Copy file from Server to MID server

[james_lewis]

I am trying to copy a file or directory from a Windows server to my Windows MID server.   Using a simple Powershell activity where the credential vault has an account that is a local admin on both servers.

        Copy-Item   -path \\server1\d$\reports\test.txt   -destination   \\server2\d$\reports\test.txt   -verbose   -credential $cred

yields this error altho I know the file is there.

        Copy-Item : Cannot find path '\\server1\d$\reports\' because it does not exist.

I have struggled with this a lot and wonder if someone can help me out.

[james_lewis]

The problem seems to be that the credential being used is the one the MID service is running under.   When I run the MID service under a local admin account that exists on both servers, the copy-item completes as expected.   The -credential parameter does not seem to be used.   I see that a credential affinity to the source server has been established.   I found a post that says the same thing the wiki says that the MID service account is used if there isn't one in the credentials vault that will work.   Any ideas what I might be doing wrong?

[Robert Beeman]

Hello James,

On your Windows credential, is it active and configured to 'applies to' all MID servers or only specific ones?

[james_lewis]

Yes.     And a discovery against the source server completes successfully with the credentials I am trying to use.

[Antony_Alldis]

Hi James,

Can you confirm if the "source server" is the same server that the MID server is actually installed on?

Normally the "credential" passed is used against the "target" (*where the file should eventually end up) not the "source" (*where the file exists currently).

Your example:

        Copy-Item   -path \\server1\d$\reports\test.txt   -destination   \\server2\d$\reports\test.txt   -verbose   -credential $cred

Appears to indicate that there are 2 x servers involved, rather that a "local" file system. Do both server1 and server2 share the same credential?

If this is going to be a regular function for you, have you thought about using a file share?

Does Robocopy yield any different results?

All the best,

Tony Alldis

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[james_lewis]

The destination server is the MID server.   As I posted on Aug 15, 2016 8:57 AM it seems that the -credential $cred parameter is not being used.   The credential is an entry in the credential table for a local admin account on both servers.   When I run the MID service under this account, the copy-items works as expected.