PowerShell execution issue

[bmekler]

HostMonitor 9.18 on Windows Server 2008 R2, RMA 4.48 on Windows Server 2008 R2 running as service with domain admin credentials, execution policy set to unrestricted for both x64 and x86 powershell.

I'm trying to run the following script to monitor the state of Windows Server backup:

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$statusAlive       = "ScriptRes:Host is alive:"
$statusDead        = "ScriptRes:No answer:"
$statusUnknown     = "ScriptRes:Unknown:"
$statusNotResolved = "ScriptRes:Unknown host:"
$statusOk          = "ScriptRes:Ok:"
$statusBad         = "ScriptRes:Bad:"
$statusBadContents = "ScriptRes:Bad contents:"

if (!$args[0]) 
{
  echo  $statusUnknown"Threshold parameter is not specified" 
  exit
}

$TargetSystem = $args[0]
$DaysToLook = $args[1] * 86400000
$JobCount = 0

$JobCount = (get-winevent -ComputerName "$TargetSystem" -LogName "Microsoft-Windows-Backup" -FilterXPath "*[System[TimeCreated[timediff(@SystemTime) <= $daystolook]]]" | where {$_.id -eq 4}).count

if ($JobCount -gt 0) 
{
   echo $statusOk
} 
else 
{
   echo $statusBad
}

When I save it to a local .ps1 file and run it, either from powershell, or from cmd using powershell.exe with parameters, it runs fine. However, when RMA runs it, I get the following:

[17:54:19] Agent: X is going to execute "PowerShell: Windows Server Backup check" script ...
[17:54:20] Script started, invalid result received:
----------
ÿþS

The "ÿþ" is actually displayed as a square in HostMonitor/RCC UI.

Restarting the agent service or rebooting the server does not help. I have two RMAs installed on two servers in the same network (primary and backup), and the problem occurs on both. However, I haven't run into this issue on any other network yet.

[KS-Soft Europe]

Could you please check [Misc] section of rma.ini file ?
Is there option like SScript_UseWindowsPipe=0 ?

[bmekler]

Yes there is, precisely that.

Edit: I set it to 1, restarted the RMA and now it's working.

[KS-Soft Europe]

This means, that Windows Pipes mechanism is not used by RMA.
By default HostMonitor/RMA should use Windows Pipes.
However you disabled it for some reason.
You may enable it by setting value 1, like:
SScript_UseWindowsPipe=1
and restart RMA agent !
However, you should check if other shell script test items work well on this RMA agent with enabled Windows Pipes.

[bmekler]

Oh, now I remember - you suggested modifying this value here, and I forgot all about it.