Summary: Learn how to protect the data in a Windows PowerShell job. How can I protect the data that is produced by a Windows PowerShell job? If the job is running and your Windows PowerShell session or computer crashes, you’ll lose the data. One possibility is that you can write the data to disk ...
Summary: Richard Siddaway looks at how Windows PowerShell jobs actually run. Honorary Scripting Guy, Richard Siddaway, here today filling in for my good friend, The Scripting Guy. This is the sixth in a series of posts that, hopefully, will shine the spotlight on Windows PowerShell jobs, remind people of their capabilities, and encourage their grea...
Summary: Learn how to stop an unwanted Windows PowerShell job. How can I stop an over-running Windows PowerShell job? Even though this is not something you’d normally do, creating an infinite loop is a common (and potentially, very embarrassing) error. This job will run forever:Start-Job -ScriptBlo...
Summary: Richard Siddaway introduces you to using the Windows PowerShell job engine with your Windows PowerShell workflows. Honorary Scripting Guy, Richard Siddaway, here today filling in for my good friend, The Scripting Guy. This is the fifth in a series of posts that, hopefully, will shine the spotlight on Windows PowerShell jobs, remind people ...
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to discover the tasks that are associated with your scheduled jobs. How can I use Windows PowerShell to discover the scheduled tasks that are associated with my scheduled jobs? In Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012, use the Get-ScheduledTask cmdlet: £> Get-ScheduledTask -TaskName test1 | ...
