Get-WmiObject : The RPC server is unavailable. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x800706BA)

Question

When I run

Get-WmiObject win32_SystemEnclosure -Computer hostname | select serialnumber

it works for both local and remote hosts.

W

Answer 1

I just came to the exact same issue and found the answer here: http://powershellcommunity.org/Forums/tabid/54/aft/7537/Default.aspx

I had space characters at the end of each line the input file. If your file does too, just remove them and your script should work.