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I am attempting to execute a .ps1 on multiple VM's using the invoke-VMScript function. Currently I have the code: Invoke-VMScript -ScriptText $script -VM $servername -guestcredential $gcred -hostcredential $hcred and have $script = 'data.ps1' however this returns the error stating that 'data.ps1' is not a valid function or script. Any help is greatly appreciated.

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Try passing the full path to data.ps1. It may be looking for it in a different folder than you think. – Nate Hekman Apr 8 '13 at 16:15
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I'm not set up to test this, but I would guess that -ScriptText needs to be given the full path to a .ps1 file accessible on the VM.

$script = '"C:\my scripts\data.ps1"'
Invoke-VMScript -ScriptText $script -VM $servername -guestcredential $gcred -hostcredential $hcred
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You have to put in script variable content of your script, not file name.

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Not true. See vmware.com/support/developer/PowerCLI/PowerCLI51/html/…: "ScriptText: String: Specify the text of the script you want to run. You can also pass to this parameter a string variable containing the path to the script." – Nate Hekman Apr 8 '13 at 16:14

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