Variable assignment? 1

[SteveR77]

When I take the following and attempt to have parameters passed I end up with File Path errors.

$command = { dnscmd PS_Server /RecordDelete myzone myhost A 192.192.192.192 /f }

Invoke-Command -ComputerName PS_Server $command


Change that fails and produces errors -

$command = { dnscmd $PS_Server /RecordDelete $myzone $myhost A $IP /f }

Do I have to have nested quotes to be able to pass the parameters correctly?

Thank you for your assistance.


SteveR77

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[markdmac]

Give this a try:

$command = "dnscmd PS_Server /RecordDelete myzone myhost A 192.192.192.192 /f"
Invoke-Command -ComputerName PS_Server -ScriptBlock $command

I hope that helps.

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[SteveR77]

Mark,

Thanks!

The code should have been -

$command = "dnscmd $PS_Server /RecordDelete $myzone $myhost A 192.192.192.192 /f"
Invoke-Command -ComputerName $PS_Server -ScriptBlock $command

However, the issue is not resolved. The error now is :

Invoke-Command : Cannot bind parameter 'ScriptBlock'. Cannot convert the "dnscmd $PS_Server /RecordDelete $myzone $myhost A 192.192.192.192 /f" value of type "System.String"
to type "System.Management.Automation.ScriptBlock".

My guess is the ScriptBlock is expecting arguments and is only seeing the single sting.


SteveR77

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[markdmac]

OK, so here is how you can pass arguments.

$arg1 = "$PS_Server"
$arg2 = " /RecordDelete $myzone"
$arg3 = "$myhost"
$arg4 = "A"
$arg5 = "192.192.192.192"
$arg6 = "/f"
$args = @($arg1,$arg2,$arg3,$arg4,$arg5,$args6)

$command = "dnscmd"
Invoke-Command -ComputerName $PS_Server -ScriptBlock $command -ArgumentList $args

I hope that helps.

Regards,

Mark

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[markdmac]

A correction from the above posted code, I have an extra space in $arg2 inside the quotes. You will want to remove that to make it read:

$arg2 = "/RecordDelete $myzone"

I hope that helps.

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Mark

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[SteveR77]

Mark,

Here is what I did. I ended up dropping the code on the server and running it locally to avoid the conversion insanity.

#Setting of static variables
$PSServer = "mcaddnstdc01"
$DNSZone1 = "mclane.mclaneco.com"
$DNSZone2 = "mclaneco.com"
$hstname = "vcacdnstest"
$IP = "10.40.27.117"


# Delete mclane.mclaneco.com DNS entry
$cmdDelete = "dnscmd  $PSServer /RecordDelete $DNSZone1 $hstname A $IP /f"
Invoke-Expression $cmdDelete

# Add mclane.com DNS entry
$cmdAdd = "dnscmd $PSServer /RecordAdd $DNSZone2 $hstname A $IP"
Invoke-Expression $cmdAdd

Thanks again for all your help with this.

Make it a great day.


Steven

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