Hi,
I am using powershell remote session with a bunch of computers.
I don’t understand why the -OpenTimeout option is not working. No matter what value I give it, it always take the same amount of time before getting an error about the remote pc not being found.
My code is the following:
$pso = New-PSSessionOption -OpenTimeout 500
$session = New-PSSession –ComputerName my_pc -Credential my_credential -SessionOption $pso
It should timeout after 500 ms but it does not. Am I missing something?
As per the documentation, you are not necessarily using this incorrectly:
$PSSessionOption = New-PSSessionOption -OpenTimeout 120000
Description
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This command creates a $PSSessionOption preference Variable.
When the $PSSessionOption preference Variable exists in the session, it establishes default values for options in the PSSessions that are created by using the New-PSSession, Enter-PSSession, and Invoke-Command cmdlets.
To make the $PSSessionOption Variable available in all sessions, add it to your Windows PowerShell session and to your Windows PowerShell profile.
For more information about the $PSSessionOption Variable, see about_preference_variables. For more information about profiles, see about_profiles.
However, when you say, it’s taking the same amount of time before getting an error, are you saying, it’s still taking the default 3 minutes?
If so, that means you setting is not sticking, as you’ve discovered. SSo, if you do a standalone effort, say the below, what results do you get…
New-PSSEssionOption MaximumConnectionRedirectionCount : 5 NoCompression : False NoMachineProfile : False ProxyAccessType : None ProxyAuthentication : Negotiate ProxyCredential : SkipCACheck : False SkipCNCheck : False SkipRevocationCheck : False OperationTimeout : 00:03:00 NoEncryption : False UseUTF16 : False IncludePortInSPN : False OutputBufferingMode : None MaxConnectionRetryCount : 0 Culture : UICulture : MaximumReceivedDataSizePerCommand : MaximumReceivedObjectSize : ApplicationArguments : OpenTimeout : 00:03:00 CancelTimeout : 00:01:00 IdleTimeout : -00:00:00.0010000 $Pso = New-PSSEssionOption $Pso MaximumConnectionRedirectionCount : 5 NoCompression : False NoMachineProfile : False ProxyAccessType : None ProxyAuthentication : Negotiate ProxyCredential : SkipCACheck : False SkipCNCheck : False SkipRevocationCheck : False OperationTimeout : 00:03:00 NoEncryption : False UseUTF16 : False IncludePortInSPN : False OutputBufferingMode : None MaxConnectionRetryCount : 0 Culture : UICulture : MaximumReceivedDataSizePerCommand : MaximumReceivedObjectSize : ApplicationArguments : OpenTimeout : 00:03:00 CancelTimeout : 00:01:00 IdleTimeout : -00:00:00.0010000 $Pso.OpenTimeOut = (New-TimeSpan -Minutes 1) $Pso MaximumConnectionRedirectionCount : 5 NoCompression : False NoMachineProfile : False ProxyAccessType : None ProxyAuthentication : Negotiate ProxyCredential : SkipCACheck : False SkipCNCheck : False SkipRevocationCheck : False OperationTimeout : 00:03:00 NoEncryption : False UseUTF16 : False IncludePortInSPN : False OutputBufferingMode : None MaxConnectionRetryCount : 0 Culture : UICulture : MaximumReceivedDataSizePerCommand : MaximumReceivedObjectSize : ApplicationArguments : OpenTimeout : 00:01:00 CancelTimeout : 00:01:00 IdleTimeout : -00:00:00.0010000