Running an executable on multiple remote computers concurrently

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1

I previously posted regarding a problem running an executable on a remote computer. That was resolved with th -Wait command.
So now I am having a different issue. the command runs one at a time on each server in the server.text file. The executable that I am running can take hours to complete so I want them to run concurrently on each server in the file. I have tried commands I have found to run parallel unsuccessfully. Any suggestions? This is my script that works well one at a time.

#Variables
$computername = Get-Content c:\shared\servers.txt
$sourcefile = “c:\shared\dummy.exe”
#This section will install the software
foreach ($computer in $computername)
{
$destinationFolder = “\$computer\C$\install”
#It will copy $sourcefile to the $destinationfolder. If the Folder does not exist it will create it.

if (!(Test-Path -path $destinationFolder))
{
New-Item $destinationFolder -Type Directory
}
Copy-Item -Path $sourcefile -Destination $destinationFolder

Invoke-Command -ComputerName $computer -ScriptBlock {
Start-Process ‘c:\install\dummy.exe’ -Wait
}

2

Use runspaces like with Invoke-parallel

3

I have tried some of this, however, none of the examples are ever running an .exe on the list of systems. Most are just trying to return information regarding the system.

4

Use workflows, follow the link…

5

If you can make the exe available in all the machines , then below way will do the magic for you.

Invoke-Command -AsJob -ComputerName $ComputerName -ScriptBlock {
    Start-Process 'c:\install\dummy.exe' -Wait
}
6

Thank you, that was so simple and it is working. Folks having me try workflows and parallel commands weren’t working and were not as simple.