Vista - Get-Service -computerName in CTP issue?

I am trying to run the following command

get-service -computername localhost

The help files indicate I should be able to do this however I get the
following error:

Get-Service : A parameter cannot be found that matches parameter name
'computername'.
At line:1 char:26
+ get-service -computername <<<< localhost

Am I doing something wrong?

On Dec 5, 11:56 am, berkej <ber...@xxxxxx> wrote:According to the get-help for get-service it is for the local
computer. Also according to the Windows PowerShell Week Question &
Answer log (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/webcasts/
psweek/day1qanda.mspx):

"Ideally any Cmdlet/command you can run locally you'll also be able to
run against remote computers. That isn't the case today: Get-Service
will tell you info about the services installed on the local computer,
but can't connect to a remote computer."

I know of no way to do it without connecting to the Powershell on the
remote machine (RDP, or SSH like the article mentions).

Orrin

"berkej" <berkej@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:F90A259C-8592-41CE-A83C-285FFA96DAE6@xxxxxx
There's no such parameter in the current cmdlet, so I suspect the
documentation is ahead of the CTP in that respect - at least in the version
we have access to. But it gives an indication of what is to come, I suppose.

--
Jon

Orrin run get-help get-service -detailed. Look at example 6 it indicates:


C:\PS>get-service -computername Comp01, Server02, Server03 | sort -property
machinename | format-table -property machinename, status servicename

This command gets the services on the local computer (Comp01) and two remote
computers (Server02 and Server03), sorts them by the name of the computer (in
the MachineName property of the service)
and displays them in a table that shows the MachineName, status, and
service name.

MachineName is just one of the properties of a service object. To see all of
the properties and methods of a service object, pipe the results of a
Get-Service command to the Get-Member cmdlet (ty
pe "get-service | get-member").

Based on this help document it looks like the command should work. Jon might
be right and that the documention is a hint of what is to come...either that
or it was functionality lost in the CTP.

"Orrin" wrote:

I missed that this was for a CTP, I'm using 1.0 and it only goes to
Example 5. My mistake.

Orrin


On Dec 5, 1:13 pm, berkej <ber...@xxxxxx> wrote:

No problem happens to us all;-)

Thanks!

"Orrin" wrote:

Clearly the help file shows the parameter and its usage in example #6, but
tabcompletion doesn't complete it.
Thats what CTP versions are for :-)


-----
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[PoSH]> (get-help Get-Service).SYNTAX

Get-Service [[-name] <string[]>] [-include <string[]>] [-exclude <string[]>]
[-computerName <string[]>] [<CommonParamet
ers>]
Get-Service -displayName <string[]> [-include <string[]>] [-exclude
<string[]>] [-computerName <string[]>] [<CommonPara
meters>]
Get-Service [-include <string[]>] [-exclude <string[]>] [-inputObject
<ServiceController[]>] [<CommonParameters>]



[PoSH]> (gcm get-service).Definition
Get-Service [[-Name] <String[]>] [-Include <String[]>] [-Exclude <String[]>]
[-Verbose] [-Debug] [-ErrorAction <ActionP
reference>] [-ErrorVariable <String>] [-OutVariable <String>] [-OutBuffer
<Int32>]
Get-Service -DisplayName <String[]> [-Include <String[]>] [-Exclude
<String[]>] [-Verbose] [-Debug] [-ErrorAction <Acti
onPreference>] [-ErrorVariable <String>] [-OutVariable <String>] [-OutBuffer
<Int32>]
Get-Service [-Include <String[]>] [-Exclude <String[]>] [-InputObject
<ServiceController[]>] [-Verbose] [-Debug] [-Erro
rAction <ActionPreference>] [-ErrorVariable <String>] [-OutVariable
<String>] [-OutBuffer <Int32>]

Also Get-Member (Used by Tabcompletion ) will not show the computerName
parameter.

Lets hope the Help will be correct later and that it's only not yet
implemented ;-)

Greetings /\/\o\/\/

"Shay Levi" wrote: