PSSession management in PowerShell - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to create a new PowerShell session to a remote computer named 'Server01'.

PowerShell

$session = New-PSSession -ComputerName [1]

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ARemotePC

Blocalhost

CServer01

DMyServer

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Common Mistakes

Using 'localhost' instead of the remote computer name.

Using a generic name not matching the remote computer.

The New-PSSession cmdlet creates a new session to the specified computer. Here, 'Server01' is the correct remote computer name.

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medium

Complete the code to enter an existing PSSession stored in the variable $session.

PowerShell

Enter-PSSession -[1] $session

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AComputerName

BSessionId

CName

DSession

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Common Mistakes

Using -SessionId instead of -Session.

Using -ComputerName which expects a string, not a session object.

The Enter-PSSession cmdlet uses the -Session parameter to specify the session object to enter.

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hard

Fix the error in the code to remove all PSSessions.

PowerShell

Get-PSSession | [1]-PSSession

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ARemove

BDelete

CClear

DClose

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Common Mistakes

Using 'Delete-PSSession' which does not exist.

Using 'Clear-PSSession' or 'Close-PSSession' which are invalid.

The correct cmdlet to remove sessions is Remove-PSSession. It deletes the sessions returned by Get-PSSession.

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hard

Fill both blanks to create a new PSSession to 'Server02' and store it in $sess.

PowerShell

$sess = [1] -ComputerName [2]

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ANew-PSSession

BEnter-PSSession

CServer02

DServer01

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Common Mistakes

Using Enter-PSSession instead of New-PSSession.

Using the wrong computer name.

New-PSSession creates a new session, and the computer name must be 'Server02' as specified.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to filter PSSessions with state 'Opened' and remove them.

PowerShell

Get-PSSession | Where-Object { $_.State -eq '[1]' } | [2]-PSSession -[3]

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AClosed

BRemove

CForce

DOpened

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Common Mistakes

Filtering for 'Closed' instead of 'Opened'.

Using 'Delete-PSSession' which is invalid.

Omitting the '-Force' parameter causing removal failure.

This code filters sessions with state 'Opened', removes them using Remove-PSSession, and uses the -Force parameter to ensure removal.