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Microsoft System Center PowerShell Essentials

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Preface

What this book covers What you need for this book Who this book is for Conventions Reader feedback Customer support

Downloading the example code Errata Piracy Questions

1. Setting up the Environment to Use PowerShell

The purpose of this book The target audience Why use PowerShell? PowerShell version references Setting up the System Center Configuration Manager environment

Connecting to Windows PowerShell for SCCM Connecting to Windows PowerShell from the SCCM console

Setting up the System Center Operations Manager environment

Connecting to Windows PowerShell for SCOM

Setting up the System Center Service Manager environment

Connecting to Windows PowerShell for SCSM

Summary

2. Administration of Configuration Manager through PowerShell

Introducing Configuration Manager through PowerShell Hierarchy details

Site details Discovery details Boundary details Distribution point details Management point details Other site role details

Asset and compliance

Collection details Reading Configuration Manager status messages Creating new user/device collections Handling Configuration Manager objects The client settings information Alert management

Software distribution

Handling packages and applications Handling programs Handling deployment types Handling application or package deployment

Creating an application catalog web service point and application catalog website point roles

The operating system deployment

An operating system image Operating system installers

Boot image details

Handling drivers for deployments Gathering the task sequence

Software update management

Software catalog details

Summary

3. Scenario-based Scripting for SCCM Administration

Scenario 1 – adding multiple distribution points to a distribution point group

Prescripting activities Assumption

Scenario 2 – creating multiple packages with the .csv/.txt file input

Prescripting activities

Scenario 3 – using PowerShell to get the Configuration Manager installation directory Scenario 4 – checking for SCCM services Scenario 5 – operating a system deployment precheck Scenario 6 – running a ping test

Prescripting activities

Scenario 7 – getting a list of primary sites in the Configuration Manager environment Scenario 8 – getting a list of all site servers in the Configuration Manager environment Scenario 9 – getting component status in Configuration Manager Scenario 10 – installing the SCCM client agent version Summary

4. Administration of Operations Manager through PowerShell

Monitoring

Knowing a management group Alert management Alert resolution

Authoring

Discovery management Class and instance Groups

Administration

Management servers Agent management

Agent installation SCOM proxy agents

Management pack details

SCOM rules SCOM monitors Database grooming Alert notifications

Summary

5. Scenario-based Scripting for SCOM Administration

Resolving all SCOM alerts Listing and exporting all SCOM monitors

Assumptions

Listing and exporting all SCOM overrides

Assumptions

Listing and exporting gray agents in SCOM Finding management pack details for a particular alert Listing past alerts Backing up unsealed management packs Counting alerts created by a monitor Enabling specific SCOM monitors Listing all updated management packs Listing and exporting repeating SCOM alerts Getting SCOM alerts specific to a computer Listing all unhealthy SCOM agents Disabling SCOM alerts Listing all heartbeat failure machines Listing all management server open alerts Listing management servers in the maintenance mode Listing the health status of management servers Putting an IIS 7 application in the maintenance mode Summary

6. Administration of Service Manager through PowerShell

SMlets Incident reporting Auto closing the resolved incidents and closing the completed changes Changing the status of a service request Summary

7. Scenario-based Scripting for SCSM Administration

Adding classes to the SCSM allow list Exporting management packs Backing up unsealed management packs Manual activity and service request check Tickets status check Support group and tier queue check for multiple tickets Updating field information for a number of users Finding GUID of any SCSM template Getting queue members for SCSM Summary

8. Best Practices

Integrating SQL commands with PowerShell SCCM health check activities

Checking the SCCM site server availability Checking the SCCM and dependent service status Checking the site server disk space Site server memory utilization test Checking for site server CPU utilization Checking for SCCM component status Checking the management point's health SCOM health check report Checking disk space of operation database and data warehouse Querying top-event and alert-generating computers Data grooming settings Reporting all objects in the maintenance mode Changing the SCSM subscription property by PowerShell

Data warehouse registration Summary

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