All scripts gets Timed out (00:10:00) on some servers

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Hi.

We have 2000+ devices with syncro. We have a few servers that simply wont run any scripts. Scripts are run as SYSTEM.

Here’s a output for one of the scripts that checks for missing updates:

error> Exception calling "Search" with "1" argument(s): "Exception from HRESULT: 0x80244022"
error> At C:\ProgramData\Syncro\bin\acac0347-72fb-4854-b5d7-ca54660cd70b.ps1:7 char:36
error> + $Updates = @($UpdateSearcher.Search <<<< ("IsHidden=0 and IsInstalled=0").Updates)
error>     + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
error>     + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ComMethodTargetInvocation
error>  
Call-SyncroApi: success
Timed out (00:10:00).

heres a acript to detect version of AD connect:

Sleeping for 322 seconds before proceeding to avoid overloading Syncro...
Call-SyncroApi: success
Timed out (00:10:00).

All scripts seems to timeout. Could it be network related? Or some restriction in the OS?

These scripts runs fine on other servers on other locations

2

If you are sleeping your scripts for a long time, or have something that will take a long time to complete, you need to adjust the script timeout. Synrco defaults it to 10 minutes. Change it on a per script basis when needed.

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Hi.

I have tested with a simple script that fetches the hostname. This also times out.

I just noticed that the server im having problems with writes this when I open a terminal from Syncro:

Terminal requires PowerShell 3 or higher on the remote computer.

The installed version is 2.0.

Could this be the reason?

4

Without seeing your script, sure, could be. Powershell 2.0 sucks to speak bluntly. I’m guessing you’re working on 2008/Win 7 or older.

You could test your script locally and see if it fails on PS 2.

5

You’re running an End of Life OS, which needs to be upgraded/replaces ASAP for security. In the mean time you should be able to upgrade powershell using chocolatey:

choco upgrade powershell -y

This will install the needed updates and components and will require a reboot. Note that even with PS upgraded to a version 5, old OSes like this will not have some of the commands in PS5 due to OS limitations.

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Thanks.

Can confirm that after upgrading PSversion I can run my scripts through Syncro.

Have a nice weekend