Hi,
I have put together two powershell scripts that will run in a scheduled task once a month. There is one script called start-patching. This script is triggered with a scheduled task, that runs like path\to\powershell.exe -command C:\script.ps1.
That first script will at its end, create a Register-ScheduledJob to run the second script at next boot. The first script runs fine, except that the line that does Register-ScheduledJob does not work. When i run the first script manually from powershell everything works.
First script:
# -------------------------------------
# Variables
# -------------------------------------
$scriptName = "C:\Script\Patch\continue-patching.ps1"
$trigger = New-JobTrigger -AtStartup -RandomDelay 00:00:30
function sendMail{
Write-Host "Sending Email"
$nameofhost = hostname
#SMTP server name
$smtpServer = "smtp.domain.com"
#Creating a Mail object
$msg = new-object Net.Mail.MailMessage
#Creating SMTP server object
$smtp = new-object Net.Mail.SmtpClient($smtpServer)
#Email structure
$msg.From = "autopatch@domain.com"
$msg.ReplyTo = "noreply@domain.com"
$msg.To.Add("user@domain.com")
$msg.subject = "Started patching $nameofhost"
$msg.body = "$nameofhost"
#Sending email
$smtp.Send($msg)
}
#Script
New-EventLog –LogName Application –Source “Patch script” -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
#write event log
Write-EventLog –LogName Application –Source “Patch script” –EntryType Information –EventID 1 –Message “Running patch script start-patching”
#Calling function
sendMail
#Import-Module
Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted
ipmo PSWindowsUpdate
#patch
Get-WUInstall -AcceptAll
#write event log
Write-EventLog –LogName Application –Source “Patch script” –EntryType Information –EventID 1 –Message “Patching is complete. Computer will now reboot”
#Create scheduled job at next startup
Register-ScheduledJob -Trigger $trigger -FilePath $scriptName -Name Continue-Patching-Job
#Reboot computer
shutdown -r -t 0
exitSecond script:
function sendMailAfter{
Write-Host "Sending Email"
#SMTP server name
$smtpServer = "smtp.domain.com"
#Creating a Mail object
$msg = new-object Net.Mail.MailMessage
#Creating SMTP server object
$smtp = new-object Net.Mail.SmtpClient($smtpServer)
#Email structure
$msg.From = "autopatch@domain.com"
$msg.ReplyTo = "noreply@domain.com"
$msg.To.Add("user@domain.com")
$msg.subject = "Finished patching $nameofhost"
$msg.body = "$message"
#Sending email
$smtp.Send($msg)
}
#Script
#Remove scheduled job
Unregister-ScheduledJob -Name Continue-Patching-Job
#write event log
Write-EventLog –LogName Application –Source “Patch script” –EntryType Information –EventID 1 –Message “Computer has rebooted. Running script continue-patching”
sendMailAfter
#write event log
Write-EventLog –LogName Application –Source “Patch script” –EntryType Information –EventID 1 –Message “Finished patching. Sending status email”Server is 2008 R2 with WMF4.0
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