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Testing for Schema Extension Conflicts

Source : http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/testing-for-active-directory-schema-extension-conflicts%28WS.10%29.aspx You can use ADSchemaExtensionConflictAnalyzer.ps1 (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=191133), a Windows PowerShell script, to analyze application schema extension .ldf files against a production schema and generate a report on errors, conflicts, and other warnings. For example, if an application schema extension is

Set possible owners on core cluster resources

This script will set possible owners on core cluster resources (IP Address and Name) Script : Get-Cluster -Name ClusterName | Get-ClusterResource -Name “IP Address”,”Name” | Set-ClusterOwnerNode -Owners ClusterNode01,ClusterNode02 References Get-Cluster Get information about one or more failover clusters in a

Set a cluster resource dependency

This script set a cluster resource dependency on a file server clustered resource Script : Get-Cluster -Name ClusterName |` Get-ClusterResource -Name “FileServer-(FileserverResourceHostname)(Cluster Disk 10)” |` Set-ClusterResourceDependency -Dependency [“FileserverResourceHostname”][and [“Cluster Disk 10”]] Reference (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee461029.aspx) Set-ClusterResourceDependency Specify the resources that a particular

Robocopy process management

This script launch 10 robocopy processes simultaneously to copy folders that begin with a letter from ‘a’ to ‘k’ Script : $userfolders = Get-ChildItem \\server\root_shared_folder | Where-Object {$_.Name -match “^[a-k]”} foreach ($homes in $userfolders) { if ((Get-Process -Name “robocopy”).count -le

Restart a service on remote servers

This script restart the service name “SMS Agent Host” on the servers listed in the file C:\temp\BOOK1.txt Script : ForEach($MachineName In $hosts){ $service = Get-Service -ComputerName $MachineName -name “sms agent host” Write-Host $MachineName, $service.status, $service.name (new-Object System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController(‘sms agent host’,$MachineName)).Stop() (new-Object

Rehost an Active Directory partition on one or more Global Catalog servers

Purpose : In some cases (lingering objects, corruption), an Active Directory partition needs to be rehosted. This technique allows you to “re-host” a partition on an Active Directory domain controller without dumping all the other read only partitions (like you

Query tool GUI (Active Directory and SQL)

Screenshots : Purpose : This project uses the following features : build GUI with Powershell (form, tab, button,…) query the Active Directory or a SQL database Pre-requesites : This script needs some configuration : line 143 : modify the ldap

Query a SQL database

This script can be used to query an SQL database Script : $SqlConnection = New-Object System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection $SqlConnection.ConnectionString = “Server=DBServerHostname;Database=master;Integrated Security=True” $SqlConnection.Open() $SqlCmd = New-Object System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand $SqlCmd.CommandText = “select * from DatabaseName” $SqlCmd.Connection = $SqlConnection $reader = $SqlCmd.ExecuteReader() $Counter = $Reader.FieldCount

Query a DNS zone

Query and retrieve all A records of a specific DNS zone Script : $dns_entries = Get-WmiObject -namespace “root\MicrosoftDNS” -class MicrosoftDNS_Atype -ComputerName dnsServerName -Filter “DomainName = ‘domain.local.net'” foreach ($dnsrecord in $dns_entries) { $dnsrecord.IPAddress + “`t” + $dnsrecord.OwnerName.split(“.”)[0] + “`t” + $dnsrecord.OwnerName

Ping computers in a host file

Just fill the host file with host names you want to ping. Script : $PingMachines = Gc “C:\folder\hosts.txt” ForEach($MachineName In $PingMachines){ $PingStatus = Gwmi Win32_PingStatus -Filter “Address = ‘$MachineName'” | Select-Object StatusCode If ($PingStatus.StatusCode -eq 0){ Write-Host $MachineName ” :