Invoke-Command in PowerShell - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to run a command on a remote computer named 'Server01'.

PowerShell

Invoke-Command -ComputerName [1] -ScriptBlock { Get-Process }

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AServer01

BLocalHost

CRemotePC

DMyComputer

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Common Mistakes

Using the local computer name instead of the remote computer name.

Leaving the -ComputerName parameter empty.

The -ComputerName parameter specifies the remote computer to run the command on. 'Server01' is the correct remote computer name.

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medium

Complete the code to run the command 'Get-Service' on the remote computer 'Server02'.

PowerShell

Invoke-Command -ComputerName Server02 -ScriptBlock { [1] }

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AGet-Process

BStart-Service

CStop-Service

DGet-Service

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Common Mistakes

Using a command unrelated to services.

Forgetting to put the command inside the script block.

The script block should contain the command you want to run remotely. 'Get-Service' lists services on the remote computer.

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hard

Fix the error in the code to correctly run 'Get-EventLog' on 'Server03'.

PowerShell

Invoke-Command -ComputerName Server03 -ScriptBlock [1]

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A{ Get-EventLog -LogName System }

BGet-EventLog -LogName System

C[Get-EventLog -LogName System]

D(Get-EventLog -LogName System)

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Not using curly braces for the script block.

Using parentheses or square brackets instead of curly braces.

The script block must be enclosed in curly braces {} to run commands remotely.

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hard

Fill both blanks to run 'Get-Process' on 'Server04' and store the result in a variable.

PowerShell

$processes = Invoke-Command -ComputerName [1] -ScriptBlock [2]

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AServer04

B{ Get-Process }

CServer05

D{ Get-Service }

Attempts:

3 left

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Common Mistakes

Mixing up computer names.

Not using curly braces for the script block.

The -ComputerName should be 'Server04' and the script block should contain '{ Get-Process }' to run the command remotely.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to run 'Get-Service' on 'Server06' and filter services with status 'Running'.

PowerShell

$runningServices = Invoke-Command -ComputerName [1] -ScriptBlock { Get-Service | Where-Object { $_.Status -eq '[2]' } } | Where-Object { $_.Name -like '[3]' }

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AServer06

BRunning

C*

DStopped

Attempts:

3 left

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Common Mistakes

Using wrong computer name.

Using wrong status like 'Stopped' instead of 'Running'.

Not using wildcard '*' for name filter.

The command runs on 'Server06', filters services with status 'Running', and then filters names matching any pattern with '*'.