PowerShell scrip to run a cmd file on multiple servers

Question

Hey,

I have a cmd(D:\Test\AppPool.bat) command file which i want to run on multiple server (like 15 servers) using PowerShell. Is there a way to do that?

Answer 1

Depending on what's in that file you may be able use it's contents (but not the file) by including it in a script block, something like this (if ipconfig was the contents of the bat file):

Invoke-Command -ComputerName (get-content FileWithServerNamesInIt.txt) -ScriptBlock{ ipconfig }

If that's not possible, put the bat file in a network share. Then create a .ps1 file that does something like running "cmd.exe /c <shared-bat-file>" and using:

Invoke-Command -ComputerName (get-content FileWithServerNamesInIt.txt) -FilePath "PS1-File-That-Runs-CMD.exe"

Answer 2

Hi

You can place the contents of the batch file in a ps1 file like this

$batch=@"  
#contents of the batch file  
"@  
$batch|cmd.exe  

Then run the ps1 with Invoke-Command

Invoke-Command -ComputerName $computer -FilePath $file  

Best Regards，
Ian Xue

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