Version

Argent Scheduling Engine 10.0-2010-A

Date

Friday, 13 November 2020

Summary

How to set up Argent Job Scheduler to run PowerShell scripts

Technical Background

Windows PowerShell scripts by default are disabled and must be enabled to execute directly

Argent Job Scheduler can run Windows PowerShell scripts

Resolution

Update Argent Queue Engine servers to allow execution of Windows PowerShell script

This must be done on each Argent Queue Engine server

See Microsoft documentation for more assistance

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.security/set-executionpolicy?view=powershell-7

Option One

Create new Job Template

Under Job Basic (JW20A)

Job File should be set to

\\localhost\C$\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe

Parameters should be set to

-NonInteractive -NoLogo -ExecutionPolicy bypass -Command “& { $ErrorActionPreference = ‘continue’; & ‘c:\scripts\NameOfscript.ps1’ @args; EXIT $LASTEXITCODE }”

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Option Two

Create File Association with “.ps1” to open file with PowerShell

Create new Job Template

Under> Job Basic (JW20A)

Job File should be set to location of PowerShell script

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Warning: Exit code from PowerShell script will not be passed to Argent Job Scheduler

Argent Job Scheduler will consider all PowerShell script failures having an exit code of 1

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