) that showed the menu if the condition applied. I got it figured out though. I did this:

if ((condition is true) -or (condition2 is true) -or (condition 3 is true)) {show menu}.

Cheers.

Re: Recycling an IIS AppPool in powershell...

jwhite — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

This is what I'm looking for. Ill post again if i have issues. Cheers.

Show a menu based on multiple variables!

jwhite — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

I'm writing a script in powershell. What I want to have happen, is to have a menu to restart a service appear based on an error being detected on the server. Say a service is not running, or outlook does not pass a connectivity test, I want the script to use both variables in determining to show the menu. Like for example,

if (($service.status -ne "running") or ($outlook connectivity result -like "failure") {show menu}. Something like that is what I'm looking for.

Any thoughts? Cheers.

.net remote powershell with Exchange 2010 Cmdlets - Problem with "Script block literals are not allowed in restricted language mode or a Data section"

OlivierR — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 06:00:00 GMT

Hi All, I am trying to run cmdlets from VB.NET. I managed to create a session to a remote session and to run either basic powershell commands or Exchange 2010 cmdlets. However I have a problem when trying to run more complex scripts, like

"Get-Mailbox | Where-Object {$_.database -match "database"}"

because I get the error

" Script block literals are not allowed in restricted language mode or a Data section".

This problem only happens with Exchange cmdlets, while using the "http://schemas.microsoft.com/powershell/Microsoft.Exchange" URI.

I hope my question is clear, let me know if you need more details. Thank you a lot for your help because I have been struggling for few days with that now.

I believe there migtht be a way to create a new PSSession and then import the exchange cmdlets locally but I would prefer avoiding that as it takes a long time to import the cmdlets.

Olivier.