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== Get a list of Virtual Machines that have a DVD attached ==
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In general all of these need:

{{{#!highlight powershell
Import-Module VirtualMachineManager
}}}

== Get a list of Virtual Machines that have a DVD attached ==
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== List VMs at the end of the semester to be deleted ==

{{{#!highlight powershell
Get-SCVirtualMachine | Select Name, MarkedAsTemplate, Owner | Sort-Object -Property Owner, Name | Export-Csv -Path .\vms2019w.csv
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== Setting up a Windows 2019 Server for the first time ==

{{{#!highlight powershell
# Install the AVMA key.
slmgr /ipk TNK62-RXVTB-4P47B-2D623-4GF74

# Set the timezone
# First I'm going to search for the timezone I want
Get-TimeZone -ListAvailable | Where-Object {$_.DisplayName -like '*Eastern*'}
# This gave me the parameter needed to set the time zone.
Set-TimeZone -Name "Eastern Standard Time"

# Set the Hostname of the computer:
Rename-Computer -NewName "windows2019" -Restart

# Next we need to install Windows update and get it started.
# This will install nuget package too.
Install-Module PSWindowsUpdate

# Now start the update process
Get-WUInstall –MicrosoftUpdate –AcceptAll –AutoReboot
}}}

Resources:

 * [[https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/2d191bcd-3308-4edd-9de2-88dff796b0bc#content|Powershell and Windows Update]]

Here is a list of Power Shell Scripts that are too cool to ignore

Contents

  1. Here is a list of Power Shell Scripts that are too cool to ignore
  2. Windows and AD Scripts
    1. List of AD accounts and the last time they logged in
    2. List Memory Installed
    3. List object from Registry - namely version of .NET installed
    4. Remote commands
    5. Replace a string in a file using a regular expression
  3. SCVMM Powershell scripts
    1. Get a list of Virtual Machines that have a DVD attached
    2. List VMs at the end of the semester to be deleted
    3. Setting up a Windows 2019 Server for the first time

For the uninitiated:

Symbol

Meaning

%

shortcut for foreach object

$_

current object in the pipeline

Get-Member

Will list the fields of the object you send it

Sort-Object -Property [property name]

Will sort the objects you send in by the property name(s) which can be a comma separated list

Windows and AD Scripts

List of AD accounts and the last time they logged in

   1 Get-ADUser -Filter * -SearchBase "dc=home,dc=scotnpatti,dc=com" -ResultPageSize 0 -Prop CN,samaccountname,lastLogonTimestamp | 
   2      select CN, samaccountname,@{n="lastLogonDate";e={[datetime]::FromFileTime($_.LastLogonTimestamp)}}

List Memory Installed

   1 Get-WmiObject win32_physicalmemory | Format-Table Manufacturer,Banklabel,Configuredclockspeed,Devicelocator,Capacity,Serialnumber -autosize

List object from Registry - namely version of .NET installed

   1 gci 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\NET Framework Setup\NDP' | sort pschildname -des | foreach-object {$_.name; $_.GetValue("Version");}

Remote commands

   1 Invoke-Command -ComputerName eve -ScriptBlock { date }

Replace a string in a file using a regular expression

So I downloaded a bunch of files from "the way back machine" site and I needed to update the hard-coded links to be relative site links. The following little script did it for me. 

   1 $files = ls Level*.html
   2 foreach ($item in $files) {
   3     (Get-Content -path $item) | % { $_ -Replace '(https://web.archive.org/nebula/level)([0123456789]{2})/', 'Level$2.html' } | Set-Content $item
   4 }

SCVMM Powershell scripts

I needed this once when I was trying to refresh the Library share. It failed on refresh with an error saying that a DVD was in use and wouldn't refresh until it was no longer in use. The following commands allowed me to identify the machines.

In general all of these need: 

   1 Import-Module VirtualMachineManager

Get a list of Virtual Machines that have a DVD attached

   1 Get-SCVMMServer -ComputerName Samuel
   2 Get-SCVirtualMachine | Get-SCVirtualDVDDrive | Where-Object {$_.Connection -eq "ISOImage"} | Select Name, Connection, ISO

List VMs at the end of the semester to be deleted

   1 Get-SCVirtualMachine | Select Name, MarkedAsTemplate, Owner | Sort-Object -Property Owner, Name | Export-Csv -Path .\vms2019w.csv

Setting up a Windows 2019 Server for the first time

   1 # Install the AVMA key.
   2 slmgr /ipk TNK62-RXVTB-4P47B-2D623-4GF74
   3 
   4 # Set the timezone 
   5 #  First I'm going to search for the timezone I want
   6 Get-TimeZone -ListAvailable | Where-Object {$_.DisplayName -like '*Eastern*'}
   7 #  This gave me the parameter needed to set the time zone. 
   8 Set-TimeZone -Name "Eastern Standard Time"
   9 
  10 # Set the Hostname of the computer:
  11 Rename-Computer -NewName "windows2019" -Restart
  12 
  13 # Next we need to install Windows update and get it started.
  14 # This will install nuget package too.
  15 Install-Module PSWindowsUpdate
  16 
  17 # Now start the update process
  18 Get-WUInstall –MicrosoftUpdate –AcceptAll –AutoReboot

Resources:

WindowsAdministration/PowerShellScripts (last edited 2024-08-30 00:21:07 by scot)