Running script on remote machine

[SuderMan]

Hello !

I have a script that I would like to run on several remote machines.
I've tried several solutions but none of them is really working.
Tools like psexec are not always working correctly.

The best solution would the VBScript so in fact I need a script to run other
script on several machines in a W2k domain.

I've tried one like this:

strRemoteComputer = "machine_name"
strWorkerScript = "script_name.vbs"
Set objWshController = WScript.CreateObject("WshController")
Set objRemoteScript = objWshController.CreateScript(strWorkerScript,
strRemoteComputer)
objRemoteScript.Execute

but i'm getting error: ActiveX component can't create object


Did You ever see a script that is really working on remote machines ?

Thank You.

[NerdBoy]

You already know this and not have mentioned it, but:

In order to use the WshController Object, you must enable it on each remote
machine you plan to run the script on. You enable it with the following
script (Copied from "MS Windows 2000 Scripting Guide" by MS Press)

Const HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE = &H80000002
strComputer = "RemoteCompName"

set objRegProv = GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=Impersonate}!\\" & _
strComputer & "\root\default:StdRegProv")
strKeyPath = "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Script Host\Settings"
objRegProv.SetStringValue HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, strKeyPath, "Remote", "1"

[SuderMan]

thanks for your answer.
I've changed the value in registry and script is running without error but
nothing happens, there is no effect on remote computer.

Any idea what's wrong ?

[SuderMan]

In addition I can say that on remote machine's event log I can see that:
"Succesful remote execution of windows script host"
but that's all, there is no effect of script execution.

You cannot perform any GUI tasks. try writing to a file on the remote
machine. this will ensure that the script runs on the remote system.

could You provide me please more details about this ?

[NerdBoy]

Is the snippet you supplied below a copy of what's really in your script? If
that's the case, then a few thoughts:

1. Maybe you need to specify the full path of the script you want to run on
the other system.

2. Also, a system has to be configured properly to be able to run a .vbs
file just like a .exe/.bat/etc. I.e. I think that ".vbs" needs to be in the
System Env "PATHEXT". And there might be other stuff you have to do.

Maybe change your strWorkerScript to:

strWorkScript = "cscript C:\path\to\script\script_name.vbs"

Hope that helps!

[bournejason]

To enable Remote scripting, you'll need to enable remote scripting
execution on the remote machine. this can be done by editing the
registry,
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Script Host\Settings

Add REG_SZ named: Remote
Set value to 1

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...35370fae5b.asp


Now create the script with some file IO. This will allow you to confirm
the execution of the script.

[SuderMan]

Yes I know this very well, the problem is that account and password need to
be passed to make the script working.

i.e. script mapping drive will not work remotely unless You specify valid
username and password.

"Now create the script with some file IO." - Do you mean by that creating a
file on remote machine ?

[bournejason]

Yes create some file on the remote machine using the scirpt and write
to the file.

but then I have to execute it remotely.

Do it the same way as before or using other method ?

yes the same way.

[SuderMan]

Ok but in fact it's the same if I copy the script to the remote machine and
execute it from it's local drive like that:

Set objRemoteScript =
objWshController.CreateScript("\\remote_machine\c$\temp\MyScript.vbs",
Remotemachine)

isn't it ?

[bournejason]

you can run the script from some other machine as well. it does not
have to be the remote machine.

i am e-mailing you a short pdf abt this at
SuderMan@discussions.microsoft.com

if the above is not ur e-mail let me know.

ok that's interesting.

let me know if it was helpful

[Rakesh Gupta]

I am also running into issues when trying to run a script remotely. I keep
getting the "Catastrophic Failure" error on CreateScript call. I have enabled
the remote scripting by following the steps mentioned in the following URL

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...c755690065.asp

and I am trying to execute the following test script

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...9c8d5865dd.asp

Any ideas of what I might be doing wrong. The same issue is happening on
both W2k & XP.

[Rakesh Gupta]

Just to clarify:
I have verified all the steps listed under "Setting up Remote WSH" in MSDN
namely:
1) verifying WSH version being 5.6
2) Making sure the account used to execute the script is an admin on the
remote machine,
3) setting HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows Script Host\Settings\Remote to 1.

[abhijeetlokur]

Hi my name is abhijeet,my query is
I have a windows 2003 server which is configured as a DNS server. I am using squid proxy for internet access by workstations on my network.I have created a manual entry in the dns wherein in the workstation's IE browser proxy settings I have entered the name of the proxy server and the port no instead of the ip address of the DNS server. I want to know how to make a batch file or a script file through which I can do these settings on multiple workstations at one go other that me having to individually having to do these settings in the browser.