Powershell: Running A Job

You can start a job like this:

PS C:\Users\Administrator> Start-Job -ScriptBlock {Get-Process -ComputerName .}

Or this:

PS C:\Users\Administrator> Start-Job -ScriptBlock {Get-Process -ComputerName localhost}

Or this:

PS C:\Users\Administrator> Start-Job -ScriptBlock {Get-Process -ComputerName WIN-Q7SQIHMFTHM}







Id     Name            PSJobTypeName   State         HasMoreData     Location             Command
--     ----            -------------   -----         -----------     --------             -------
2      Job2            BackgroundJob   Running       True            localhost            Get-Process

Then use Get-Job to determine if the job has completed:







PS C:\Users\Administrator> Get-Job -Id 2

Id     Name            PSJobTypeName   State         HasMoreData     Location             Command
--     ----            -------------   -----         -----------     --------             -------
2      Job2            BackgroundJob   Completed     True            localhost            Get-Process

To view the information, use Receive-Job:








PS C:\Users\Administrator> Receive-Job -Id 2

Handles  NPM(K)    PM(K)      WS(K) VM(M)   CPU(s)     Id ProcessName
-------  ------    -----      ----- -----   ------     -- -----------
    527      26     5292      17708    96     4.31   6016 CcmExec