Questions tagged [winrm]
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Recycle remote IIS app pool from the command line?
Is it possible to recycle an IIS7 app pool from the command line, on a different machine?
I've found APPCMD (appcmd recycle apppool my-app-pool), but it only operates on the host it's run on, AFAICT.
I heard a rumor there might be a way to do it…
Ken
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Configure WinRM using a .bat file without yes/no prompt
I want to configure winrm in all my clients using a bat file.
after running bat file winrm quickconfig command there's a prompt for a yes/no answer. I don't know how to answer "yes" in the batch file.

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Windows Remote Management Over Untrusted Domains
I am currently trying to enable Windows Remote Management (specifically, Powershell Remoting) between 2 untrusted domains, and having no luck.
A brief description of my setup:
domain1 - my workstation is on this domain
domain2 - the server I wish…

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Issues with patching servers remotely using winrm and Microsoft.Update.Session
I have a network with windows 2003, 2008 and 2008r2 servers. I have a powershell script that I wrote to patch a local machine using the "Microsoft.Update" com objects. (Similar to Windows Update PowerShell Remoting.) My script works wonderfully…

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Cannot get CredSSP authentication to work in PowerShell
In attempting to create a PowerShell script using remoting I ran into what I believe is the double-hop problem. In that article, Perriman gives a succinct description of the problem as well as the specific steps to resolve the issue (almost trivial…

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How to remotely detect windows has completed patch configuration after reboot
We're planning to automate the creation of VMs for our build infrastructure so that we can:
Scale the build resources based on demand, e.g. by adding more build agents when required and removing them when not required
Recreate all or part of the…

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How to enable negotiate authentication for winrm
I have disabled negotiate authentication for the winrm service on my server by executing:
winrm put winrm/config/service/Auth @{Negotiate="false"}
And now I can perform any operation with winrm. I get the error:
Message = The WinRM client…

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Unable to configure WinRm https listener
I am trying to configure winrm https listener on a windows machine. Earlier i had followed WinRm https listener configuration
The above solution worked for me.
But now i have deleted the listener and want to configure the winrm again using
winrm…

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powershell: How to check if S.M.A.R.T is enabled on remote machines
I was attempting to get disk info of remote machines, including whether or not SMART is enabled on the drive by using the win32_diskdrive class.
This is trickier than I thought. While it's easy enough the read the status property I discovered…

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What is a valid destination log for Windows event forwarding
I'm running into an issue when trying to use a custom log journal for storing forwarded events (via subscription) on a Windows 2008 R2 server, the custom log being described as not being a "valid destination log".
I'm currently setting up an…

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The Server Manager WinRM plug-in might be corrupted or missing on W2K12R2
Today I have been totally defeated by this infamous 2012R2 error:
Server Manager could not start the task due to the following error: Failed to open the runspace pool. The Server Manager WinRM plug-in might be corrupted or missing.
I have…

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How to allow access to winrs for non-admin user?
I have Windows Server 2012 (and Server 2008, but it is next priority) to monitor it using txwinrm. txwinrm library internally is using WinRS protocol. I have to monitor it using least privileged user, but don't know how to configure access for him.…

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Automatically reconfigure WinRM HTTPS listener with new certificate?
I am looking to enable WinRM HTTPS listeners on all of our servers for secure communication when using CredSSP between servers to get around the double-hop issue.
Setting this up is fine, we have CN-appropriate certificates from an internal CA so…

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Hyper-V Manager - Use HTTPS with WinRM
I've successfully configured WinRM on my Hyper-V server to use HTTPS. I am able to connect to it and execute commands from my client PC by using the same local username and password on both (they are in a Workgroup) e.g. winrs…

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Remote PowerShell, WinRM Failures: WinRM cannot complete the operation
When running Enter-PSSession COMPUTERNAME with Enable-PSWSManCombinedTrace, I see the following relevant messages in the Windows Remote Management Operational log:
WSMan operation Get failed, error code 2150859046
WinRM cannot complete the…

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