get-powershellblog : operations manager

PowerShell Challenge 2009

get-powershellblog — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:17:00 GMT

Over on the System Center Forum site HERE , I posted a challenge late in 2008 HERE . Basically, I'm challenging anyone to come up with some kind of automation scenario for Operations Manager 2007 that they think I can't automate. Of course there...(read more)

OpsMgr Shell: Advanced example using PowerShell and the SDK

get-powershellblog — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 18:23:00 GMT

I've got a new post up HERE on the System Center Forum site. The title is "Advanced example using PowerShell and the OpsMgr SDK: Creating and Updating Groups". I basically translate a post from Jakub Olesky HERE . I'm going to do a few...(read more)

OpsMgr Shell: OpsMgr Automation Introduction--Part 2

get-powershellblog — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 19:45:00 GMT

I first blogged HERE about starting a short series on OpsMgr Automation. I covered the simple get-alert cmdlet in the series introduction post, and now have the second part up on the System Center Forum site HERE . In the second part, I demonstrate PowerShell...(read more)

Command Shell: Tip when using criteria with Get-MonitoringObject

get-powershellblog — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:16:00 GMT

Another guest blog on the System Center Forum site HERE . I discuss an odd scenario where some OpsMgr Command Shell commands produce an object with a NoteProperty property type. I briefly talk about what a NoteProperty is in PowerShell, then I I show...(read more)

Command Shell: OpsMgr Automation Introduction

get-powershellblog — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:44:00 GMT

I've started doing some guest blogging on the great System Center Forum site . My first post is HERE . I'm doing a series on OpsMgr automation using a simple example like the Command Shell's get-agent cmdlet. I'm going to attempt to show...(read more)

Command Shell: Set-MaintenanceWindow with an end time of now

get-powershellblog — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:50:00 GMT

Reported on MS Connect HERE . I view this more as an issue. Please vote if you come across this problem by following the link above. There is a bit more information if you follow the link also. Summary: ---------------------- When a maintenance window...(read more)

Command Shell: Get-MaintenanceWindow reports datetime in UTC

get-powershellblog — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:31:00 GMT

Reported on Microsoft Connect HERE . See the summary below. Go to the above link to view the full details. I added this more as feedback versus adding it as an issue (it isn't an actual "trouble"). Please use the above link to vote on the...(read more)

Command Shell: Microsoft introduction video

get-powershellblog — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 01:07:00 GMT

This has been available online for several months, but I wanted to add a link to it on my blog. Roger Sprague from the OpsMgr team did this great into video on the Command Shell HERE . Definitely worth watching for people new to the OpsMgr Command Shell...(read more)

OpsMgr Command Shell tip: where-object vs criteria

get-powershellblog — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 14:16:00 GMT

I've seen a few OpsMgr Command Shell users posting scripts that use the get-alert cmdlet. I've seen a few references, where people are using the format: get-alert|where-object{some_criteria} When this format is used, get-alert retrieves *all*...(read more)

TechNet Magazine article: Windows PowerShell in System Center Operations Manager

get-powershellblog — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:05:00 GMT

The article I wrote is now ONLINE! HERE . Many thanks to the magazine editor and Roger Sprague from the Microsoft OpsMgr team for helping put this together and making it through the editing process. The article also gives credit to everyone that helped...(read more)

Operations Manager 2007 and PowerShell recording

get-powershellblog — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:41:00 GMT

I did a presentation on Operations Manager 2007 and PowerShell, aka Command Shell for the System Center Virtual User Group's inaugural meeting announced HERE . Here's is the roughly 50 minutes session that I did HERE (75MB/49 minutes 36 seconds...(read more)