Remotely Execute Batch File

[chriswhitfield]

I am new to vbscript and have a problem. This is probably very simple but I have not been able to find documentation on it anywhere. I need to execute a batch file on a remote machine on a network. I have attempted to do this via the AT or SOON commands but have run into time zone issues with scheduling tasks. Is there a way to tell a remote shell to run a batch file?

 

[FengShui1998]

chris,

I wrote this as a function. You can pass the server, account, password and the command you want to execute to the target server.

Cheers,
fengshui_1998

'****************************************
Function Remote_Cmd(Server, accnt, pwd, strCmd)
'****************************************
On Error Resume Next
Set Locator = CreateObject("WbemScripting.SWbemLocator&quot
user = server & "\" & accnt

Set Svc = Locator.ConnectServer(Server, "root\cimv2", user, pwd)
Svc.Security_.impersonationlevel = 3
Set Process = Svc.Get("Win32_Process&quot
intStatus = Process.Create("cmd /C " & strCmd, null, null, intProcessId)
' response.write err.number & " " & err.description
If err.number <> 0 then
Remote_Cmd = err.number
Else
Remote_Cmd = 0
End If
End Function
'

 

[chriswhitfield]

Just to verify that I change the correct items, are these the ones that I change to reflect my needs?

(Server, accnt, pwd, strCmd)

And if so, can I change these to variables that are pulled from the rest of my script?

Thanks for all your help.

 

[FengShui1998]

chris,

Yes, just substitute the strings each time you call the function.

server = &quot;myservername&quot;
accnt = &quot;myaccount&quot;
pwd = &quot;mypasswd&quot;
strCmd = &quot;at 2:00PM C:\testdir\test.bat&quot;

ret = Remote_Cmd(server, accnt, pwd, strCMD)

fengshui_1998

 

[chriswhitfield]

Ahhh, that is what I was afraid of. I would still need the local system time for the remote system then. I am trying to execute the batch file immediately upon completion of the script without user intervention.

 

[FengShui1998]

chris,

You can get the time difference and then use dateAdd function.

fengshui_1998

 

[chriswhitfield]

That is beyond my current level of knowledge. I only started scripting yesterday.