Error passing objects to Get-Process through Pipeline.

Question

Get-ADComputer -Filter 'name -like "*"' -SearchBase 'OU=Lab 141,OU=Desktops,OU=Workstations,OU=A school,OU=Schools,DC=us,DC=local' | select Name | Get-Process -ComputerName {$_} -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
ERROR=
Get-Process : Couldn't connect to remote machine.
At line:1 char:180
+ ...  select Name | Get-Process -ComputerName {$_} -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
+                    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Get-Process], InvalidOperationException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.InvalidOperationException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetProcessCommand
I believe this would work if the first or all the computers were powered on. When I use just 'Get-Procces -ComputerName xxxx' I get results from some of the machines. Running above command up to 'select Name' I get a list of the machines in the
OU. I am not in the same location to turn on the computers.

Answer 1

Hi,
Add -ExpandProperty to Select-Object or use $_.Name in Get-Process.
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