The WSMan provider for PowerShell lets you add, change, clear, and delete WS-Management configuration data on local or remote computers. The WSMan provider exposes a PowerShell drive with a directory structure that corresponds to a logical grouping of WS-Management configuration settings. For more on WSMan, see the following link. Windows by default have an empty TrustedHosts list, a list that contains those remote computers (hosts) that you can remotely manage from a client without authentication. Error: Failed to create a scheduled task, cannot perform the operation because the runspace pool is not in the open state. In this article, I will show you how to add servers to the Trusted Hosts list via PowerShell and command Prompt for the WinRM client.
Note: In Windows environments using Windows Remote Management (WinRM) can help discover servers using the WinRM protocol. To run PowerShell commands on a device from a remote computer, we have to add the remote machine to the trusted hosts’ list of the host machine. For Windows Admin Center Error: Failed to create a scheduled task, there is no disconnected command associated with the runspace.
Remotely manage a list of computers
When you want to remotely manage a list of computers through WinRM (Windows Remote Management), you have to add computers to the TrustedHosts list. Otherwise, you may most likely encounter errors when communicating between the two sides.
Add servers to the Trusted Hosts list via PowerShell
Using PowerShell, you can see what the current records are in the TrustedHosts file but also how to add new records depending on your scenario.
Ensure the computers (servers) are added to the TrustedHosts. Instead of adding an individual host, use the asterisk (a wild card) to add all subsequent hosts. Note, this is not recommended. Below are the steps to add a server to the TrustedHosts for the WinRM client. For some troubleshooting tips, see the following link. For errors connecting to a remote server failed and WinRM cannot process the request,.
Set-Item WSMan:localhost\client\trustedhosts -value *
To view the result below, use the command as shown below
Get-Item WSMan:localhost\client\TrustedHosts
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Add individual servers to the TrustHost
Note: You can add individual servers to the TrustHost via the following methods below.
Set-Item WSMan:localhost\client\trustedhosts -value ServerDC
In this way, you can add multiple servers to the TrustedHosts for WinRM, provide a single, comma-separated, string of computer names.
Set-Item WSMan:\localhost\Client\TrustedHosts -Value 'ServerDC,AnsibleClient'To make this command run in an unattended mode (silently) without prompting you to acknowledge the security configuration, add the -Force to the command as shown below.
Set-Item WSMan:localhost\client\trustedhosts -value ServerDC -Force
Read the trusted host list with PowerShell
To read the trusted host list with PowerShell, Please run the command below.
Get-Item WSMan:\localhost\Client\TrustedHosts
To add all domain computers to the TrustedHosts list, use the command as follow, Set-Item WSMan:\localhost\Client\TrustedHosts *.yourdomain.com
Set-Item WSMan:\localhost\Client\TrustedHosts *.techdirect.local
Add servers to the Trusted Hosts list Via the Command Prompt
Run the following command below
winrm set winrm/config/client @{TrustedHosts="RemoteComputerName"}
I hope you found this blog post helpful. If you have any questions, please let me know in the comment session.
