Monthly Archives: May 2012

Scheduled tasks on clusters

Posted on Thursday 31 May 2012 by richardsiddaway

This post shows how to use PowerShell in Windows Server 2012 to configure scheduled tasks that apply across the whole cluster not just a single node http://blogs.msdn.com/b/clustering/archive/2012/05/31/10312527.aspx Well worth a read

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May 2012 Powershell group recording and slides

Posted on Wednesday 30 May 2012 by richardsiddaway

  The recording, slides and demo scripts from last nights session  – Powershell in Windows Server 8 part 2  – is available from https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=43cfa46a74cf3e96#cid=43CFA46A74CF3E96&id=43CFA46A74CF3E96%212966 The full set of historical recordings can be found here: https://skydrive.live.com/#cid=43CFA46A74CF3E96&id=43CFA46A74CF3E96%212469 2011 09 PowerShell remoting and … Continue reading →

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Some thoughts on hash tables

Posted on Monday 28 May 2012 by richardsiddaway

I need to test the existence of an element in a hash table. First create a hash table $myht = DATA {ConvertFrom-StringData -StringData @’1 = aaaaaaa2 = bbbbbbb 3 = ccccccc4 = ddddddd5 = eeeeeee ‘@}   I tend to … Continue reading →

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PowerShell v3 ISE

Posted on Monday 28 May 2012 by richardsiddaway

The ISE has a new look in PowerShell v3. The scripting pane remains but the output and interactive panes have been amalgamated to produce a single console like pane. When I first saw it I didn’t like it but after … Continue reading →

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May UG meeting reminder

Posted on Sunday 27 May 2012 by richardsiddaway

Quick reminder that the UK PowerShell group session on PowerShell in Windows 2012 is on Tuesday 29 May. Details from http://msmvps.com/blogs/richardsiddaway/archive/2012/05/08/uk-powershell-group-may-2012.aspx

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Working with WMI methods

Posted on Friday 25 May 2012 by richardsiddaway

Many WMI classes have methods. Methods allow us to perform some action on the object. A recent question on the forum about using methods made me realise that there are still a lot of people following the old VBScript way … Continue reading →

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Unblocking Files with PowerShell v3

Posted on Thursday 24 May 2012 by richardsiddaway

There are a number of new features in PowerShell v3 that while not huge like CIM or workflow are os significant help to the hard pressed administrator.  One of these is the Unblock-File cmdlet. If you haven’t updated your help … Continue reading →

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WMI providers

Posted on Wednesday 23 May 2012 by richardsiddaway

I found a class new to me – Msft_Providers and this got me interested in WMI providers. PS> Get-CimInstance -Class Msft_Providers | select -ExpandProperty provider Msft_ProviderSubSystem SCM Event Provider WmiPerfClass   That seems a bit low. Digging a bit more … Continue reading →

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Where-object in PowerShell v3

Posted on Tuesday 22 May 2012 by richardsiddaway

Where-Object – aliased to where, but never, ever, ever, ever to ? – had a very simple syntax in PowerShell v2 Where-Object [-FilterScript] <scriptblock> [-InputObject <psobject>] [<CommonParameters>] It was normally used as Get-Process | where {$_.CPU -gt 25} The –FilterScript … Continue reading →

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UK PowerShell group–next two meetings

Posted on Monday 21 May 2012 by richardsiddaway

29 May 2012 PowerShell and Windows server 2012 – new functionality pt 2 http://msmvps.com/blogs/richardsiddaway/archive/2012/05/08/uk-powershell-group-may-2012.aspx   4 July Jonathan Medd XenDesktop and PowerShell This will be at the slightly later time of 8.30 BST.  Details to follow

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