PSSession

[obrienc]

I wrote a script in the ISE that works but it doesn't in PSStudio. This is the script. It takes the vm name on hyper-v and finds the guest windows name WIN-something after a sysprep and then renames it to the VMName.

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1. $n = "Web1"
2. $x = Get-VMNetworkAdapter -ComputerName OWCVHOST -VMName $n | Select -ExpandProperty IPAddresses
3. $y = ($x -Split '\n')[0]
4. $z = [System.Net.Dns]::GetHostByAddress($y) | Select -ExpandProperty Hostname
5. $s = New-PSSession -ComputerName $z -Credential administrator
6. $a = Get-PSSession | where ComputerName -EQ $z | select -ExpandProperty Id
7. Enter-PSSession -Id "$a"
8. Rename-Computer -NewName Web1
9. Exit-PSSession
10. Remove-PSSession -Id $a
11. Restart-VM -ComputerName OWCVHOST -Name Web1 -Force -Confirm:$false

Here is the code with variables in PSStudio. It fails on Enter-PSSession
with this error
Enter-PSSession : The method or operation is not implemented.
TemplateVHDX.psf (103, 3): ERROR: At Line: 103 char: 3
ERROR: + Enter-PSSession -Id $a

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1. $x = Get-VMNetworkAdapter -ComputerName $s1 -VMName $NewFolder | Select -ExpandProperty IPAddresses
2. $y = ($x -Split '\n')[0]
3. $z = [System.Net.Dns]::GetHostByAddress($y) | Select -ExpandProperty Hostname
4. $s = New-PSSession -ComputerName $z -Credential administrator
5. $a = Get-PSSession | where ComputerName -EQ $z | select -ExpandProperty Id
6. Enter-PSSession -Id $a
7. Rename-Computer -ComputerName $z -NewName $a$_
8. Exit-PSSession
9. Remove-PSSession -Id $a
10. Restart-VM -ComputerName $s1 -Name $NewFolder -Force -Confirm:$false

[jvierra]

You cannot use Enter-PsSession in a script. It won't work. It only works at a prompt.

You do not need to remote to rename and restart a computer. Just use this command:

Rename-Computer -ComputerName $z -NewName Web1 -Restart -LocalCredential Administrator -Force

help Rename-Computer -ShowWindow

[obrienc]

For anyone who gets this error.
ERROR: Rename-Computer : Cannot establish the WMI connection to the computer 'WIN-' with the following error message: The RPC server is unavailable.

WMI service is running
RPC Service is running

I ran this on the template and it works as intended. Thank you jvierra.

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1. netsh advfirewall firewall set rule group="Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)" new enable=yes