How to install all roles and features of one server on another
Ever wanted to install all the roles and features that are installed on one server on another server? Easy. Just copy and paste the following command into an elevated powershell on the server where the roles and features are installed. Then copy the output and paste it into an elevated powershell on the other server: Get-WindowsFeature | ? { $_.Installed } | Select Name | ForEach-Object { "Install-WindowsFeature $($_.Name)"...
Read MoreCheck objectVersion on all Domain Controllers after schema update with PowerShell
Just copy and paste into PowerShell (Active Directory Module for Windows PowerShell) to get the version of AD schema on all domain controllers in current domain: $schemaContext = Get-ADRootDSE | %{$_.schemaNamingContext} Foreach ($dc in ([System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.DomainController]::findall( (new-object System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.DirectoryContext("Domain",$env:USERDNSDOMAIN)))) | %{$_.name}) { $path = 'LDAP://' + $dc + '/' + $schemaContext $Object = [adsi]$path $dc + ' ' + $Object.objectversion...
Read MoreHow to get a list of all tapes a System Center DPM Server knows about?
I have a long list of DPM tapes – a very long list… and most of them are offline. But how would you know what data is stored on what tape? Jeff Wouters wrote a blogpost about it at http://jeffwouters.nl/index.php/2012/04/list-all-tapes-in-dpm-with-a-powershell-oneliner/ He put the list of tapes in a text file using Get-ProtectionGroup –DPMServer DPM001 | get-tape | select barcode | sort | out-file E:\Temp\DPMTapeBarcodeList.txt I prefer to have a quick overview in powershell itself by using gc env:computername | Get-ProtectionGroup | get-tape | fl This will list all tapes known...
Read MoreRestore deleted computer object including BitLocker recovery information
Recovery of Active Directory objects became much easier with the introduction of AD recycle bin feature in Windows Server 2008 R2. Simply use the restore-adobject PowerShell cmdlet and you’re done. But what if you are using BitLocker with its keys stored in AD? You can still restore the computer object once it got deleted. But the attached msFVE-RecoveryInformation objects will not get restored automatically. This small PowerShell cmdlet will do the work for you: import-module ActiveDirectory function RestoreComputer($computername) { If ($computername.substring($computername.length -...
Read MoreHow to get the number of volumes used by DPM 2010?
Just a quick hit that tells you how many volumes Microsoft Data Protection Manager uses. I got 848… $dpmserver = $env:computername #localhost or type your dpm server's name here $dpmdisks = get-dpmdisk -dpmservername $dpmserver $volumecount = 0 $dpmdisks | ForEach-Object { $volumecount += $_.VolumeCount } $volumecount
Read MoreTape Label Studio
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