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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 ” :

Network file unlocker

The purpose of this script is to unlock a file located on a shared folder. The server which hosting the shared folder is configured in the variable $nas_server This script works on Windows 2008/Windows 7 and uses the tool “openfiles.exe”

Move computer objects to another Active Directory OU

This script will be useful if you want to move computer objects in the Active Directory filtered by name to a destination OU Script : $computerstomove = Get-ADComputer -LDAPFilter “(name=Desktop00*)” -SearchBase “CN=computers,DC=domain,DC=local,DC=net” foreach ($computertomove in $computerstomove) { Move-ADObject $computertomove -TargetPath