Using PowerShell to Failover Availability Groups and WFC Cluster Nodes
This article will show you how to failover an AG to another node and then move the WFC role to the same secondary…
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PowerShell Robocopy GUI Tool – PowerCopy
Here is a very cool PowerShell script that creates a Windows form front-end GUI for RoboCopy: PowerShell Robocopy GUI Tool – PowerCopy Views…
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My Microsoft Code Extensions
Here are the current set of MS Code extensions I use on a daily basis. Views – 2563
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Using PSScriptAnalyzer
…for those of you that use Sapiens’ PowerShell Studio, there is a new feature available since version 5.2.118 that allows you to use…
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A new cmdlet: Get-ClusterActiveNode
Here is a small cmdlet I wrote to get the currently active node in a Windows cluster:
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function Get-ClusterActiveNode { <# .SYNOPSIS Returns the active server node name for the specified Windows server cluster. .DESCRIPTION Returns the active server node name for the specified Windows server cluster. .EXAMPLE PS C:\> Get-ClusterActiveNode -ClusterCName ClusterAlias .PARAMETER ClusterName Specifies the cluster name or alias for the Windows cluster to query. .OUTPUTS The output is displayed to the console. #> [CmdletBinding(DefaultParameterSetName = 'ClusterName')] [OutputType([string], ParameterSetName = 'ClusterName')] [OutputType([string])] Param ( [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, Position = 0)] [string]$ClusterName ) try { Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_ComputerSystem -ComputerName $ClusterName | Select-Object @{ Label = "Active Node"; Expression = { $_.Name } } } catch { $exception = $_.Exception "Error attempting to retrieve cluster node information for cluster name\alias: $ClusterName" Write-Error "$exception.Message" Write-Error $exception.InnerException Write-Error $exception.Data Write-Error $exception.StackTrace } } |
Using the cmdlet as displayed…
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Using Get-ClusterNode
I was in the process of writing a few PowerShell cmdlets for a project I was working on and ran across this cmdlet…
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PowerShell Help Notes
A neat feature I just discovered was the -ShowWindow toggle when using Get-Help. This toggle allows you to redirect your output when using…
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Unblocking files downloaded from the Internet with IE
You can unblock a file downloaded from the Internet using IE as follows:
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Unblock-File -Path ./myfile.zip |
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Exploring WMI Resources and Tools
Here are some resources and tools for exploring WMI for PowerShell development: WMI Explorer – SorceForge Views – 1953
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Getting the groups an AD Principal is a member of
This query will return, filter and sort the groups an AD account is a member of:
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Get-ADPrincipalGroupMembership lboveeadm | select name | sort name |
This query will return the AD…
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