The term '-SysvolPath' is not recognized..?!

Question

Hi,

I have the following Powershell script :

$password = ConvertTo-SecureString "Password" -AsPlainText -Force
$cred = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential ("Administrator", $password)
Install-WindowsFeature -name AD-Domain-Services -IncludeManagementTools
Import-Module ADDSDeployment
Install-ADDSDomainController `
-NoGlobalCatalog:$false `
-CreateDnsDelegation:$false `
-Credential $cred `
-SafeModeAdministratorPassword $password `
-CriticalReplicationOnly:$false `
-DatabasePath "C:\Windows\NTDS" `
-DomainName $domainName `
-InstallDns:$true `
-LogPath "C:\Windows\NTDS" `
-NoRebootOnCompletion:$true `
-SiteName $serverSite `
-SysvolPath "C:\Windows\SYSVOL" `
-Confirm:$false `
-Force:$true

Unsure why I'm receiving the error 

The term '-SiteName' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.

If I remove -SiteName then I receive error:

The term '-SysvolPath' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.

Not understanding why the error appears.

Answer 1

The use of back-ticks has always been tough to debug. I don't see anything wrong with the code you posted but check for a back-tick that is NOT followed by a CrlF.

You can avoid the need for annoying back-ticks by using splatting when there are lots of parameters. You get the benefit of having a good code editor do syntax checking as you write the code, too.

Try this:

$password = ConvertTo-SecureString "Password" -AsPlainText -Force
$cred = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential ("Administrator", $password)
Install-WindowsFeature -name AD-Domain-Services -IncludeManagementTools
Import-Module ADDSDeployment
$p = @{
    NoGlobalCatalog = $false
    CreateDnsDelegation = $false
    Credential = $cred
    SafeModeAdministratorPassword = $password
    CriticalReplicationOnly = $false
    DatabasePath = "C:\Windows\NTDS"
    DomainName = $domainName
    InstallDns = $true
    LogPath = "C:\Windows\NTDS"
    NoRebootOnCompletion = $true
    SiteName = $serverSite
    SysvolPath = "C:\Windows\SYSVOL"
    Confirm= $false
    Force = $true
}

Install-ADDSDomainController @p

Answer 2

That would seem to indicate that the command continuation is not being recognized on the line above the "not recognized" cmdlet. I haven't been able to find any document that says that there is a limit on the number of line continuations, so maybe you have an unprintable character somewhere.

Try changing the order of the switches. Move '-SiteName' above the NoRebootOnCompletion line. Keep doing that to see if you can identify the problem line.

Maybe copy and paste the entire script into notepad and then copy and paste it back into ISE or VScode (or whatever editor you use). If you already use notepad to edit the script, then try editing it with ISE to see if it shows a formatting error.