Windows update agent api - Access denied on AddScanPackageService

Question

Hi Together

Could someone help me in this matter...

I am trying to run following script block on remote system to get updates needed and getting access denied on following line:

"

$UpdateServiceManager.AddScanPackageService("Offline Sync Service", "C:\temp\wsusscn2.cab", 1)

"

This is my script.If i start it localy it is working fine.

The user which make remote session is administrator on remote system.

This is error message

$UpdateService = $UpdateServiceManager.AddScanPackageService("Offline Sync Service", "C:\temp\wsusscn2.cab", 1)
Access is denied. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070005 (E_ACCESSDENIED))
At line:1 char:1
+ $UpdateService = $UpdateServiceManager.AddScanPackageService("Offline ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : OperationStopped: (:) [], UnauthorizedAccessException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.UnauthorizedAccessException

Thanks in advance for your help.

Answer 1

Hello

Thank you for your question and reaching out. I can understand you are having query\issues related to Powershell.

1. Please verify that "Enable Distributed COM on this computer" is Enabled.
2. Please try to use Invoke-Command to run command from Remote server.

Invoke-Command -ComputerName Server01 -Credential Domain01\User01 -ScriptBlock

{

your command

}

3. Disable any Antivirus program or Windows firewall you may have for temporary purpose.

Reference :

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/learn/remoting/running-remote-commands?view=powershell-7.3 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/invoke-command?view=powershell-7.3

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