# Add Servers to Server Manager using PowerShell **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Developer\ **Tags:** windows\ **Created:** [December 21, 2022, 4:08pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/add-servers-to-server-manager-using-powershell/37487 "2022-12-21T16:08:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sabrthor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/sabrthor/32/4870_2.png) [@Sabrthor](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sabrthor)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2022, 4:08pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/add-servers-to-server-manager-using-powershell/37487/1 "2022-12-21T16:08:24Z")
Hi All, I am trying to run a PowerShell code as ansible task and it isn’t working. The same script when run locally from the remote server works fine. **Code:** - name: Session Based Desktop Deployment - Add Servers to Server Manager become: true become\_method: runas become\_user: “{{ DomainUser }}” vars: ansible\_become\_password: “{{ DomainPassword }}” ansible.windows.win\_powershell: script: | try { Get-Process | Where-Object {$_.ProcessName -eq “ServerManager.exe”} | Stop-Process -Force $file = Get-Item “$env:USERPROFILE\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\ServerManager\ServerList.xml” Copy-Item -Path $file -Destination $file-backup -Force $xml = [xml] (Get-Content $file ) $newserver1 = @($xml.ServerList.ServerInfo)[0].clone() $newserver1.name = “{{ DomainController }}” $newserver1.lastUpdateTime = “$(Get-Date -Format “yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss”)” $newserver1.status = “1” $xml.ServerList.AppendChild($newserver1) $xml.Save($file.FullName) $newserver2 = @($xml.ServerList.ServerInfo)[0].clone() $newserver2.name = “{{ RDSServer }}” $newserver2.lastUpdateTime = “$(Get-Date -Format “yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss”)” $newserver2.status = “1” $xml.ServerList.AppendChild($newserver2) $xml.Save($file.FullName) } catch { Write-Host “Failed - Add Servers to Server Manager” -ForegroundColor Yellow Write-Host $_.Exception.Message -ForegroundColor Yellow } **Error:** TASK […/roles/rds\_setup : Session Based Desktop Deployment - Add Servers to Server Manager] \*\*\* task path: /home/sre\_admin/myagent/_work/r1/a/provisioning-services/playbooks/made2manage/roles/rds\_setup/tasks/main.yml:63 Using module file /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ansible\_collections/ansible/windows/plugins/modules/win\_powershell.ps1 Pipelining is enabled. \<10.177.38.137\> ESTABLISH WINRM CONNECTION FOR USER: Cloudops\_Admin on PORT 5985 TO 10.177.38.137 EXEC (via pipeline wrapper) changed: [10.177.38.137] =\> { “changed”: true, “debug”: [], “error”: [ { “category\_info”: { “activity”: “Get-Item”, “category”: “ObjectNotFound”, “category\_id”: 13, “reason”: “ItemNotFoundException”, “target\_name”: “C:\Users\Amitabh.Ghosh\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\ServerManager\ServerList.xml”, “target\_type”: “String” }, “error\_details”: null, “exception”: { “help\_link”: null, “hresult”: -2146233087, “inner\_exception”: null, “message”: “Cannot find path ‘C:\Users\Amitabh.Ghosh\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\ServerManager\ServerList.xml’ because it does not exist.”, “source”: “System.Management.Automation”, “type”: “System.Management.Automation.ItemNotFoundException” }, “fully\_qualified\_error\_id”: “PathNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetItemCommand”, “output”: “Get-Item : Cannot find path ‘C:\Users\Amitabh.Ghosh\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\ServerManager\ServerList.xml’ \r\nbecause it does not exist.\r\nAt line:3 char:13\r\n+ $file = Get-Item "$env:USERPROFILE\\AppData\\Roaming\\Microsoft\\ …\r\n+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ \r\n + CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (C:\Users\Amitab…\ServerList.xml:String) [Get-Item], \r\nItemNotFoundException\r\n + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetItemCommand\r\n \r\n”, “pipeline\_iteration\_info”: [ 0, 1 ], “script\_stack\_trace”: “at , : line 3”, “target\_object”: “C:\Users\Amitabh.Ghosh\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\ServerManager\ServerList.xml” } ], “failed\_when\_result”: false, “host\_err”: “”, “host\_out”: “Failed - Add Servers to Server Manager\nCannot bind argument to parameter ‘Path’ because it is null.\n”, “information”: [ { “message\_data”: { “BackgroundColor”: null, “ForegroundColor”: { “String”: “Yellow”, “Type”: “System.ConsoleColor”, “Value”: 14 }, “Message”: “Failed - Add Servers to Server Manager”, “NoNewLine”: false }, “source”: “Write-Host”, “tags”: [ “PSHOST” ], “time\_generated”: “2022-12-21T15:20:48.4275023Z” }, { “message\_data”: { “BackgroundColor”: null, “ForegroundColor”: { “String”: “Yellow”, “Type”: “System.ConsoleColor”, “Value”: 14 }, “Message”: “Cannot bind argument to parameter ‘Path’ because it is null.”, “NoNewLine”: false }, “source”: “Write-Host”, “tags”: [ “PSHOST” ], “time\_generated”: “2022-12-21T15:20:48.4431276Z” } ], “invocation”: { “module\_args”: { “arguments”: null, “chdir”: null, “creates”: null, “depth”: 2, “error\_action”: “continue”, “executable”: null, “parameters”: null, “removes”: null, “script”: "try {\n Get-Process | Where-Object {$.ProcessName -eq "ServerManager.exe"} | Stop-Process -Force\n $file = Get-Item "$env:USERPROFILE\\AppData\\Roaming\\Microsoft\\Windows\\ServerManager\\ServerList.xml"\n Copy-Item -Path $file -Destination $file-backup -Force\n $xml = [xml] (Get-Content $file )\n $newserver1 = @($xml.ServerList.ServerInfo)[0].clone()\n $newserver1.name = "DM2MDC01.DM2MDEV.LOCAL" \n $newserver1.lastUpdateTime = "$(Get-Date -Format "yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss")"\n $newserver1.status = "1"\n $xml.ServerList.AppendChild($newserver1)\n $xml.Save($file.FullName)\n $newserver2 = @($xml.ServerList.ServerInfo)[0].clone()\n $newserver2.name = "DM2MSAASRDS01.DM2MDEV.LOCAL" \n $newserver2.lastUpdateTime = "$(Get-Date -Format "yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss")"\n $newserver2.status = "1"\n $xml.ServerList.AppendChild($newserver2)\n $xml.Save($file.FullName)\n}\ncatch {\n Write-Host "Failed - Add Servers to Server Manager" -ForegroundColor Yellow\n Write-Host $_.Exception.Message -ForegroundColor Yellow \n}\n" } }, “output”: , “result”: {}, “verbose”: , “warning”: } ---
**Author:** ![Sabrthor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/sabrthor/32/4870_2.png) [@Sabrthor](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sabrthor)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2022, 4:12pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/add-servers-to-server-manager-using-powershell/37487/2 "2022-12-21T16:12:01Z")
The same command works fine when I run locally from the remote server. ![PowershellSuccess.JPG](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/2X/d/dfaf14b14d72cc20e43f373c14f941d1dc68f14e.jpeg) Success Expectation as it is shown: ![ServerManagerXML.JPG](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/2X/2/243243e7734cfedeffffa775393691c4adbf442c.jpeg) The user is a domain administrator as well as local administrator to the remote machine. What exactly am I doing wrong?