March 23, 2011 1:54 PM
Posted by: Richard Siddaway
Security
Dmitry has collected all of the currently available information on the upcoming PowerShell Deep Dive
http://dmitrysotnikov.wordpress.com/2011/03/23/powershell-deep-dive-recap/
March 21, 2011 1:15 PM
Posted by: Richard Siddaway
PowerShell v2,
WMIIts been said many times that tracking down documentation on WMI classes can be difficult. This script will help to some degree
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function get-wmidoc {
param (
[string]$class
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$data = Get-WmiObject -List $class -Amended
"Methods"
$data | select -ExpandProperty methods
"Properties"
$data | select -ExpandProperty properties
"Qualifiers"
$data | select -ExpandProperty qualifiers
}
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Take a WMI class name as a parameter (assumes that using root\cimv2 namespace but could add namespace as another parameter) then get the amended listing. The methods, properties and qualifiers can be displayed.
March 15, 2011 1:20 PM
Posted by: Richard Siddaway
Books,
PowerShell v2,
WMIChapters 6 and 7 have been released for PowerShell and WMI. It is available through the Manning Early Access Program (MEAP) at http://www.manning.com/siddaway2/
The available chapters cover:
- Solving Administrative Challenges
- Using PowerShell
- WMI in Depth
- Best Practices
- System Documentation
- Disk System
- Registry
Chapters 8 to 10 covering the File system; Services and Processes; and Printers respectively are in the pipeline. I’m currently working on chapter 11 on Networking. The code to accompany the MEAP chapters is also available for download from the URL above.
March 15, 2011 1:18 PM
Posted by: Richard Siddaway
PowerShell v2PowerShell MVP Vadims Podans has released a PowerShell module for working with PKI. It works against Windows 2003 /2003 R2/ 2008 and 2008 R2 Certificate Authorities.
If you are using Certificate Services in your environment you need this. Download from http://pspki.codeplex.com/
March 13, 2011 1:38 PM
Posted by: Richard Siddaway
Network,
PowerShell v2,
Windows 2008 R2,
WMII’m currently writing Chapter 11 of PowerShell and WMI and its about using the WMI classes related to networking. I tried the Win32_NetworkAdapter on the HP laptop I use for writing and everything worked fine. Tried it on my Lenovo that I use as a Hyper-V server and got a Provider Load failure error.
PS> Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_NetworkAdapter
Get-WmiObject : Provider load failure
At line:1 char:14
+ Get-WmiObject <<<< -Class Win32_NetworkAdapter
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [Get-WmiObject], ManagementException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : GetWMIManagementException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetWmiObjectCommand
This is definitely in the realms of not good. At this point I was imagining WMI rebuild or even a complete server rebuild.
I tried
Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration
and it worked. Now that’s confusing.
Did a Bing search and found this post
http://blogs.infosupport.com/blogs/markw/archive/2009/02/26/Win32_5F00_network-adapter-_2200_provider-load-failure_2200_.aspx
which walks through how to use wbemtest to see what is happening.
Turns out like the author of the post I had the Intel WiFi tools installed but didn’t have an Intel wireless card. The LAN card is Intel so I guess that’s where the tools came from. The wifiwmip.dll seems to be to blame for the problem.
Removed the intel WiFi tools and everything now works.
March 13, 2011 3:47 AM
Posted by: Richard Siddaway
PowerShell v2The agenda for the first PowerShell deep dive is filling up
http://www.theexpertsconference.com/us/2011/general-information/2011-powershell-deep-dive/
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2011/03/13/more-deep-dive-info-including-abstracts-from-the-powershell-team.aspx
The speaker list includes:
Jeffrey Snover
Bruce Payette
Kenneth Hansen
Don Jones
Kirk Munro
Brandon Shell
Jeffrey Hicks
Sean Kearney
James O’Neill
oh yeah - and me
This is going to be an awesome two days – if you are interested in PowerShell you need to be there
March 9, 2011 1:16 PM
Posted by: Richard Siddaway
PowerShell v2Message from the Microsoft Scripting Guy
The 2011 Scripting Games begin on April 4, 2011 and run through April 15, 2011. What is the Scripting Games, you may ask? Well simply put, the Scripting Games are the premier learning event of the year for IT Pro’s and others who wish to master Windows PowerShell. Comprising 10 events, a registered contestant has seven days to create a solution to a scenario driven problem and post their code to a MVP maintained script repository for evaluation by a panel of internationally recognized judges. Daily leaderboards and prize drawings help to maintain the suspense throughout the two-week international event.
During the 2011 Scripting Games hundreds of contestants will submit thousands of scripts that will be reviewed by dozens of judges. Hundreds of thousands of spectators from all around the world will view the games themselves. Last year, participants from more than 100 countries participated in the Scripting Games. With an emphasis on real world scripting scenarios and problems, the scripts will be of immediate value to both the participants and to the spectators.
Preparation for the 2011 Scripting Games is already underway, with a learning guide, step-by-step tutorials, videos and other resources being generated on a daily basis. The 2011 Scripting Games all in one page is the portal for the games themselves. The 2010 Scripting Games all in one page is still available, as are the events from the 2009 Scripting Games.
àAction: Grab the 2011 Scripting Games badge and display it on your blog to show your support for the games.
March 7, 2011 4:18 PM
Posted by: Richard Siddaway
PowerShell v2,
WMII’ve previously mentioned the PowerShell Deep Dive in April – http://msmvps.com/blogs/richardsiddaway/archive/2011/02/25/powershell-deep-dive.aspx
The first session announcements have been made – http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2011/03/05/a-few-deep-dive-abstracts.aspx
I’m thrilled to be presenting a session on WMI – gems and gotchas.
Its going to be a great few days
