Running powershell script with customer parameters as a scheduled task

tfl wrote:I guess I don't get why you are wanting thisMy regular tasks run,. and take data from data files. Want your batch to get processed today? Then add it to the queue file by 5:00 PM.. The task runs at 5:01 and works with whatever data is available. And if the file is empty, nothing happens each night. If you want to pass parameters like this, then why bother with a scheduled task? You'd need to remove the old one and add the new one each time. Which is extra work and complexity, especially if the task at hand is in any way 'dangerous' if run twice with the same data (ie you forget to change the task or remove it).I'm using a scheduled task to trigger the script, I'm using the "on event" trigger and then calling the script as an action. The method I was using before (calling via a bat file with the event Id hard coded into that"...

Hi all,Having one of those hair pulling issues where something should work but for some reason its blindly refusing not to!I've created this script that is a bit of an extension to the email on eventID for task scheduled. It basically pulls out the various information from the actual event and fires off an email to our alerting team to investigate etc.That all works great, but what I'm now trying to do is get it to accept a custom parameter so the actual event ID its looking for doesn't have to be hard coded and can be passed to it via the commandline etc. I've got it all setup and work great but for the life of me can't get it to work correctly when set as a scheduled task. This is what the command basically looks like:powershell -executionpolicy bypass -command "& 'pathtofile\script.ps1' -evtid 8004"The latter part is the customer...
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If I paste:
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#how to add a column ordery by Title
# and where Title field value from 1 to 10
$internal_counter++
adil

Hi,
You mean that you only need to update all items with Title field value in range 1..10 and order by them before run the loop statement update?
If so, use CAML query to get the items only match the condition.
#Build Query
$spQuery = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.SPQuery
$query = '<Where><And><Gte><FieldRef Name="Title" /><Value Type="Text">0</Value></Gte><Lte><FieldRef Name="Title" /><Value Type="Text">10</Value></Lte></And></Where><OrderBy><FieldRef
Name="Title"/></OrderBy>'
$spQuery.Query = $query
$spQuery.RowLimit = $list.ItemCount
$items = $list.GetItems($spQuery)
Hope this help!
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How to run Powershell script (function) through Windows Task Schduler ??

Hello All,
i have Powershell script which is created as a function. I have to give parameters to run the script. And it is working fine. Now i want to run this script through windows task scheduler but it is not working. I dont know how to call powershell function
through task scheduler.
From command line i run it like this:
. c:\script\Get-ServiceStatusReport.ps1
dir function:get-service*
Get-ServiceStatusReport -ComputerList C:\script\server.txt -includeService "Exchange","W32Time" -To [email protected] -From [email protected] -SMTPMail mail01.xxx.gov.pk
In windows Task scheduler I am giving this: it runs but i dont receive any output :
Program/Script:
C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
Parameter:
-file ". 'Get-ServiceStatusReport.ps1 -ComputerList C:\script\server.txt -includeService "Exchange","W32Time" -To [email protected] -From [email protected] -SMTPMail mail01.xxx.gov.pk'"
Please HELP !!!

Thanks for the reply:
The script is already saved as Get-ServiceStatusReport.ps1 .
On powershell it does not run like .\Get-ServiceStatusReport.ps1 (parameter).
But i have to call it as function:
Like this:
Get-ServiceStatusReport -ComputerList C:\script\server.txt -includeService "Exchange","W32Time" -To [email protected] -From [email protected] -SMTPMail mail01.xxx.gov.pk
As you said:
I tried to run it like this:
Program/Script:
C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
Parameter:
-file "c:\script\Get-ServiceStatusReport.ps1 -ComputerList C:\script\server.txt -includeService "Exchange","W32Time" -To [email protected] -From [email protected] -SMTPMail mail01.xxx.gov.pk'"
But its not working , on scheduler its giving error: (0xFFFD0000)
Please HELP !!!
WHOLE SCRIPT:
function Get-ServiceStatusReport
param(
[String]$ComputerList,[String[]]$includeService,[String]$To,[String]$From,[string]$SMTPMail
$script:list = $ComputerList
$ServiceFileName= "c:\ServiceFileName.htm"
New-Item -ItemType file $ServiceFilename -Force
# Function to write the HTML Header to the file
Function writeHtmlHeader
param($fileName)
$date = ( get-date ).ToString('yyyy/MM/dd')
Add-Content $fileName "<html>"
Add-Content $fileName "<head>"
Add-Content $fileName "<meta http-equiv='Content-Type' content='text/html; charset=iso-8859-1'>"
Add-Content $fileName '<title>Service Status Report </title>'
add-content $fileName '<STYLE TYPE="text/css">'
add-content $fileName ""
add-content $fileName "</style>"
Add-Content $fileName "</head>"
Add-Content $fileName "<body>"
add-content $fileName "<table width='100%'>"
add-content $fileName "<tr bgcolor='#CCCCCC'>"
add-content $fileName "<td colspan='4' height='25' align='center'>"
add-content $fileName "<font face='tahoma' color='#003399' size='4'><strong>Service Stauts Report - $date</strong></font>"
add-content $fileName "</td>"
add-content $fileName "</tr>"
add-content $fileName "</table>"
# Function to write the HTML Header to the file
Function writeTableHeader
param($fileName)
Add-Content $fileName "<tr bgcolor=#CCCCCC>"
Add-Content $fileName "<td width='10%' align='center'>ServerName</td>"
Add-Content $fileName "<td width='50%' align='center'>Service Name</td>"
Add-Content $fileName "<td width='10%' align='center'>status</td>"
Add-Content $fileName "</tr>"
Function writeHtmlFooter
param($fileName)
Add-Content $fileName "</body>"
Add-Content $fileName "</html>"
Function writeDiskInfo
param($filename,$Servername,$name,$Status)
if( $status -eq "Stopped")
Add-Content $fileName "<tr>"
Add-Content $fileName "<td bgcolor='#FF0000' align=left ><b>$servername</td>"
Add-Content $fileName "<td bgcolor='#FF0000' align=left ><b>$name</td>"
Add-Content $fileName "<td bgcolor='#FF0000' align=left ><b>$Status</td>"
Add-Content $fileName "</tr>"
else
Add-Content $fileName "<tr>"
Add-Content $fileName "<td >$servername</td>"
Add-Content $fileName "<td >$name</td>"
Add-Content $fileName "<td >$Status</td>"
Add-Content $fileName "</tr>"
writeHtmlHeader $ServiceFileName
Add-Content $ServiceFileName "<table width='100%'><tbody>"
Add-Content $ServiceFileName "<tr bgcolor='#CCCCCC'>"
Add-Content $ServiceFileName "<td width='100%' align='center' colSpan=3><font face='tahoma' color='#003399' size='2'><strong> Service Details</strong></font></td>"
Add-Content $ServiceFileName "</tr>"
writeTableHeader $ServiceFileName
#Change value of the following parameter as needed
$InlcudeArray=@()
#List of programs to exclude
#$InlcudeArray = $inlcudeService
Foreach($ServerName in (Get-Content $script:list))
$service = Get-Service -ComputerName $servername
if ($Service -ne $NULL)
foreach ($item in $service)
#$item.DisplayName
Foreach($include in $includeService)
write-host $inlcude
if(($item.serviceName).Contains($include) -eq $TRUE)
Write-Host $item.MachineName $item.name $item.Status
writeDiskInfo $ServiceFileName $item.MachineName $item.name $item.Status
Add-Content $ServiceFileName "</table>"
writeHtmlFooter $ServiceFileName
function Validate-IsEmail ([string]$Email)
return $Email -match "^(?("")("".+?""@)|(([0-9a-zA-Z]((\.(?!\.))|[-!#\$%&'\*\+/=\?\^`\{\}\|~\w])*)(?<=[0-9a-zA-Z])@))(?(\[)(\[(\d{1,3}\.){3}\d{1,3}\])|(([0-9a-zA-Z][-\w]*[0-9a-zA-Z]\.)+[a-zA-Z]{2,6}))$"
Function sendEmail
param($from,$to,$subject,$smtphost,$htmlFileName)
[string]$receipients="$to"
$body = Get-Content $htmlFileName
$body = New-Object System.Net.Mail.MailMessage $from, $receipients, $subject, $body
$body.isBodyhtml = $true
$smtpServer = $MailServer
$smtp = new-object Net.Mail.SmtpClient($smtphost)
$validfrom= Validate-IsEmail $from
if($validfrom -eq $TRUE)
$validTo= Validate-IsEmail $to
if($validTo -eq $TRUE)
$smtp.UseDefaultCredentials = $true;
$smtp.Send($body)
write-output "Email Sent!!"
else
write-output "Invalid entries, Try again!!"
$date = ( get-date ).ToString('yyyy/MM/dd')
sendEmail -from $From -to $to -subject "Service Status - $Date" -smtphost $SMTPMail -htmlfilename $ServiceFilename

Running PowerShell Script to automate the installation of IIS feature - Add-WindowsFeature error, help please

I'm just learning PS scripting and Chef Programming, so I'm sure I'm missing something simple. I'm trying to run a recipe that is using PS as the interpreter. I've ensured I'm running PS in 64 bit with admin privileges, and have Imported the ServerManager
module. I even added a line to my script to have it run that first, but am still receiving an error in my script. I'm running this on a VM of Server 2008R2
Script:
powershell_script 'Install IIS' do
code "Import-Module ServerManager -passthru"
code "Add-WindowsFeature Web-Server"
guard_interpreter :powershell_script
not_if "(Get-WindowsFeature -Name Web-Server).Installed"
end
Error:
PS C:\Users\Administrator\chef-repo> chef-apply webserver.rb
Recipe: (chef-apply cookbook)::(chef-apply recipe)
* powershell_script[Install IIS] action run
    ================================================================================
    Error executing action `run` on resource 'powershell_script[Install IIS]'
    ================================================================================
    Mixlib::ShellOut::ShellCommandFailed
    Expected process to exit with [0], but received '1'
    ---- Begin output of "powershell.exe" -NoLogo -NonInteractive -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -InputFormat
None -File "C:/Users/ADMINI~1/AppData/Local/Temp/chef-script20141224-432-mxaa9u.ps1" ----
    STDOUT:
    STDERR: The term 'Add-WindowsFeature' 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.
    ---- End output of "powershell.exe" -NoLogo -NonInteractive -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -InputFormat No
ne -File "C:/Users/ADMINI~1/AppData/Local/Temp/chef-script20141224-432-mxaa9u.ps1" ----
    Ran "powershell.exe" -NoLogo -NonInteractive -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -InputFormat None -File "C:/Us
ers/ADMINI~1/AppData/Local/Temp/chef-script20141224-432-mxaa9u.ps1" returned 1
    Resource Declaration:
    # In webserver.rb
      1: powershell_script 'Install IIS' do
      2:   code "Import-Module ServerManager -passthru"
      3:   code "Add-WindowsFeature Web-Server"
      4:   guard_interpreter :powershell_script
      5:   not_if "(Get-WindowsFeature -Name Web-Server).Installed"
      6: end
    Compiled Resource:
    # Declared in webserver.rb:1:in `run_chef_recipe'
    powershell_script("Install IIS") do
      action "run"
      retries 0
      retry_delay 2
      guard_interpreter :powershell_script
      command "\"powershell.exe\" -NoLogo -NonInteractive -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -InputFormat None -Fi
le \"C:/Users/ADMINI~1/AppData/Local/Temp/chef-script20141224-432-mxaa9u.ps1\""
      backup 5
      returns 0
      code "Add-WindowsFeature Web-Server"
      interpreter "powershell.exe"
      cookbook_name "(chef-apply cookbook)"
      recipe_name "(chef-apply recipe)"
      not_if "(Get-WindowsFeature -Name Web-Server).Installed"
    end
[2014-12-24T10:29:56-08:00] FATAL: Stacktrace dumped to C:/chef/cache/chef-stacktrace.out
[2014-12-24T10:29:56-08:00] FATAL: Mixlib::ShellOut::ShellCommandFailed: powershell_script[Install IIS] ((chef-apply coo
kbook)::(chef-apply recipe) line 1) had an error: Mixlib::ShellOut::ShellCommandFailed: Expected process to exit with [0
], but received '1'
---- Begin output of "powershell.exe" -NoLogo -NonInteractive -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -InputFormat None
-File "C:/Users/ADMINI~1/AppData/Local/Temp/chef-script20141224-432-mxaa9u.ps1" ----
STDOUT:
STDERR: The term 'Add-WindowsFeature' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable prog
ram. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
---- End output of "powershell.exe" -NoLogo -NonInteractive -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -InputFormat None -
File "C:/Users/ADMINI~1/AppData/Local/Temp/chef-script20141224-432-mxaa9u.ps1" ----
Ran "powershell.exe" -NoLogo -NonInteractive -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -InputFormat None -File "C:/Users/
ADMINI~1/AppData/Local/Temp/chef-script20141224-432-mxaa9u.ps1" returned 1

Hi There,
We have a application named Microsoft SCOM. That as well requires ISS to be installed. I tried this long back and it worked in powershell. Below is the powershell script i used to install IIS and some specific features from it. Hope it helps in altering
it and making one of your own script.
1. Launch the PowerShell command
prompt
Run this command
Import-Module ServerManager
3. Press Enter
4. Run this
command
Add-WindowsFeature NET-Framework-Core,Web-Metabase,Web-WMI,Web-Static-Content,Web-Default-Doc,Web-Dir-Browsing,Web-Http-Errors,Web-Asp-Net,Web-Net-Ext,Web-ISAPI-Ext,Web-ISAPI-Filter,Web-Filtering,Web-Windows-Auth,
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