Hi,
I've recently upgraded to vSphere 5.1 in a multisite configuration and one of the oustanding tasks i'm left with is to automate the backup and restore of the SSO database to keep everything in sync.
I'm fairly new to the whole scripting thing but I've had a go and seem to almost be there but I just can't get the script to carry the password over when running the repl_tool. Can anyone show me the error of my ways?
The command i'm using is as follows:
$cmd = "export -fc:\sso_backup\sso_backup.dat -uadmin@system-domain -ppassword"
start-process repl_tool.cmd -verb runas -args "$cmd"
It launches the cmd window and displays the "Start executing full data export" then the cmd window closes and doesn't create the backup file.
if I run the following:
$cmd = "export -fc:\sso_backup\sso_backup.dat -uadmin@system-domain"
start-process repl_tool.cmd -verb runas -args "$cmd"
I am prompted for the password and once entered it runs successfully so it appears that the -ppassword isn't being carried over.
Any help would be much appreciated as the strands of hair on my head are dwindling. 
Phill