adding server to domain using invoke-vmscript

[plaman]

i am trying to add servers to the domain, but with no luck,  i tried to concatenate the  command and still no luck

i appreciate your input on where i am going wrong

$vmname="testdomain.xyz.com"

  $Localcred     =  Get-Content C:\SAMIs\User\local.txt |ConvertTo-SecureString  -Key (1..32)

  $dom_encrypted =  Get-Content C:\SAMIs\User\Domcred.txt |ConvertTo-SecureString -Key (1..32) 

  $DomCred       =  New-Object System.Management.Automation.PsCredential -ArgumentList 'user@xyz.com', $dom_encrypted

  $Lcredentials  =  New-Object System.Management.Automation.PsCredential -ArgumentList 'localadmin', $Localcred

  $x= 'Add-computer -domainname $domain -credential $DomCred  -computername $vmname -localcredential  $Lcredentials -restart -Verbose'

  $domain  = "XXXXXXX"

  write-host "$x" -Verbose

  $addtodomain  = @'

  $x

'@

Invoke-VMScript -VM $vmname  -ScriptText $addtodomain -GuestUser $Lcredentials.UserName  -GuestPassword $Lcredentials.Password  -Verbose

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[LucD · Accepted solution]

This is again a string substitution issue.

You are creating objects (PSCredential) on the local machine, which you then refer to in the code executed in the VM.

That will not work.

A better way would be to calculate those objects inside the VM.

That way you only have to pass/substitute strings in the code.