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Windows Server Powershell Commands

2024-03-12T22:42:43Z

Jhorne:

[[Category:Windows]]
Locate AD Account Lockout Events (must run this powershell on the PDC Emulator)
get-addomain | select PDCEmulator
Get-WinEvent -FilterHashtable @{logname='security'; id=4740} | fl
Create new DNS record
Add-DnsServerResourceRecordA -Name hostname -ZoneName fqdn.domain.com -IPv4Address 192.168.99.21
Install Domain Controller with DNS and DHCP
Install-windowsfeature -name AD-Domain-Services, DNS, DHCP -IncludeManagementTools
Install Remote Access and Remote Desktop Gateway
Install-WindowsFeature NPAS, RDS-Gateway, DirectAccess-VPN, RSAT-RemoteAccess-Mgmt, RSAT-RDS-Gateway -IncludeManagementTools
Install Hyper-V Role
Install-WindowsFeature Hyper-V, RSAT-Hyper-V-Tools
Install iSCSI Target and NFS Services
Install-WindowsFeature FS-FileServer, FS-Resource-Manager, FS-VSS-Agent, FS-iSCSITarget-Server, FS-NFS-Service, RSAT-File-Services, iSCSITarget-VSS-VDS -IncludeManagementTools
Install Windows Server Updates Service
Install-WindowsFeature UpdateServices -IncludeManagementTools
Uninstall Windows Server Updates Service
Uninstall-WindowsFeature -Name UpdateServices,Windows-Internal-Database -Restart
Then remove the contents of C:\Windows\WID\
Install Standard File and Print Services
Install-WindowsFeature Print-Services, Print-Server, FS-FileServer, FS-Resource-Manager -IncludeManagementTools
Check when a user was created (or check how old a domain is, by checking administrator)
Get-ADUser <UserName> -Properties whenCreated | Format-List Name,whenCreated
Windows Storage Manager shows all mgmt options greyed out
Update-StorageProviderCache
Query AD for a list of computers
Get-ADComputer -Filter 'operatingSystem -like "*Windows 7*"' -Properties * | Select -Property Name,IPv4Address,OperatingSystem,OperatingSystemVersion
Get-ADComputer -Filter 'operatingSystem -like "*Windows 10*"' -Properties * | Select -Property Name,IPv4Address,OperatingSystem,OperatingSystemVersion
Get-ADComputer -Filter 'operatingSystem -like "*Windows 11*"' -Properties * | Select -Property Name,IPv4Address,OperatingSystem,OperatingSystemVersion
Get-ADComputer -Filter 'operatingSystem -like "*Windows Server*"' -Properties * | Select -Property Name,IPv4Address,operatingSystem,OperatingSystemVersion
Get-ADComputer -Filter 'Name -like "*CV*"' -Properties * | Select -Property Name,IPv4Address,operatingSystem,OperatingSystemVersion
Remove a computer from the domain:
Remove-Computer
Remove-ADComputer -Identity "ComputerName"
Set the timezone on a server:
Set-TimeZone -Name "Central Standard Time"
Example of setting my iSCSI interface addresses via powershell
New-NetIPAddress -InterfaceAlias NIC3 -IPAddress 172.16.32.11 -PrefixLength 24
New-NetIPAddress -InterfaceAlias NIC4 -IPAddress 172.16.33.11 -PrefixLength 24
Setting DNS address for interface
Set-DnsClientServerAddress -InterfaceAlias Ethernet -ServerAddresses "IPADDRESS1","IPADDRESS2"
Disable/Enable Windows Firewall
Set-NetFirewallProfile -Profile Domain,Public,Private -Enabled False
Set-NetFirewallProfile -Profile Domain,Public,Private -Enabled True
Create new Network Team
Get-NetAdapter
New-NetLBFOTeam Team0 NIC1, NIC2
Installing Dell Openmanage on Windows Server Core
msiexec /i SysMgmt.msi
netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Web GUI" dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=1311
or with powershell
New-NetFirewallRule -Name Dell_OMSA -DisplayName "Dell OMSA" -Description "Dell OMSA Web Management" -Protocol TCP -Enabled True -Profile Any -Action Allow -LocalPort 1311
Check or Relocate Domain FSMO Roles
Get-ADDomain | Select-Object InfrastructureMaster, RIDMaster, PDCEmulator
Get-ADForest | Select-Object DomainNamingMaster, SchemaMaster
Get-ADDomainController -Filter * | Select-Object Name, Domain, Forest, OperationMasterRoles | Where-Object {$_.OperationMasterRoles} | Format-Table -AutoSize
Move-ADDirectoryServerOperationMasterRole -OperationMasterRole 0,1,2,3,4 -Identity SERVERNAME
Verify the current WSUS Updates source for the client
REG QUERY "HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate"
Deleting partitions that appear to be undeletable
diskpart
list disk
select disk n
list partition
select partition n
delete partition override
exit
Search Event Logs about shutdown events:
Get-EventLog System | Where-Object {$_.EventID -eq "1074" -or $_.EventID -eq "6008" -or $_.EventID -eq "1076"} | ft Machinename, TimeWritten, UserName, EventID, Message -AutoSize -Wrap
Search Event Logs about IP Conflict events:
Get-EventLog System | Where-Object {$_.EventID -eq "4199"} | ft Machinename, TimeWritten, UserName, EventID, Message -AutoSize -Wrap
Clear Dirty Shutdown Event Tracker (run from admin command promt)
reg Delete HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Reliability /v DirtyShutdown /f
reg Delete HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Reliability /v DirtyShutdownTime /f
Running Windows Backup:
wbadmin start backup -backuptarget:D: -include:C: -allcritical -quiet
wbadmin get versions
Equivalent of 'grep'ing in Unix:
netstat -p TCP | Select-String -Pattern 3389
Joining a domain:
Add-Computer -Credential corp\administrator -DomainName corp.domain.com
Add-Computer -Credential corp\administrator -DomainName corp.domain.com -OUPath 'ou=Desktops,dc=corp,dc=domain,dc=com'
Add-Computer -Credential corp\administrator -DomainName corp.domain.com -OUPath 'ou=Servers,dc=corp,dc=domain,dc=com' -NewName ServerName
List all Possible windows features
Get-WindowsFeature
Installing SNMP: (and it will also install SNMP-Service too)
Install-WindowsFeature SNMP-WMI-Provider
Installing Windows Backup Service
Install-WindowsFeature Windows-Server-Backups
Install-WindowsFeature SNMP-WMI-Provider, Windows-Server-Backup
Installing .net 3.5 (mount the Server 2012 DVD first)
Install-WindowsFeature –name NET-Framework-Core –source D:\sources\sxs
Windows Update Client check in to WSUS server
wuauclt /detectnow
Windows Update Client has not checked into server in a long time but client is online
wuauclt /resetauthorization /detectnow
Verify WSUS client Settings:
REG QUERY "HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate"
Extending a file system, such as after you extend the disk within VMware and you want to avoid logging onto the system to finish the file system extend
"rescan" | diskpart
$MaxSize = (Get-PartitionSupportedSize -DriveLetter d).sizeMax
Resize-Partition -DriveLetter d -Size $MaxSize
Shrinking a file system might give an error about not enough disk space, so defrag it first:
defrag -c -w -v
Export and Import Network Shares
reg export HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Shares %UserProfile%\Desktop\Shares-Backup.reg
reg import HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Shares %UserProfile%\Desktop\Shares-Backup.reg

Below are deprecated versions of commands:

Print out all available features:
PS C:\Windows\system32> dism.exe /online /get-features
Install Windows Backup Service:
PS C:\Windows\system32> dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:WindowsServerBackup
Install .net 3.5. There is sometimes an error dectecting the source files, so we specify the CD sources instead.
PS C:\Windows\system32> dism.exe /online /enable-feature /all /featurename:NetFX3 /Source:D:\sources\sxs

Dell OMSA Non-Certified Drive Flag

2024-01-03T23:32:28Z

Jhorne:

[[Category:Dell Servers]]
Turn off non-certified disk alert in OpenManage:

Esxi
/etc/cim/dell/srvadmin/srvadmin-storage/stsvc.ini
Windows
C:\Program Files\Dell\SysMgt\sm\stsvc.ini
Linux
/opt/dell/srvadmin/etc/srvadmin-storage/stsvc.ini

Loate the below line, it is generally near the top.
<nowiki>
; nonDellCertified flag for blocking all non-dell certified alerts.
NonDellCertifiedFlag=yes </nowiki>

Change to no. Restart OpenManage services. use admin powershell:
restart-service dcstor64 -force

Windows Server Powershell Commands

2023-08-25T22:37:28Z

Jhorne:

[[Category:Windows]]
Locate AD Account Lockout Events (must run this powershell on the PDC Emulator)
get-addomain | select PDCEmulator
Get-WinEvent -FilterHashtable @{logname='security'; id=4740} | fl
Create new DNS record
Add-DnsServerResourceRecordA -Name hostname -ZoneName fqdn.domain.com -IPv4Address 192.168.99.21
Install Domain Controller with DNS and DHCP
Install-windowsfeature -name AD-Domain-Services, DNS, DHCP -IncludeManagementTools
Install Remote Access and Remote Desktop Gateway
Install-WindowsFeature NPAS, RDS-Gateway, DirectAccess-VPN, RSAT-RemoteAccess-Mgmt, RSAT-RDS-Gateway -IncludeManagementTools
Install Hyper-V Role
Install-WindowsFeature Hyper-V, RSAT-Hyper-V-Tools
Install iSCSI Target and NFS Services
Install-WindowsFeature FS-FileServer, FS-Resource-Manager, FS-VSS-Agent, FS-iSCSITarget-Server, FS-NFS-Service, RSAT-File-Services, iSCSITarget-VSS-VDS -IncludeManagementTools
Install Windows Server Updates Service
Install-WindowsFeature UpdateServices -IncludeManagementTools
Uninstall Windows Server Updates Service
Uninstall-WindowsFeature -Name UpdateServices,Windows-Internal-Database -Restart
Then remove the contents of C:\Windows\WID\
Install Standard File and Print Services
Install-WindowsFeature Print-Services, Print-Server, FS-FileServer, FS-Resource-Manager -IncludeManagementTools
Check when a user was created (or check how old a domain is, by checking administrator)
Get-ADUser <UserName> -Properties whenCreated | Format-List Name,whenCreated
Windows Storage Manager shows all mgmt options greyed out
Update-StorageProviderCache
Query AD for a list of computers
Get-ADComputer -Filter 'operatingSystem -like "*Windows 7*"' -Properties * | Select -Property Name,IPv4Address,OperatingSystem,OperatingSystemVersion
Get-ADComputer -Filter 'operatingSystem -like "*Windows 10*"' -Properties * | Select -Property Name,IPv4Address,OperatingSystem,OperatingSystemVersion
Get-ADComputer -Filter 'operatingSystem -like "*Windows 11*"' -Properties * | Select -Property Name,IPv4Address,OperatingSystem,OperatingSystemVersion
Get-ADComputer -Filter 'operatingSystem -like "*Windows Server*"' -Properties * | Select -Property Name,IPv4Address,operatingSystem,OperatingSystemVersion
Get-ADComputer -Filter 'Name -like "*CV*"' -Properties * | Select -Property Name,IPv4Address,operatingSystem,OperatingSystemVersion
Remove a computer from the domain:
Remove-Computer
Remove-ADComputer -Identity "ComputerName"
Set the timezone on a server:
Set-TimeZone -Name "Central Standard Time"
Example of setting my iSCSI interface addresses via powershell
New-NetIPAddress -InterfaceAlias NIC3 -IPAddress 172.16.32.11 -PrefixLength 24
New-NetIPAddress -InterfaceAlias NIC4 -IPAddress 172.16.33.11 -PrefixLength 24
Setting DNS address for interface
Set-DnsClientServerAddress -InterfaceAlias Ethernet -ServerAddresses "IPADDRESS1","IPADDRESS2"
Disable/Enable Windows Firewall
Set-NetFirewallProfile -Profile Domain,Public,Private -Enabled False
Set-NetFirewallProfile -Profile Domain,Public,Private -Enabled True
Create new Network Team
Get-NetAdapter
New-NetLBFOTeam Team0 NIC1, NIC2
Installing Dell Openmanage on Windows Server Core
msiexec /i SysMgmt.msi
netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Web GUI" dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=1311
or with powershell
New-NetFirewallRule -Name Dell_OMSA -DisplayName "Dell OMSA" -Description "Dell OMSA Web Management" -Protocol TCP -Enabled True -Profile Any -Action Allow -LocalPort 1311
Check or Relocate Domain FSMO Roles
Get-ADDomain | Select-Object InfrastructureMaster, RIDMaster, PDCEmulator
Get-ADForest | Select-Object DomainNamingMaster, SchemaMaster
Get-ADDomainController -Filter * | Select-Object Name, Domain, Forest, OperationMasterRoles | Where-Object {$_.OperationMasterRoles} | Format-Table -AutoSize
Move-ADDirectoryServerOperationMasterRole -Identity SERVERNAME -OperationMasterRole 0,1,2,3,4
Verify the current WSUS Updates source for the client
REG QUERY "HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate"
Deleting partitions that appear to be undeletable
diskpart
list disk
select disk n
list partition
select partition n
delete partition override
exit
Search Event Logs about shutdown events:
Get-EventLog System | Where-Object {$_.EventID -eq "1074" -or $_.EventID -eq "6008" -or $_.EventID -eq "1076"} | ft Machinename, TimeWritten, UserName, EventID, Message -AutoSize -Wrap
Search Event Logs about IP Conflict events:
Get-EventLog System | Where-Object {$_.EventID -eq "4199"} | ft Machinename, TimeWritten, UserName, EventID, Message -AutoSize -Wrap
Clear Dirty Shutdown Event Tracker (run from admin command promt)
reg Delete HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Reliability /v DirtyShutdown /f
reg Delete HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Reliability /v DirtyShutdownTime /f
Running Windows Backup:
wbadmin start backup -backuptarget:D: -include:C: -allcritical -quiet
wbadmin get versions
Equivalent of 'grep'ing in Unix:
netstat -p TCP | Select-String -Pattern 3389
Joining a domain:
Add-Computer -Credential corp\administrator -DomainName corp.domain.com
Add-Computer -Credential corp\administrator -DomainName corp.domain.com -OUPath 'ou=Desktops,dc=corp,dc=domain,dc=com'
Add-Computer -Credential corp\administrator -DomainName corp.domain.com -OUPath 'ou=Servers,dc=corp,dc=domain,dc=com' -NewName ServerName
List all Possible windows features
Get-WindowsFeature
Installing SNMP: (and it will also install SNMP-Service too)
Install-WindowsFeature SNMP-WMI-Provider
Installing Windows Backup Service
Install-WindowsFeature Windows-Server-Backups
Install-WindowsFeature SNMP-WMI-Provider, Windows-Server-Backup
Installing .net 3.5 (mount the Server 2012 DVD first)
Install-WindowsFeature –name NET-Framework-Core –source D:\sources\sxs
Windows Update Client check in to WSUS server
wuauclt /detectnow
Windows Update Client has not checked into server in a long time but client is online
wuauclt /resetauthorization /detectnow
Verify WSUS client Settings:
REG QUERY "HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate"
Extending a file system, such as after you extend the disk within VMware and you want to avoid logging onto the system to finish the file system extend
"rescan" | diskpart
$MaxSize = (Get-PartitionSupportedSize -DriveLetter d).sizeMax
Resize-Partition -DriveLetter d -Size $MaxSize
Shrinking a file system might give an error about not enough disk space, so defrag it first:
defrag -c -w -v
Export and Import Network Shares
reg export HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Shares %UserProfile%\Desktop\Shares-Backup.reg
reg import HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Shares %UserProfile%\Desktop\Shares-Backup.reg

Below are deprecated versions of commands:

Print out all available features:
PS C:\Windows\system32> dism.exe /online /get-features
Install Windows Backup Service:
PS C:\Windows\system32> dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:WindowsServerBackup
Install .net 3.5. There is sometimes an error dectecting the source files, so we specify the CD sources instead.
PS C:\Windows\system32> dism.exe /online /enable-feature /all /featurename:NetFX3 /Source:D:\sources\sxs

Dell OMSA Non-Certified Drive Flag

2023-06-18T13:02:50Z

Jhorne:

[[Category:Dell Servers]]
Turn off non-certified disk alert in OpenManage:

Esxi
/etc/cim/dell/srvadmin/srvadmin-storage/stsvc.ini
Windows
C:\Program Files\Dell\SysMgt\sm\stsvc.ini

Loate the below line, it is generally near the top.
<nowiki>
; nonDellCertified flag for blocking all non-dell certified alerts.
NonDellCertifiedFlag=yes </nowiki>

Change to no. Restart OpenManage services. use admin powershell:
restart-service dcstor64 -force

Dell OMSA Non-Certified Drive Flag

2023-06-18T13:02:29Z

Jhorne:

[[Category:Dell Servers]]
Turn off non-certified disk alert in OpenManage:

Esxi
/etc/cim/dell/srvadmin/srvadmin-storage/stsvc.ini
Windows
C:\Program Files\Dell\SysMgt\sm\stsvc.ini

Loate the below line, it is generally near the top.
<nowiki>
; nonDellCertified flag for blocking all non-dell certified alerts.
NonDellCertifiedFlag=yes </nowiki>

Change to no. Restart OpenManage services. use admin powershell:
restart-service dcstor64

Windows Server Powershell Commands

2022-11-30T13:32:29Z

Jhorne:

[[Category:Windows]]
Locate AD Account Lockout Events (must run this powershell on the PDC Emulator)
get-addomain | select PDCEmulator
Get-WinEvent -FilterHashtable @{logname='security'; id=4740} | fl
Create new DNS record
Add-DnsServerResourceRecordA -Name hostname -ZoneName fqdn.domain.com -IPv4Address 192.168.99.21
Install Domain Controller with DNS and DHCP
Install-windowsfeature -name AD-Domain-Services, DNS, DHCP -IncludeManagementTools
Install Remote Access and Remote Desktop Gateway
Install-WindowsFeature NPAS, RDS-Gateway, DirectAccess-VPN, RSAT-RemoteAccess-Mgmt, RSAT-RDS-Gateway -IncludeManagementTools
Install Hyper-V Role
Install-WindowsFeature Hyper-V, RSAT-Hyper-V-Tools
Install iSCSI Target and NFS Services
Install-WindowsFeature FS-FileServer, FS-Resource-Manager, FS-VSS-Agent, FS-iSCSITarget-Server, FS-NFS-Service, RSAT-File-Services, iSCSITarget-VSS-VDS -IncludeManagementTools
Install Windows Server Updates Service
Install-WindowsFeature UpdateServices -IncludeManagementTools
Uninstall Windows Server Updates Service
Uninstall-WindowsFeature -Name UpdateServices,Windows-Internal-Database -Restart
Then remove the contents of C:\Windows\WID\
Install Standard File and Print Services
Install-WindowsFeature Print-Services, Print-Server, FS-FileServer, FS-Resource-Manager -IncludeManagementTools
Check when a user was created (or check how old a domain is, by checking administrator)
Get-ADUser <UserName> -Properties whenCreated | Format-List Name,whenCreated
Windows Storage Manager shows all mgmt options greyed out
Update-StorageProviderCache
Query AD for a list of computers
Get-ADComputer -Filter 'operatingSystem -like "*Windows 7*"' -Properties * | Select -Property Name,IPv4Address,OperatingSystem,OperatingSystemVersion
Get-ADComputer -Filter 'operatingSystem -like "*Windows 10*"' -Properties * | Select -Property Name,IPv4Address,OperatingSystem,OperatingSystemVersion
Get-ADComputer -Filter 'operatingSystem -like "*Windows Server*"' -Properties * | Select -Property Name,IPv4Address,operatingSystem,OperatingSystemVersion
Get-ADComputer -Filter 'Name -like "*CV*"' -Properties * | Select -Property Name,IPv4Address,operatingSystem,OperatingSystemVersion
Remove a computer from the domain:
Remove-Computer
Remove-ADComputer -Identity "ComputerName"
Set the timezone on a server:
Set-TimeZone -Name "Central Standard Time"
Example of setting my iSCSI interface addresses via powershell
New-NetIPAddress -InterfaceAlias NIC3 -IPAddress 172.16.32.11 -PrefixLength 24
New-NetIPAddress -InterfaceAlias NIC4 -IPAddress 172.16.33.11 -PrefixLength 24
Setting DNS address for interface
Set-DnsClientServerAddress -InterfaceAlias Ethernet -ServerAddresses "IPADDRESS1","IPADDRESS2"
Disable/Enable Windows Firewall
Set-NetFirewallProfile -Profile Domain,Public,Private -Enabled False
Set-NetFirewallProfile -Profile Domain,Public,Private -Enabled True
Create new Network Team
Get-NetAdapter
New-NetLBFOTeam Team0 NIC1, NIC2
Installing Dell Openmanage on Windows Server Core
msiexec /i SysMgmt.msi
netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Web GUI" dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=1311
or with powershell
New-NetFirewallRule -Name Dell_OMSA -DisplayName "Dell OMSA" -Description "Dell OMSA Web Management" -Protocol TCP -Enabled True -Profile Any -Action Allow -LocalPort 1311
Check or Relocate Domain FSMO Roles
Get-ADDomain | Select-Object InfrastructureMaster, RIDMaster, PDCEmulator
Get-ADForest | Select-Object DomainNamingMaster, SchemaMaster
Get-ADDomainController -Filter * | Select-Object Name, Domain, Forest, OperationMasterRoles | Where-Object {$_.OperationMasterRoles} | Format-Table -AutoSize
Move-ADDirectoryServerOperationMasterRole -Identity SERVERNAME -OperationMasterRole 0,1,2,3,4
Verify the current WSUS Updates source for the client
REG QUERY "HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate"
Deleting partitions that appear to be undeletable
diskpart
list disk
select disk n
list partition
select partition n
delete partition override
exit
Search Event Logs about shutdown events:
Get-EventLog System | Where-Object {$_.EventID -eq "1074" -or $_.EventID -eq "6008" -or $_.EventID -eq "1076"} | ft Machinename, TimeWritten, UserName, EventID, Message -AutoSize -Wrap
Search Event Logs about IP Conflict events:
Get-EventLog System | Where-Object {$_.EventID -eq "4199"} | ft Machinename, TimeWritten, UserName, EventID, Message -AutoSize -Wrap
Clear Dirty Shutdown Event Tracker (run from admin command promt)
reg Delete HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Reliability /v DirtyShutdown /f
reg Delete HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Reliability /v DirtyShutdownTime /f
Running Windows Backup:
wbadmin start backup -backuptarget:D: -include:C: -allcritical -quiet
wbadmin get versions
Equivalent of 'grep'ing in Unix:
netstat -p TCP | Select-String -Pattern 3389
Joining a domain:
Add-Computer -Credential corp\administrator -DomainName corp.domain.com
Add-Computer -Credential corp\administrator -DomainName corp.domain.com -OUPath 'ou=Desktops,dc=corp,dc=domain,dc=com'
Add-Computer -Credential corp\administrator -DomainName corp.domain.com -OUPath 'ou=Servers,dc=corp,dc=domain,dc=com' -NewName ServerName
List all Possible windows features
Get-WindowsFeature
Installing SNMP: (and it will also install SNMP-Service too)
Install-WindowsFeature SNMP-WMI-Provider
Installing Windows Backup Service
Install-WindowsFeature Windows-Server-Backups
Install-WindowsFeature SNMP-WMI-Provider, Windows-Server-Backup
Installing .net 3.5 (mount the Server 2012 DVD first)
Install-WindowsFeature –name NET-Framework-Core –source D:\sources\sxs
Windows Update Client check in to WSUS server
wuauclt /detectnow
Windows Update Client has not checked into server in a long time but client is online
wuauclt /resetauthorization /detectnow
Verify WSUS client Settings:
REG QUERY "HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate"
Extending a file system, such as after you extend the disk within VMware and you want to avoid logging onto the system to finish the file system extend
"rescan" | diskpart
$MaxSize = (Get-PartitionSupportedSize -DriveLetter d).sizeMax
Resize-Partition -DriveLetter d -Size $MaxSize
Shrinking a file system might give an error about not enough disk space, so defrag it first:
defrag -c -w -v
Export and Import Network Shares
reg export HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Shares %UserProfile%\Desktop\Shares-Backup.reg
reg import HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Shares %UserProfile%\Desktop\Shares-Backup.reg

Below are deprecated versions of commands:

Print out all available features:
PS C:\Windows\system32> dism.exe /online /get-features
Install Windows Backup Service:
PS C:\Windows\system32> dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:WindowsServerBackup
Install .net 3.5. There is sometimes an error dectecting the source files, so we specify the CD sources instead.
PS C:\Windows\system32> dism.exe /online /enable-feature /all /featurename:NetFX3 /Source:D:\sources\sxs

Recovering After Failed Update All Services Disabled

2022-07-13T02:51:24Z

Jhorne:

[[Category:Exchange]]
1) Determine what update failed, and manually install the failed CU patch.
. .\Get-WuaHistory.ps1
Get-WuaHistory | Format-Table
2) Download the patch from Microsoft Update Catalog: https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Home.aspx. Manually apply the patch.<br>
3) Reset exchange services/dependencies to automatic
Get-Service | Where-Object { $_.DisplayName –like “Microsoft Exchange *” } | Set-Service –StartupType Automatic
Get-Service | Where-Object { $_.DisplayName –like “Microsoft Exchange IMAP*” } | Set-Service –StartupType Manual
Get-Service | Where-Object { $_.DisplayName –like “Microsoft Exchange POP*” } | Set-Service –StartupType Manual
Get-Service | Where-Object { $_.DisplayName –eq “IIS Admin Service” } | Set-Service –StartupType Automatic
Get-Service | Where-Object { $_.DisplayName –eq “Microsoft Filtering Management Service” } | Set-Service –StartupType Automatic
Get-Service | Where-Object { $_.DisplayName –eq “World Wide Web Publishing Service” } | Set-Service –StartupType Automatic
Get-Service | Where-Object { $_.DisplayName –eq “Tracing Service for Search in Exchange” } | Set-Service –StartupType Automatic
4) Reboot the server<br>
5) Verify exchange services are started, and set for Automatic Start.<br>
6) Verify exchange servbice are in an active state, and not set for maintenance
Get-ServerComponentState -Identity SERVERNAME
Set-ServerComponentState -Identity SERVERNAME -Component ServerWideOffline -State Active -Requester Functional
Set-ServerComponentState -Identity SERVERNAME -Component ServerWideOffline -State Active

Exchange Server Mailbox Migration

2022-05-19T20:49:45Z

Jhorne:

[[Category:Exchange]]
==Exporting and Importing Mailboxes for Offline Exchange Server Migration==

Exporting from Exchange 2007:

Get-Mailbox | Add-MailboxPermission –user [adminusername] –AccessRight FullAccess –Inheritancetype all
Get-Mailbox -Database “[SERVERNAME]\First Storage Group\Mailbox Database” | Export-Mailbox -PSTFolderPath c:\PSTs
Get-Mailbox -Database “[SERVERNAME]\First Storage Group\Mailbox Database” | Import-Mailbox -PSTFolderPath c:\PSTs
Get-Mailbox | Remove-MailboxPermission –user [adminusername] –AccessRight FullAccess –Inheritancetype all

Single run:<br>
Import-Mailbox -Identity <mailboxUser> -PSTFolderPath D:\PSTs
Export-Mailbox -Identity <mailboxUser> -PSTFolderPath D:\PSTs

Now same thing, but Exchange 2010
New-ManagementRoleAssignment –Role “Mailbox Import Export” –User [DOMAIN\username]
foreach ($i in (Get-Mailbox)) { New-MailboxExportRequest -Mailbox $i -FilePath "\\UNCPath\PSTs\$($i.Alias).pst" }
Get-MailboxExportRequest -Status Completed | Remove-MailboxExportRequest

Same thing, but Exchange 2016 (or probably newer)
New-ManagementRoleAssignment –Role “Mailbox Import Export” –User [DOMAIN\username]
New-MailboxExportRequest -Mailbox ALIAS -FilePath \\UNCPath\PSTs\ALIAS.pst
foreach ($i in (get-mailbox)) { New-MailboxExportRequest -Mailbox $i.Alias -FilePath \\UNCPath\PSTs\$($i.Alias).pst }
foreach ($i in (get-mailbox)) { New-MailboxExportRequest -Mailbox $i.Alias -IsArchive -FilePath \\UNCPath\PSTs\$($i.Alias).pst }
Get-MailboxExportRequest -Status Completed | Remove-MailboxExportRequest

Importing all .Pst files in Exchange 2013 or 2016

(don't forget to ensure New-ManagementRoleAssignment has been set if you're working with a different server AND restart Exchange powershell)
Dir \\HOSTNAME\e$\PSTs\*.pst | %{ New-MailboxImportRequest -Name RecoveredPST -BatchName Recovered -BadItemLimit 1000000 -AcceptLargeDataLoss -Mailbox $_.BaseName -FilePath $_.FullName}
Get-MailboxImportRequest -Status Completed | Remove-MailboxImportRequest

Same thing, but single maildatabase:
New-MailboxImportRequest -Mailbox [Username] -IsArchive -FilePath \\UNCPath\PSTs\filename.pst

==Mailbox Migrations==
Move Mailbox from one database to another:
Test it to see if a sigle mailbox is ready to move:
New-MoveRequest -identity jhorne -TargetDatabase "DFWLP DEV Mailboxes" -WhatIf
Then move it:
New-MoveRequest -identity jhorne -TargetDatabase "DFWLP DEV Mailboxes"
Move all Mailboxes:
foreach ($i in (Get-Mailbox)) { New-MoveRequest -Identity $i -TargetDatabase "DLP Prod Mailboxes" }
Move Arbitration, Auditlog, and DiscoverySearch:
Get-Mailbox -Arbitration | New-Moverequest -Targetdatabase "Database Name"
Get-Mailbox DiscoverySearchMailbox* | New-MoveRequest -TargetDatabase "Database Name"
Get-Mailbox -Database DLP-PROD01 -AuditLog | New-MoveRequest -TargetDatabase "Database Name"
List all mailboxes:
Get-mailbox
List all mailboxes and show current database:
Get-Mailbox | fl alias,database
List current migration jobs:
Get-MoveRequest
Get-MoveRequestStatistics -Identity username | fl
Get-MoveRequestStatistics -Identity username | fl totalmailboxitemcount,bytestransferred,itemstransferred,PercentComplete
Remove completed migration jobs:
Get-MoveRequest -MoveStatus completed | Remove-MoveRequest

Exchange Server Mailbox Migration

2022-05-19T18:38:18Z

Jhorne:

[[Category:Exchange]]
==Exporting and Importing Mailboxes for Offline Exchange Server Migration==

Exporting from Exchange 2007:

Get-Mailbox | Add-MailboxPermission –user [adminusername] –AccessRight FullAccess –Inheritancetype all
Get-Mailbox -Database “[SERVERNAME]\First Storage Group\Mailbox Database” | Export-Mailbox -PSTFolderPath c:\PSTs
Get-Mailbox -Database “[SERVERNAME]\First Storage Group\Mailbox Database” | Import-Mailbox -PSTFolderPath c:\PSTs
Get-Mailbox | Remove-MailboxPermission –user [adminusername] –AccessRight FullAccess –Inheritancetype all

Single run:<br>
Import-Mailbox -Identity <mailboxUser> -PSTFolderPath D:\PSTs
Export-Mailbox -Identity <mailboxUser> -PSTFolderPath D:\PSTs

Now same thing, but Exchange 2010
New-ManagementRoleAssignment –Role “Mailbox Import Export” –User [DOMAIN\username]
foreach ($i in (Get-Mailbox)) { New-MailboxExportRequest -Mailbox $i -FilePath "\\UNCPath\PSTs\$($i.Alias).pst" }
Get-MailboxExportRequest -Status Completed | Remove-MailboxExportRequest

Same thing, but Exchange 2016 (or probably newer)
New-ManagementRoleAssignment –Role “Mailbox Import Export” –User [DOMAIN\username]
foreach ($i in (get-mailbox)) { New-MailboxExportRequest -Mailbox $i.Alias -FilePath \\UNCPath\PSTs\$($i.Alias).pst }
foreach ($i in (get-mailbox)) { New-MailboxExportRequest -Mailbox $i.Alias -IsArchive -FilePath \\UNCPath\PSTs\$($i.Alias).pst }
Get-MailboxExportRequest -Status Completed | Remove-MailboxExportRequest

Importing all .Pst files in Exchange 2013 or 2016

(don't forget to ensure New-ManagementRoleAssignment has been set if you're working with a different server AND restart Exchange powershell)
Dir \\HOSTNAME\e$\PSTs\*.pst | %{ New-MailboxImportRequest -Name RecoveredPST -BatchName Recovered -BadItemLimit 1000000 -AcceptLargeDataLoss -Mailbox $_.BaseName -FilePath $_.FullName}
Get-MailboxImportRequest -Status Completed | Remove-MailboxImportRequest

Same thing, but single maildatabase:
New-MailboxImportRequest -Mailbox [Username] -IsArchive -FilePath \\UNCPath\PSTs\filename.pst

==Mailbox Migrations==
Move Mailbox from one database to another:
Test it to see if a sigle mailbox is ready to move:
New-MoveRequest -identity jhorne -TargetDatabase "DFWLP DEV Mailboxes" -WhatIf
Then move it:
New-MoveRequest -identity jhorne -TargetDatabase "DFWLP DEV Mailboxes"
Move all Mailboxes:
foreach ($i in (Get-Mailbox)) { New-MoveRequest -Identity $i -TargetDatabase "DLP Prod Mailboxes" }
Move Arbitration, Auditlog, and DiscoverySearch:
Get-Mailbox -Arbitration | New-Moverequest -Targetdatabase "Database Name"
Get-Mailbox DiscoverySearchMailbox* | New-MoveRequest -TargetDatabase "Database Name"
Get-Mailbox -Database DLP-PROD01 -AuditLog | New-MoveRequest -TargetDatabase "Database Name"
List all mailboxes:
Get-mailbox
List all mailboxes and show current database:
Get-Mailbox | fl alias,database
List current migration jobs:
Get-MoveRequest
Get-MoveRequestStatistics -Identity username | fl
Get-MoveRequestStatistics -Identity username | fl totalmailboxitemcount,bytestransferred,itemstransferred,PercentComplete
Remove completed migration jobs:
Get-MoveRequest -MoveStatus completed | Remove-MoveRequest

Exchange Server Mailbox Migration

2022-05-19T18:37:49Z

Jhorne:

[[Category:Exchange]]
==Exporting and Importing Mailboxes for Offline Exchange Server Migration==

Exporting from Exchange 2007:

Get-Mailbox | Add-MailboxPermission –user [adminusername] –AccessRight FullAccess –Inheritancetype all
Get-Mailbox -Database “[SERVERNAME]\First Storage Group\Mailbox Database” | Export-Mailbox -PSTFolderPath c:\PSTs
Get-Mailbox -Database “[SERVERNAME]\First Storage Group\Mailbox Database” | Import-Mailbox -PSTFolderPath c:\PSTs
Get-Mailbox | Remove-MailboxPermission –user [adminusername] –AccessRight FullAccess –Inheritancetype all

Single run:<br>
Import-Mailbox -Identity <mailboxUser> -PSTFolderPath D:\PSTs
Export-Mailbox -Identity <mailboxUser> -PSTFolderPath D:\PSTs

Now same thing, but Exchange 2010
New-ManagementRoleAssignment –Role “Mailbox Import Export” –User [DOMAIN\username]
foreach ($i in (Get-Mailbox)) { New-MailboxExportRequest -Mailbox $i -FilePath "\\UNCPath\PSTs\$($i.Alias).pst" }
Get-MailboxExportRequest -Status Completed | Remove-MailboxExportRequest

Same thing, but Exchange 2016 (or probably newer)
New-ManagementRoleAssignment –Role “Mailbox Import Export” –User [DOMAIN\username]
foreach ($i in (get-mailbox)) { New-MailboxExportRequest -Mailbox $i.Alias -FilePath \\UNCPath\PSTs\$($i.Alias).pst }
Get-MailboxExportRequest -Status Completed | Remove-MailboxExportRequest

Importing all .Pst files in Exchange 2013 or 2016

(don't forget to ensure New-ManagementRoleAssignment has been set if you're working with a different server AND restart Exchange powershell)
Dir \\HOSTNAME\e$\PSTs\*.pst | %{ New-MailboxImportRequest -Name RecoveredPST -BatchName Recovered -BadItemLimit 1000000 -AcceptLargeDataLoss -Mailbox $_.BaseName -FilePath $_.FullName}
Get-MailboxImportRequest -Status Completed | Remove-MailboxImportRequest

Same thing, but single maildatabase:
New-MailboxImportRequest -Mailbox [Username] -IsArchive -FilePath \\UNCPath\PSTs\filename.pst

==Mailbox Migrations==
Move Mailbox from one database to another:
Test it to see if a sigle mailbox is ready to move:
New-MoveRequest -identity jhorne -TargetDatabase "DFWLP DEV Mailboxes" -WhatIf
Then move it:
New-MoveRequest -identity jhorne -TargetDatabase "DFWLP DEV Mailboxes"
Move all Mailboxes:
foreach ($i in (Get-Mailbox)) { New-MoveRequest -Identity $i -TargetDatabase "DLP Prod Mailboxes" }
Move Arbitration, Auditlog, and DiscoverySearch:
Get-Mailbox -Arbitration | New-Moverequest -Targetdatabase "Database Name"
Get-Mailbox DiscoverySearchMailbox* | New-MoveRequest -TargetDatabase "Database Name"
Get-Mailbox -Database DLP-PROD01 -AuditLog | New-MoveRequest -TargetDatabase "Database Name"
List all mailboxes:
Get-mailbox
List all mailboxes and show current database:
Get-Mailbox | fl alias,database
List current migration jobs:
Get-MoveRequest
Get-MoveRequestStatistics -Identity username | fl
Get-MoveRequestStatistics -Identity username | fl totalmailboxitemcount,bytestransferred,itemstransferred,PercentComplete
Remove completed migration jobs:
Get-MoveRequest -MoveStatus completed | Remove-MoveRequest

Useful Linux Commands

2022-05-06T19:34:03Z

Jhorne: /* Useful ways to use Sed in Linux */

[[Category:Linux]]

==Measure disk i/o performance==
dd if=/dev/zero of=outfile bs=1M count=1024 conv=fdatasync; rm -rf outfile
dd if=/dev/zero of=outfile bs=1M count=2048 conv=fdatasync; rm -rf outfile
dd if=/dev/zero of=outfile bs=1M count=4096 conv=fdatasync; rm -rf outfile

==Refresh disk storage system after adding new disks==
for i in `ls /sys/class/scsi_host`; do echo "- - -" > /sys/class/scsi_host/${i}/scan; done

==Useful Random Bash Command Line Usages==
To find all matching files names in a directory hierarchy
find /path/to/dir -type f | rev | sort | sed -nr ':a N;/^([^/]*\/).*\n\1/p;D;ba' | uniq | rev

==Useful ways to use Sed in Linux==
These first two examples are used in linux installation scripts as %post activities.

To uncomment something in a config file:
sed -i 's/^#compress/compress/' /etc/logrotate.conf
sed -i 's/^#UseDNS no/UseDNS no/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
To remove "rhgb quiet" from grub.conf:
sed -i 's/rhgb quiet//g' /boot/grub/grub.conf

Examples from various task scripts which i will categeorize and label later: (some will be repeats)
<nowiki>
[root@d0lppb021 syssupport]# grep sed *.sh
addjhorne.sh:sed -i '/^jhorne/ c\jhorne:yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy:0:99999:7:::' /etc/shadow
filesystem_lv_mysql-vg01-500G-sda.sh:sed -i '/lv_mysql/d' /etc/fstab
filesystem_lv_postgres-vg01-500G-sda.sh:sed -i '/lv_postgres/d' /etc/fstab
fixbacula.sh:sed -i "s/set-hostname/$HOSTNAME/g" /etc/bacula/bacula-fd.conf
fixpostfix.sh:sed -i "s/^#myhostname = virtual.domain.tld/myhostname = $HOSTNAME.skopos.me/g" /etc/postfix/main.cf
fixpostfix.sh:sed -i 's/^#mydomain = domain.tld/mydomain = skopos.us/' /etc/postfix/main.cf
fixpostfix.sh:sed -i 's/^#myorigin = $mydomain/myorigin = $mydomain/' /etc/postfix/main.cf
initialovirt.sh:sed -i 's/Santiago//g' /etc/redhat-release
initialovirt.sh:sed -i "s/set-hostname/$HOSTNAME/g" /etc/bacula/bacula-fd.conf
initialphysical.sh:sed -i 's/Santiago//g' /etc/redhat-release
initialphysical.sh:sed -i "s/set-hostname/$HOSTNAME/g" /etc/bacula/bacula-fd.conf
initialpxe.sh:sed -i "s/set-hostname/$HOSTNAME/g" /etc/bacula/bacula-fd.conf
initialvirtual.sh:sed -i "s/set-hostname/$HOSTNAME/g" /etc/bacula/bacula-fd.conf
readyesno.sh: [Yy]* ) umount /opt/mysql; pvcreate /dev/sda1; vgcreate vg01 /dev/sda1; lvcreate -L 500G -n lv_mysql vg01; mkfs.ext4 /dev/vg01/lv_mysql; sed -i '/lv_mysql/d' /etc/fstab; echo "/dev/mapper/vg01-lv_mysql /opt/mysql ext4 defaults,_netdev 0 0" >> /etc/fstab; cat /etc/fstab; mount -a; df -h; break;;
setupssl.sh:sed -i "s/localhost.crt/skopos.me.crt/g" /etc/httpd/conf.d/ssl.conf
setupssl.sh:sed -i "s/localhost.key/skopos.me.key/g" /etc/httpd/conf.d/ssl.conf
</nowiki>

This example is from to change a PXE profile file, to add ksdevice parameter:
sed -i 's/^ append initrd/ append ksdevice=em1 nicdelay=50 linksleep=50 initrd/' /tftpboot/linux-install/pxelinux.cfg/0*

==Yum Configuration to Skip a Package==
I have had a problem with Fedora overwriting the respository version of Cacti with the source version that I had previously installed. To prevent yum from updating a specific package, I have found this switch:
yum -y update --exclude=cacti
There is also a facility to handle this directly, from within /etc/yum/yum.conf.

Windows Server Powershell Commands

2022-02-17T13:25:39Z

Jhorne:

[[Category:Windows]]
Locate AD Account Lockout Events (must run this powershell on the PDC Emulator)
get-addomain | select PDCEmulator
Get-WinEvent -FilterHashtable @{logname='security'; id=4740} | fl
Create new DNS record
Add-DnsServerResourceRecordA -Name hostname -ZoneName fqdn.domain.com -IPv4Address 192.168.99.21
Install Domain Controller with DNS and DHCP
Install-windowsfeature -name AD-Domain-Services, DNS, DHCP -IncludeManagementTools
Install Remote Access and Remote Desktop Gateway
Install-WindowsFeature NPAS, RDS-Gateway, DirectAccess-VPN, RSAT-RemoteAccess-Mgmt, RSAT-RDS-Gateway -IncludeManagementTools
Install iSCSI Target and NFS Services
Install-WindowsFeature FS-FileServer, FS-Resource-Manager, FS-VSS-Agent, FS-iSCSITarget-Server, FS-NFS-Service, RSAT-File-Services, iSCSITarget-VSS-VDS -IncludeManagementTools
Install Windows Server Updates Service
Install-WindowsFeature UpdateServices -IncludeManagementTools
Uninstall Windows Server Updates Service
Uninstall-WindowsFeature -Name UpdateServices,Windows-Internal-Database -Restart
Then remove the contents of C:\Windows\WID\
Install Standard File and Print Services
Install-WindowsFeature Print-Services, Print-Server, FS-FileServer, FS-Resource-Manager -IncludeManagementTools
Check when a user was created (or check how old a domain is, by checking administrator)
Get-ADUser <UserName> -Properties whenCreated | Format-List Name,whenCreated
Windows Storage Manager shows all mgmt options greyed out
Update-StorageProviderCache
Query AD for a list of computers
Get-ADComputer -Filter 'operatingSystem -like "*Windows 7*"' -Properties * | Select -Property Name,IPv4Address,OperatingSystem,OperatingSystemVersion
Get-ADComputer -Filter 'operatingSystem -like "*Windows 10*"' -Properties * | Select -Property Name,IPv4Address,OperatingSystem,OperatingSystemVersion
Get-ADComputer -Filter 'operatingSystem -like "*Windows Server*"' -Properties * | Select -Property Name,IPv4Address,operatingSystem,OperatingSystemVersion
Get-ADComputer -Filter 'Name -like "*CV*"' -Properties * | Select -Property Name,IPv4Address,operatingSystem,OperatingSystemVersion
Remove a computer from the domain:
Remove-Computer
Remove-ADComputer -Identity "ComputerName"
Set the timezone on a server:
Set-TimeZone -Name "Central Standard Time"
Example of setting my iSCSI interface addresses via powershell
New-NetIPAddress -InterfaceAlias NIC3 -IPAddress 172.16.32.11 -PrefixLength 24
New-NetIPAddress -InterfaceAlias NIC4 -IPAddress 172.16.33.11 -PrefixLength 24
Setting DNS address for interface
Set-DnsClientServerAddress -InterfaceAlias Ethernet -ServerAddresses "IPADDRESS1","IPADDRESS2"
Disable/Enable Windows Firewall
Set-NetFirewallProfile -Profile Domain,Public,Private -Enabled False
Set-NetFirewallProfile -Profile Domain,Public,Private -Enabled True
Create new Network Team
Get-NetAdapter
New-NetLBFOTeam Team0 NIC1, NIC2
Installing Dell Openmanage on Windows Server Core
msiexec /i SysMgmt.msi
netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Web GUI" dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=1311
or with powershell
New-NetFirewallRule -Name Dell_OMSA -DisplayName "Dell OMSA" -Description "Dell OMSA Web Management" -Protocol TCP -Enabled True -Profile Any -Action Allow -LocalPort 1311
Check or Relocate Domain FSMO Roles
Get-ADDomain | Select-Object InfrastructureMaster, RIDMaster, PDCEmulator
Get-ADForest | Select-Object DomainNamingMaster, SchemaMaster
Get-ADDomainController -Filter * | Select-Object Name, Domain, Forest, OperationMasterRoles | Where-Object {$_.OperationMasterRoles} | Format-Table -AutoSize
Move-ADDirectoryServerOperationMasterRole -Identity SERVERNAME -OperationMasterRole 0,1,2,3,4
Verify the current WSUS Updates source for the client
REG QUERY "HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate"
Deleting partitions that appear to be undeletable
diskpart
list disk
select disk n
list partition
select partition n
delete partition override
exit
Search Event Logs about shutdown events:
Get-EventLog System | Where-Object {$_.EventID -eq "1074" -or $_.EventID -eq "6008" -or $_.EventID -eq "1076"} | ft Machinename, TimeWritten, UserName, EventID, Message -AutoSize -Wrap
Search Event Logs about IP Conflict events:
Get-EventLog System | Where-Object {$_.EventID -eq "4199"} | ft Machinename, TimeWritten, UserName, EventID, Message -AutoSize -Wrap
Clear Dirty Shutdown Event Tracker (run from admin command promt)
reg Delete HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Reliability /v DirtyShutdown /f
reg Delete HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Reliability /v DirtyShutdownTime /f
Running Windows Backup:
wbadmin start backup -backuptarget:D: -include:C: -allcritical -quiet
wbadmin get versions
Equivalent of 'grep'ing in Unix:
netstat -p TCP | Select-String -Pattern 3389
Joining a domain:
Add-Computer -Credential corp\administrator -DomainName corp.domain.com
Add-Computer -Credential corp\administrator -DomainName corp.domain.com -OUPath 'ou=Desktops,dc=corp,dc=domain,dc=com'
Add-Computer -Credential corp\administrator -DomainName corp.domain.com -OUPath 'ou=Servers,dc=corp,dc=domain,dc=com' -NewName ServerName
List all Possible windows features
Get-WindowsFeature
Installing SNMP: (and it will also install SNMP-Service too)
Install-WindowsFeature SNMP-WMI-Provider
Installing Windows Backup Service
Install-WindowsFeature Windows-Server-Backups
Install-WindowsFeature SNMP-WMI-Provider, Windows-Server-Backup
Installing .net 3.5 (mount the Server 2012 DVD first)
Install-WindowsFeature –name NET-Framework-Core –source D:\sources\sxs
Windows Update Client check in to WSUS server
wuauclt /detectnow
Windows Update Client has not checked into server in a long time but client is online
wuauclt /resetauthorization /detectnow
Verify WSUS client Settings:
REG QUERY "HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate"
Extending a file system, such as after you extend the disk within VMware and you want to avoid logging onto the system to finish the file system extend
"rescan" | diskpart
$MaxSize = (Get-PartitionSupportedSize -DriveLetter d).sizeMax
Resize-Partition -DriveLetter d -Size $MaxSize
Shrinking a file system might give an error about not enough disk space, so defrag it first:
defrag -c -w -v
Export and Import Network Shares
reg export HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Shares %UserProfile%\Desktop\Shares-Backup.reg
reg import HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Shares %UserProfile%\Desktop\Shares-Backup.reg

Below are deprecated versions of commands:

Print out all available features:
PS C:\Windows\system32> dism.exe /online /get-features
Install Windows Backup Service:
PS C:\Windows\system32> dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:WindowsServerBackup
Install .net 3.5. There is sometimes an error dectecting the source files, so we specify the CD sources instead.
PS C:\Windows\system32> dism.exe /online /enable-feature /all /featurename:NetFX3 /Source:D:\sources\sxs

Windows Server Powershell Commands

2022-02-14T16:32:37Z

Jhorne:

[[Category:Windows]]
Create new DNS record
Add-DnsServerResourceRecordA -Name hostname -ZoneName fqdn.domain.com -IPv4Address 192.168.99.21
Install Domain Controller with DNS and DHCP
Install-windowsfeature -name AD-Domain-Services, DNS, DHCP -IncludeManagementTools
Install Remote Access and Remote Desktop Gateway
Install-WindowsFeature NPAS, RDS-Gateway, DirectAccess-VPN, RSAT-RemoteAccess-Mgmt, RSAT-RDS-Gateway -IncludeManagementTools
Install iSCSI Target and NFS Services
Install-WindowsFeature FS-FileServer, FS-Resource-Manager, FS-VSS-Agent, FS-iSCSITarget-Server, FS-NFS-Service, RSAT-File-Services, iSCSITarget-VSS-VDS -IncludeManagementTools
Install Windows Server Updates Service
Install-WindowsFeature UpdateServices -IncludeManagementTools
Uninstall Windows Server Updates Service
Uninstall-WindowsFeature -Name UpdateServices,Windows-Internal-Database -Restart
Then remove the contents of C:\Windows\WID\
Install Standard File and Print Services
Install-WindowsFeature Print-Services, Print-Server, FS-FileServer, FS-Resource-Manager -IncludeManagementTools
Check when a user was created (or check how old a domain is, by checking administrator)
Get-ADUser <UserName> -Properties whenCreated | Format-List Name,whenCreated
Windows Storage Manager shows all mgmt options greyed out
Update-StorageProviderCache
Query AD for a list of computers
Get-ADComputer -Filter 'operatingSystem -like "*Windows 7*"' -Properties * | Select -Property Name,IPv4Address,OperatingSystem,OperatingSystemVersion
Get-ADComputer -Filter 'operatingSystem -like "*Windows 10*"' -Properties * | Select -Property Name,IPv4Address,OperatingSystem,OperatingSystemVersion
Get-ADComputer -Filter 'operatingSystem -like "*Windows Server*"' -Properties * | Select -Property Name,IPv4Address,operatingSystem,OperatingSystemVersion
Get-ADComputer -Filter 'Name -like "*CV*"' -Properties * | Select -Property Name,IPv4Address,operatingSystem,OperatingSystemVersion
Remove a computer from the domain:
Remove-Computer
Remove-ADComputer -Identity "ComputerName"
Set the timezone on a server:
Set-TimeZone -Name "Central Standard Time"
Example of setting my iSCSI interface addresses via powershell
New-NetIPAddress -InterfaceAlias NIC3 -IPAddress 172.16.32.11 -PrefixLength 24
New-NetIPAddress -InterfaceAlias NIC4 -IPAddress 172.16.33.11 -PrefixLength 24
Setting DNS address for interface
Set-DnsClientServerAddress -InterfaceAlias Ethernet -ServerAddresses "IPADDRESS1","IPADDRESS2"
Disable/Enable Windows Firewall
Set-NetFirewallProfile -Profile Domain,Public,Private -Enabled False
Set-NetFirewallProfile -Profile Domain,Public,Private -Enabled True
Create new Network Team
Get-NetAdapter
New-NetLBFOTeam Team0 NIC1, NIC2
Installing Dell Openmanage on Windows Server Core
msiexec /i SysMgmt.msi
netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Web GUI" dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=1311
or with powershell
New-NetFirewallRule -Name Dell_OMSA -DisplayName "Dell OMSA" -Description "Dell OMSA Web Management" -Protocol TCP -Enabled True -Profile Any -Action Allow -LocalPort 1311
Check or Relocate Domain FSMO Roles
Get-ADDomain | Select-Object InfrastructureMaster, RIDMaster, PDCEmulator
Get-ADForest | Select-Object DomainNamingMaster, SchemaMaster
Get-ADDomainController -Filter * | Select-Object Name, Domain, Forest, OperationMasterRoles | Where-Object {$_.OperationMasterRoles} | Format-Table -AutoSize
Move-ADDirectoryServerOperationMasterRole -Identity SERVERNAME -OperationMasterRole 0,1,2,3,4
Verify the current WSUS Updates source for the client
REG QUERY "HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate"
Deleting partitions that appear to be undeletable
diskpart
list disk
select disk n
list partition
select partition n
delete partition override
exit
Search Event Logs about shutdown events:
Get-EventLog System | Where-Object {$_.EventID -eq "1074" -or $_.EventID -eq "6008" -or $_.EventID -eq "1076"} | ft Machinename, TimeWritten, UserName, EventID, Message -AutoSize -Wrap
Search Event Logs about IP Conflict events:
Get-EventLog System | Where-Object {$_.EventID -eq "4199"} | ft Machinename, TimeWritten, UserName, EventID, Message -AutoSize -Wrap
Clear Dirty Shutdown Event Tracker (run from admin command promt)
reg Delete HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Reliability /v DirtyShutdown /f
reg Delete HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Reliability /v DirtyShutdownTime /f
Running Windows Backup:
wbadmin start backup -backuptarget:D: -include:C: -allcritical -quiet
wbadmin get versions
Equivalent of 'grep'ing in Unix:
netstat -p TCP | Select-String -Pattern 3389
Joining a domain:
Add-Computer -Credential corp\administrator -DomainName corp.domain.com
Add-Computer -Credential corp\administrator -DomainName corp.domain.com -OUPath 'ou=Desktops,dc=corp,dc=domain,dc=com'
Add-Computer -Credential corp\administrator -DomainName corp.domain.com -OUPath 'ou=Servers,dc=corp,dc=domain,dc=com' -NewName ServerName
List all Possible windows features
Get-WindowsFeature
Installing SNMP: (and it will also install SNMP-Service too)
Install-WindowsFeature SNMP-WMI-Provider
Installing Windows Backup Service
Install-WindowsFeature Windows-Server-Backups
Install-WindowsFeature SNMP-WMI-Provider, Windows-Server-Backup
Installing .net 3.5 (mount the Server 2012 DVD first)
Install-WindowsFeature –name NET-Framework-Core –source D:\sources\sxs
Windows Update Client check in to WSUS server
wuauclt /detectnow
Windows Update Client has not checked into server in a long time but client is online
wuauclt /resetauthorization /detectnow
Verify WSUS client Settings:
REG QUERY "HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate"
Extending a file system, such as after you extend the disk within VMware and you want to avoid logging onto the system to finish the file system extend
"rescan" | diskpart
$MaxSize = (Get-PartitionSupportedSize -DriveLetter d).sizeMax
Resize-Partition -DriveLetter d -Size $MaxSize
Shrinking a file system might give an error about not enough disk space, so defrag it first:
defrag -c -w -v
Export and Import Network Shares
reg export HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Shares %UserProfile%\Desktop\Shares-Backup.reg
reg import HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Shares %UserProfile%\Desktop\Shares-Backup.reg

Below are deprecated versions of commands:

Print out all available features:
PS C:\Windows\system32> dism.exe /online /get-features
Install Windows Backup Service:
PS C:\Windows\system32> dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:WindowsServerBackup
Install .net 3.5. There is sometimes an error dectecting the source files, so we specify the CD sources instead.
PS C:\Windows\system32> dism.exe /online /enable-feature /all /featurename:NetFX3 /Source:D:\sources\sxs

AzureAD Powershell Install

2022-01-06T17:39:18Z

Jhorne: Created page with "Category:Azure Install-ModuleAzureAD Connect-AzureAD -TenantId id-from-portal"

[[Category:Azure]]
Install-ModuleAzureAD

Connect-AzureAD -TenantId id-from-portal

AzureAD Set User Password Expiration

2022-01-06T17:38:39Z

Jhorne:

[[Category:Azure]]
Get-AzureADUser -ObjectId UPN | Select-Object UserprincipalName,@{N="PasswordNeverExpires";E={$_.PasswordPolicies -contains "DisablePasswordExpiration"}}

Set-AzureADUser -ObjectId UPN -PasswordPolicies DisablePasswordExpiration

AzureAD Set User Password Expiration

2022-01-06T17:38:19Z

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Get-AzureADUser -ObjectId UPN | Select-Object UserprincipalName,@{N="PasswordNeverExpires";E={$_.PasswordPolicies -contains "DisablePasswordExpiration"}}

Set-AzureADUser -ObjectId UPN -PasswordPolicies DisablePasswordExpiration

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2022-01-06T17:37:13Z

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Office365 User Identity Management

2022-01-06T17:37:01Z

Jhorne:

[[Category:Azure]]
==Setting a User to have NonExpiring Password==
<nowiki>
Connect-MSOLService
Get-MSOLUser | Select UserPrincipalName, PasswordNeverExpires
Get-MSOLUser -UserPrincipalName alias | Select PasswordNeverExpires
Set-MSOLUser -UserPrincipalName alias -PasswordNeverExpires $true
</nowiki>

Main Page

2022-01-06T17:36:44Z

Jhorne: /* Areas of Interest */

<big>'''Welcome to DFWLPiki!'''</big>

==Areas of Interest==

'''[[:Category:Azure|Azure]]'''<br />
'''[[:Category:Exchange|Exchange]]'''<br />
'''[[:Category:Windows|Windows]]'''<br />
'''[[:Category:Database|Database]]'''<br />
'''[[:Category:Linux|Linux]]'''<br />
'''[[:Category:FreeBSD|FreeBSD]]'''<br />
'''[[:Category:Storage|Storage]]'''<br />
'''[[:Category:Backups and Data Recovery|Backups and Data Recovery]]'''<br />
'''[[:Category:Networking|Networking]]'''<br />
'''[[:Category:VMWare|VMWare]]'''<br />
'''[[:Category:Dell Servers|Dell Servers]]'''<br />

Install RSAT Tools on Windows 10

2021-11-18T15:09:48Z

Jhorne:

[[category:windows]]

First, Verify your current RSAT tools state. Verify again after your install process is completed. Open powershell as administrator and type:

Get-WindowsCapability -Name RSAT* -Online | Select-Object -Property DisplayName, State

This script will temporarily disable using WSUS settings as update source and switch to online. After completion, it switches back to WSUS Source.

<nowiki>$currentWU = Get-ItemProperty -Path “HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU” -Name “UseWUServer” | select -ExpandProperty UseWUServer
Set-ItemProperty -Path “HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU” -Name “UseWUServer” -Value 0
Restart-Service wuauserv
Get-WindowsCapability -Name RSAT* -Online | Add-WindowsCapability –Online
Set-ItemProperty -Path “HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU” -Name “UseWUServer” -Value $currentWU
Restart-Service wuauserv</nowiki>

No idea why WSUS Feature on Demand isnt working, but it is what it is.
<br>
Also doesnt hurt to verify that your WSUS setting got set back to 1:
Get-ItemProperty -Path “HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU” -Name “UseWUServer”

TaskManager Doesnt Show Disk Statistics

2021-11-10T17:22:22Z

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To cause windows task manager to show objects/graphs for disk performance, run from administrator command promt:
diskperf -y
[[Category:Windows]]

Category:Dell Servers

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Dell OMSA Non-Certified Drive Flag

2021-11-10T17:11:47Z

Jhorne:

[[Category:Dell Servers]]
Turn off non-certified disk alert in OpenManage:

Esxi
/etc/cim/dell/srvadmin/srvadmin-storage/stsvc.ini
Windows
C:\Program Files\Dell\SysMgt\sm\stsvc.ini

Loate the below line, it is generally near the top.
<nowiki>
; nonDellCertified flag for blocking all non-dell certified alerts.
NonDellCertifiedFlag=yes </nowiki>

Change to no. Restart OpenManage services.

Dell OMSA Non-Certified Drive Flag

2021-11-10T17:10:03Z

Jhorne:

Turn off non-certified disk alert in OpenManage:

Esxi
/etc/cim/dell/srvadmin/srvadmin-storage/stsvc.ini
Windows
C:\Program Files\Dell\SysMgt\sm\stsvc.ini

Loate the below line, it is generally near the top.
<nowiki>
; nonDellCertified flag for blocking all non-dell certified alerts.
NonDellCertifiedFlag=yes </nowiki>

Change to no. Restart OpenManage services.

Main Page

2021-11-10T17:09:48Z

Jhorne: /* Areas of Interest */

<big>'''Welcome to DFWLPiki!'''</big>

==Areas of Interest==

'''[[:Category:Exchange|Exchange]]'''<br />
'''[[:Category:Windows|Windows]]'''<br />
'''[[:Category:Database|Database]]'''<br />
'''[[:Category:Linux|Linux]]'''<br />
'''[[:Category:FreeBSD|FreeBSD]]'''<br />
'''[[:Category:Storage|Storage]]'''<br />
'''[[:Category:Backups and Data Recovery|Backups and Data Recovery]]'''<br />
'''[[:Category:Networking|Networking]]'''<br />
'''[[:Category:VMWare|VMWare]]'''<br />
'''[[:Category:Dell Servers|Dell Servers]]'''<br />

Windows Server Powershell Commands

2021-10-17T23:36:31Z

Jhorne:

[[Category:Windows]]
Create new DNS record
Add-DnsServerResourceRecordA -Name hostname -ZoneName fqdn.domain.com -IPv4Address 192.168.99.21
Install Domain Controller with DNS and DHCP
Install-windowsfeature -name AD-Domain-Services, DNS, DHCP -IncludeManagementTools
Install Remote Access and Remote Desktop Gateway
Install-WindowsFeature NPAS, RDS-Gateway, DirectAccess-VPN, RSAT-RemoteAccess-Mgmt, RSAT-RDS-Gateway -IncludeManagementTools
Install iSCSI Target and NFS Services
Install-WindowsFeature FS-FileServer, FS-Resource-Manager, FS-VSS-Agent, FS-iSCSITarget-Server, FS-NFS-Service, RSAT-File-Services, iSCSITarget-VSS-VDS -IncludeManagementTools
Install Windows Server Updates Service
Install-WindowsFeature UpdateServices -IncludeManagementTools
Uninstall Windows Server Updates Service
Uninstall-WindowsFeature -Name UpdateServices,Windows-Internal-Database -Restart
Then remove the contents of C:\Windows\WID\
Install Standard File and Print Services
Install-WindowsFeature Print-Services, Print-Server, FS-FileServer, FS-Resource-Manager -IncludeManagementTools
Check when a user was created (or check how old a domain is, by checking administrator)
Get-ADUser <UserName> -Properties whenCreated | Format-List Name,whenCreated
Windows Storage Manager shows all mgmt options greyed out
Update-StorageProviderCache
Query AD for a list of computers
Get-ADComputer -Filter 'operatingSystem -like "*Windows 7*"' -Properties * | Select -Property Name,IPv4Address,OperatingSystem,OperatingSystemVersion
Get-ADComputer -Filter 'operatingSystem -like "*Windows 10*"' -Properties * | Select -Property Name,IPv4Address,OperatingSystem,OperatingSystemVersion
Get-ADComputer -Filter 'operatingSystem -like "*Windows Server*"' -Properties * | Select -Property Name,IPv4Address,operatingSystem,OperatingSystemVersion
Get-ADComputer -Filter 'Name -like "*CV*"' -Properties * | Select -Property Name,IPv4Address,operatingSystem,OperatingSystemVersion
Remove a computer from the domain:
Remove-Computer
Remove-ADComputer -Identity "ComputerName"
Set the timezone on a server:
Set-TimeZone -Name "Central Standard Time"
Example of setting my iSCSI interface addresses via powershell
New-NetIPAddress -InterfaceAlias NIC3 -IPAddress 172.16.32.11 -PrefixLength 24
New-NetIPAddress -InterfaceAlias NIC4 -IPAddress 172.16.33.11 -PrefixLength 24
Setting DNS address for interface
Set-DnsClientServerAddress -InterfaceAlias Ethernet -ServerAddresses "IPADDRESS1","IPADDRESS2"
Disable/Enable Windows Firewall
Set-NetFirewallProfile -Profile Domain,Public,Private -Enabled False
Set-NetFirewallProfile -Profile Domain,Public,Private -Enabled True
Create new Network Team
Get-NetAdapter
New-NetLBFOTeam Team0 NIC1, NIC2
Installing Dell Openmanage on Windows Server Core
msiexec /i SysMgmt.msi
netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Web GUI" dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=1311
or with powershell
New-NetFirewallRule -Name Dell_OMSA -DisplayName "Dell OMSA" -Description "Dell OMSA Web Management" -Protocol TCP -Enabled True -Profile Any -Action Allow -LocalPort 1311
Check or Relocate Domain FSMO Roles
Get-ADDomain | Select-Object InfrastructureMaster, RIDMaster, PDCEmulator
Get-ADForest | Select-Object DomainNamingMaster, SchemaMaster
Get-ADDomainController -Filter * | Select-Object Name, Domain, Forest, OperationMasterRoles | Where-Object {$_.OperationMasterRoles} | Format-Table -AutoSize
Move-ADDirectoryServerOperationMasterRole -Identity SERVERNAME -OperationMasterRole 0,1,2,3,4
Verify the current WSUS Updates source for the client
REG QUERY "HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate"
Deleting partitions that appear to be undeletable
diskpart
list disk
select disk n
list partition
select partition n
delete partition override
exit
Find out about shutdown events:
Get-EventLog System | Where-Object {$_.EventID -eq "1074" -or $_.EventID -eq "6008" -or $_.EventID -eq "1076"} | ft Machinename, TimeWritten, UserName, EventID, Message -AutoSize -Wrap
Clear Dirty Shutdown Event Tracker (run from admin command promt)
reg Delete HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Reliability /v DirtyShutdown /f
reg Delete HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Reliability /v DirtyShutdownTime /f
Running Windows Backup:
wbadmin start backup -backuptarget:D: -include:C: -allcritical -quiet
wbadmin get versions
Equivalent of 'grep'ing in Unix:
netstat -p TCP | Select-String -Pattern 3389
Joining a domain:
Add-Computer -Credential corp\administrator -DomainName corp.domain.com
Add-Computer -Credential corp\administrator -DomainName corp.domain.com -OUPath 'ou=Desktops,dc=corp,dc=domain,dc=com'
Add-Computer -Credential corp\administrator -DomainName corp.domain.com -OUPath 'ou=Servers,dc=corp,dc=domain,dc=com' -NewName ServerName
List all Possible windows features
Get-WindowsFeature
Installing SNMP: (and it will also install SNMP-Service too)
Install-WindowsFeature SNMP-WMI-Provider
Installing Windows Backup Service
Install-WindowsFeature Windows-Server-Backups
Install-WindowsFeature SNMP-WMI-Provider, Windows-Server-Backup
Installing .net 3.5 (mount the Server 2012 DVD first)
Install-WindowsFeature –name NET-Framework-Core –source D:\sources\sxs
Windows Update Client check in to WSUS server
wuauclt /detectnow
Windows Update Client has not checked into server in a long time but client is online
wuauclt /resetauthorization /detectnow
Verify WSUS client Settings:
REG QUERY "HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate"
Extending a file system, such as after you extend the disk within VMware and you want to avoid logging onto the system to finish the file system extend
"rescan" | diskpart
$MaxSize = (Get-PartitionSupportedSize -DriveLetter d).sizeMax
Resize-Partition -DriveLetter d -Size $MaxSize
Shrinking a file system might give an error about not enough disk space, so defrag it first:
defrag -c -w -v
Export and Import Network Shares
reg export HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Shares %UserProfile%\Desktop\Shares-Backup.reg
reg import HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Shares %UserProfile%\Desktop\Shares-Backup.reg

Below are deprecated versions of commands:

Print out all available features:
PS C:\Windows\system32> dism.exe /online /get-features
Install Windows Backup Service:
PS C:\Windows\system32> dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:WindowsServerBackup
Install .net 3.5. There is sometimes an error dectecting the source files, so we specify the CD sources instead.
PS C:\Windows\system32> dism.exe /online /enable-feature /all /featurename:NetFX3 /Source:D:\sources\sxs

Windows Update Powershell Commands

2021-09-25T15:14:21Z

Jhorne:

[[Category:Windows]]
'''The PSWindowsUpdate set of commands is required.'''
If necessary, remove the older module with admin command promt:
@RD /S /Q C:\windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules\PSWindowsUpdate\

Install the PSWindowsUpdate module and install all available windows updates:
[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12
Install-PackageProvider -Name NuGet -MinimumVersion 2.8.5.201 -Force
Install-Module -Name PSWindowsUpdate -Confirm:$false -Force
Install-WindowsUpdate -AcceptAll -AutoReboot

Apply all available updates:
Install-WindowsUpdate -AcceptAll
or
Install-WindowsUpdate -AcceptAll -AutoReboot

List all available updates
Get-WindowsUpdate

Show current update settings, including WSUS source server if any:
Get-WUSettings

Show Updates sources and which is default (Desired state is usually "true" for Windows Server Update Service)
Get-WUServiceManager

Show all available commands:
Get-Command -module PSWindowsUpdate

For servers older than 2016, you may need to update to powershell 5.1 first:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=54616

Here is converting from old module to new all in one shot:
@RD /S /Q C:\windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules\PSWindowsUpdate\
powershell
[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12
Install-Module -Name PSWindowsUpdate -Confirm:$false -Force
Install-WindowsUpdate -AcceptAll

Windows Update Powershell Commands

2021-09-25T15:14:02Z

Jhorne:

[[Category:Windows]]
'''The PSWindowsUpdate set of commands is required.'''
If necessary, remove the older module with admin command promt:
@RD /S /Q C:\windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules\PSWindowsUpdate\

Install the PSWindowsUpdate module:
[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12
Install-PackageProvider -Name NuGet -MinimumVersion 2.8.5.201 -Force
Install-Module -Name PSWindowsUpdate -Confirm:$false -Force
Install-WindowsUpdate -AcceptAll -AutoReboot

Apply all available updates:
Install-WindowsUpdate -AcceptAll
or
Install-WindowsUpdate -AcceptAll -AutoReboot

List all available updates
Get-WindowsUpdate

Show current update settings, including WSUS source server if any:
Get-WUSettings

Show Updates sources and which is default (Desired state is usually "true" for Windows Server Update Service)
Get-WUServiceManager

Show all available commands:
Get-Command -module PSWindowsUpdate

For servers older than 2016, you may need to update to powershell 5.1 first:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=54616

Here is converting from old module to new all in one shot:
@RD /S /Q C:\windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules\PSWindowsUpdate\
powershell
[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12
Install-Module -Name PSWindowsUpdate -Confirm:$false -Force
Install-WindowsUpdate -AcceptAll

Windows Server Powershell Commands

2021-08-20T12:37:02Z

Jhorne:

[[Category:Windows]]
Install Domain Controller with DNS and DHCP
Install-windowsfeature -name AD-Domain-Services, DNS, DHCP -IncludeManagementTools
Install Remote Access and Remote Desktop Gateway
Install-WindowsFeature NPAS, RDS-Gateway, DirectAccess-VPN, RSAT-RemoteAccess-Mgmt, RSAT-RDS-Gateway -IncludeManagementTools
Install iSCSI Target and NFS Services
Install-WindowsFeature FS-FileServer, FS-Resource-Manager, FS-VSS-Agent, FS-iSCSITarget-Server, FS-NFS-Service, RSAT-File-Services, iSCSITarget-VSS-VDS -IncludeManagementTools
Install Windows Server Updates Service
Install-WindowsFeature UpdateServices -IncludeManagementTools
Uninstall Windows Server Updates Service
Uninstall-WindowsFeature -Name UpdateServices,Windows-Internal-Database -Restart
Then remove the contents of C:\Windows\WID\
Install Standard File and Print Services
Install-WindowsFeature Print-Services, Print-Server, FS-FileServer, FS-Resource-Manager -IncludeManagementTools
Check when a user was created (or check how old a domain is, by checking administrator)
Get-ADUser <UserName> -Properties whenCreated | Format-List Name,whenCreated
Windows Storage Manager shows all mgmt options greyed out
Update-StorageProviderCache
Query AD for a list of computers
Get-ADComputer -Filter 'operatingSystem -like "*Windows 7*"' -Properties * | Select -Property Name,IPv4Address,OperatingSystem,OperatingSystemVersion
Get-ADComputer -Filter 'operatingSystem -like "*Windows 10*"' -Properties * | Select -Property Name,IPv4Address,OperatingSystem,OperatingSystemVersion
Get-ADComputer -Filter 'operatingSystem -like "*Windows Server*"' -Properties * | Select -Property Name,IPv4Address,operatingSystem,OperatingSystemVersion
Get-ADComputer -Filter 'Name -like "*CV*"' -Properties * | Select -Property Name,IPv4Address,operatingSystem,OperatingSystemVersion
Remove a computer from the domain:
Remove-Computer
Remove-ADComputer -Identity "ComputerName"
Set the timezone on a server:
Set-TimeZone -Name "Central Standard Time"
Example of setting my iSCSI interface addresses via powershell
New-NetIPAddress -InterfaceAlias NIC3 -IPAddress 172.16.32.11 -PrefixLength 24
New-NetIPAddress -InterfaceAlias NIC4 -IPAddress 172.16.33.11 -PrefixLength 24
Setting DNS address for interface
Set-DnsClientServerAddress -InterfaceAlias Ethernet -ServerAddresses "IPADDRESS1","IPADDRESS2"
Disable/Enable Windows Firewall
Set-NetFirewallProfile -Profile Domain,Public,Private -Enabled False
Set-NetFirewallProfile -Profile Domain,Public,Private -Enabled True
Create new Network Team
Get-NetAdapter
New-NetLBFOTeam Team0 NIC1, NIC2
Installing Dell Openmanage on Windows Server Core
msiexec /i SysMgmt.msi
netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Web GUI" dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=1311
or with powershell
New-NetFirewallRule -Name Dell_OMSA -DisplayName "Dell OMSA" -Description "Dell OMSA Web Management" -Protocol TCP -Enabled True -Profile Any -Action Allow -LocalPort 1311
Check or Relocate Domain FSMO Roles
Get-ADDomain | Select-Object InfrastructureMaster, RIDMaster, PDCEmulator
Get-ADForest | Select-Object DomainNamingMaster, SchemaMaster
Get-ADDomainController -Filter * | Select-Object Name, Domain, Forest, OperationMasterRoles | Where-Object {$_.OperationMasterRoles} | Format-Table -AutoSize
Move-ADDirectoryServerOperationMasterRole -Identity SERVERNAME -OperationMasterRole 0,1,2,3,4
Verify the current WSUS Updates source for the client
REG QUERY "HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate"
Deleting partitions that appear to be undeletable
diskpart
list disk
select disk n
list partition
select partition n
delete partition override
exit
Find out about shutdown events:
Get-EventLog System | Where-Object {$_.EventID -eq "1074" -or $_.EventID -eq "6008" -or $_.EventID -eq "1076"} | ft Machinename, TimeWritten, UserName, EventID, Message -AutoSize -Wrap
Clear Dirty Shutdown Event Tracker (run from admin command promt)
reg Delete HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Reliability /v DirtyShutdown /f
reg Delete HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Reliability /v DirtyShutdownTime /f
Running Windows Backup:
wbadmin start backup -backuptarget:D: -include:C: -allcritical -quiet
wbadmin get versions
Equivalent of 'grep'ing in Unix:
netstat -p TCP | Select-String -Pattern 3389
Joining a domain:
Add-Computer -Credential corp\administrator -DomainName corp.domain.com
Add-Computer -Credential corp\administrator -DomainName corp.domain.com -OUPath 'ou=Desktops,dc=corp,dc=domain,dc=com'
Add-Computer -Credential corp\administrator -DomainName corp.domain.com -OUPath 'ou=Servers,dc=corp,dc=domain,dc=com' -NewName ServerName
List all Possible windows features
Get-WindowsFeature
Installing SNMP: (and it will also install SNMP-Service too)
Install-WindowsFeature SNMP-WMI-Provider
Installing Windows Backup Service
Install-WindowsFeature Windows-Server-Backups
Install-WindowsFeature SNMP-WMI-Provider, Windows-Server-Backup
Installing .net 3.5 (mount the Server 2012 DVD first)
Install-WindowsFeature –name NET-Framework-Core –source D:\sources\sxs
Windows Update Client check in to WSUS server
wuauclt /detectnow
Windows Update Client has not checked into server in a long time but client is online
wuauclt /resetauthorization /detectnow
Verify WSUS client Settings:
REG QUERY "HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate"
Extending a file system, such as after you extend the disk within VMware and you want to avoid logging onto the system to finish the file system extend
"rescan" | diskpart
$MaxSize = (Get-PartitionSupportedSize -DriveLetter d).sizeMax
Resize-Partition -DriveLetter d -Size $MaxSize
Shrinking a file system might give an error about not enough disk space, so defrag it first:
defrag -c -w -v
Export and Import Network Shares
reg export HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Shares %UserProfile%\Desktop\Shares-Backup.reg
reg import HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Shares %UserProfile%\Desktop\Shares-Backup.reg

Below are deprecated versions of commands:

Print out all available features:
PS C:\Windows\system32> dism.exe /online /get-features
Install Windows Backup Service:
PS C:\Windows\system32> dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:WindowsServerBackup
Install .net 3.5. There is sometimes an error dectecting the source files, so we specify the CD sources instead.
PS C:\Windows\system32> dism.exe /online /enable-feature /all /featurename:NetFX3 /Source:D:\sources\sxs

Windows Server Powershell Commands

2021-08-20T12:15:19Z

Jhorne:

[[Category:Windows]]
Install Domain Controller with DNS and DHCP
Install-windowsfeature -name AD-Domain-Services, DNS, DHCP -IncludeManagementTools
Install Remote Access and Remote Desktop Gateway
Install-WindowsFeature NPAS, RDS-Gateway, DirectAccess-VPN, RSAT-RemoteAccess-Mgmt, RSAT-RDS-Gateway -IncludeManagementTools
Install iSCSI Target and NFS Services
Install-WindowsFeature FS-FileServer, FS-Resource-Manager, FS-VSS-Agent, FS-iSCSITarget-Server, FS-NFS-Service, RSAT-File-Services, iSCSITarget-VSS-VDS -IncludeManagementTools
Install Windows Server Updates Service
Install-WindowsFeature UpdateServices -IncludeManagementTools
Uninstall Windows Server Updates Service
Uninstall-WindowsFeature -Name UpdateServices,Windows-Internal-Database -Restart
Then remove the contents of C:\Windows\WID\
Install Standard File and Print Services
Install-WindowsFeature Print-Services, Print-Server, FS-FileServer, FS-Resource-Manager -IncludeManagementTools
Check when a user was created (or check how old a domain is, by checking administrator)
Get-ADUser <UserName> -Properties whenCreated | Format-List Name,whenCreated
Windows Storage Manager shows all mgmt options greyed out
Update-StorageProviderCache
Query AD for a list of computers
Get-ADComputer -Filter 'operatingSystem -like "*Windows 7*"' -Properties * | Select -Property Name,IPv4Address,OperatingSystem,OperatingSystemVersion
Get-ADComputer -Filter 'operatingSystem -like "*Windows 10*"' -Properties * | Select -Property Name,IPv4Address,OperatingSystem,OperatingSystemVersion
Get-ADComputer -Filter 'operatingSystem -like "*Windows Server*"' -Properties * | Select -Property Name,IPv4Address,operatingSystem,OperatingSystemVersion
Get-ADComputer -Filter 'Name -like "*CV*"' -Properties * | Select -Property Name,IPv4Address,operatingSystem,OperatingSystemVersion
Remove a computer from the domain:
Remove-Computer
Remove-ADComputer -Identity "ComputerName"
Set the timezone on a server:
Set-TimeZone -Name "Central Standard Time"
Example of setting my iSCSI interface addresses via powershell
New-NetIPAddress -InterfaceAlias NIC3 -IPAddress 172.16.32.11 -PrefixLength 24
New-NetIPAddress -InterfaceAlias NIC4 -IPAddress 172.16.33.11 -PrefixLength 24
Setting DNS address for interface
Set-DnsClientServerAddress -InterfaceAlias Ethernet -ServerAddresses "IPADDRESS1","IPADDRESS2"
Disable/Enable Windows Firewall
Set-NetFirewallProfile -Profile Domain,Public,Private -Enabled False
Set-NetFirewallProfile -Profile Domain,Public,Private -Enabled True
Create new Network Team
Get-NetAdapter
New-NetLBFOTeam Team0 NIC1, NIC2
Installing Dell Openmanage on Windows Server Core
msiexec /i SysMgmt.msi
netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Web GUI" dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=1311
or with powershell
New-NetFirewallRule -Name Dell_OMSA -DisplayName "Dell OMSA" -Description "Dell OMSA Web Management" -Protocol TCP -Enabled True -Profile Any -Action Allow -LocalPort 1311
Relocating Domain FSMO Roles
Get-ADDomain | Select-Object InfrastructureMaster, RIDMaster, PDCEmulator
Get-ADForest | Select-Object DomainNamingMaster, SchemaMaster
Get-ADDomainController -Filter * | Select-Object Name, Domain, Forest, OperationMasterRoles | Where-Object {$_.OperationMasterRoles} | Format-Table -AutoSize
Move-ADDirectoryServerOperationMasterRole -Identity SERVERNAME -OperationMasterRole 0,1,2,3,4
Verify the current WSUS Updates source for the client
REG QUERY "HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate"
Deleting partitions that appear to be undeletable
diskpart
list disk
select disk n
list partition
select partition n
delete partition override
exit
Find out about shutdown events:
Get-EventLog System | Where-Object {$_.EventID -eq "1074" -or $_.EventID -eq "6008" -or $_.EventID -eq "1076"} | ft Machinename, TimeWritten, UserName, EventID, Message -AutoSize -Wrap
Clear Dirty Shutdown Event Tracker (run from admin command promt)
reg Delete HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Reliability /v DirtyShutdown /f
reg Delete HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Reliability /v DirtyShutdownTime /f
Running Windows Backup:
wbadmin start backup -backuptarget:D: -include:C: -allcritical -quiet
wbadmin get versions
Equivalent of 'grep'ing in Unix:
netstat -p TCP | Select-String -Pattern 3389
Joining a domain:
Add-Computer -Credential corp\administrator -DomainName corp.domain.com
Add-Computer -Credential corp\administrator -DomainName corp.domain.com -OUPath 'ou=Desktops,dc=corp,dc=domain,dc=com'
Add-Computer -Credential corp\administrator -DomainName corp.domain.com -OUPath 'ou=Servers,dc=corp,dc=domain,dc=com' -NewName ServerName
List all Possible windows features
Get-WindowsFeature
Installing SNMP: (and it will also install SNMP-Service too)
Install-WindowsFeature SNMP-WMI-Provider
Installing Windows Backup Service
Install-WindowsFeature Windows-Server-Backups
Install-WindowsFeature SNMP-WMI-Provider, Windows-Server-Backup
Installing .net 3.5 (mount the Server 2012 DVD first)
Install-WindowsFeature –name NET-Framework-Core –source D:\sources\sxs
Windows Update Client check in to WSUS server
wuauclt /detectnow
Windows Update Client has not checked into server in a long time but client is online
wuauclt /resetauthorization /detectnow
Verify WSUS client Settings:
REG QUERY "HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate"
Extending a file system, such as after you extend the disk within VMware and you want to avoid logging onto the system to finish the file system extend
"rescan" | diskpart
$MaxSize = (Get-PartitionSupportedSize -DriveLetter d).sizeMax
Resize-Partition -DriveLetter d -Size $MaxSize
Shrinking a file system might give an error about not enough disk space, so defrag it first:
defrag -c -w -v
Export and Import Network Shares
reg export HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Shares %UserProfile%\Desktop\Shares-Backup.reg
reg import HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Shares %UserProfile%\Desktop\Shares-Backup.reg

Below are deprecated versions of commands:

Print out all available features:
PS C:\Windows\system32> dism.exe /online /get-features
Install Windows Backup Service:
PS C:\Windows\system32> dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:WindowsServerBackup
Install .net 3.5. There is sometimes an error dectecting the source files, so we specify the CD sources instead.
PS C:\Windows\system32> dism.exe /online /enable-feature /all /featurename:NetFX3 /Source:D:\sources\sxs

Windows Server Powershell Commands

2021-08-17T23:25:04Z

Jhorne:

[[Category:Windows]]
Install Domain Controller with DNS and DHCP
Install-windowsfeature -name AD-Domain-Services, DNS, DHCP -IncludeManagementTools
Install Remote Access and Remote Desktop Gateway
Install-WindowsFeature NPAS, RDS-Gateway, DirectAccess-VPN, RSAT-RemoteAccess-Mgmt, RSAT-RDS-Gateway -IncludeManagementTools
Install iSCSI Target and NFS Services
Install-WindowsFeature FS-FileServer, FS-Resource-Manager, FS-VSS-Agent, FS-iSCSITarget-Server, FS-NFS-Service, RSAT-File-Services, iSCSITarget-VSS-VDS -IncludeManagementTools
Install Windows Server Updates Service
Install-WindowsFeature UpdateServices -IncludeManagementTools
Uninstall Windows Server Updates Service
Uninstall-WindowsFeature -Name UpdateServices,Windows-Internal-Database -Restart
Then remove the contents of C:\Windows\WID\
Install Standard File and Print Services
Install-WindowsFeature Print-Services, Print-Server, FS-FileServer, FS-Resource-Manager -IncludeManagementTools
Check when a user was created (or check how old a domain is, by checking administrator)
Get-ADUser <UserName> -Properties whenCreated | Format-List Name,whenCreated
Windows Storage Manager shows all mgmt options greyed out
Update-StorageProviderCache
Query AD for a list of computers
Get-ADComputer -Filter 'operatingSystem -like "*Windows 7*"' -Properties * | Select -Property Name,IPv4Address,OperatingSystem,OperatingSystemVersion
Get-ADComputer -Filter 'operatingSystem -like "*Windows 10*"' -Properties * | Select -Property Name,IPv4Address,OperatingSystem,OperatingSystemVersion
Get-ADComputer -Filter 'operatingSystem -like "*Windows Server*"' -Properties * | Select -Property Name,IPv4Address,operatingSystem,OperatingSystemVersion
Get-ADComputer -Filter 'Name -like "*CV*"' -Properties * | Select -Property Name,IPv4Address,operatingSystem,OperatingSystemVersion
Remove a computer from the domain:
Remove-Computer
Remove-Computer -ComputerName
Set the timezone on a server:
Set-TimeZone -Name "Central Standard Time"
Example of setting my iSCSI interface addresses via powershell
New-NetIPAddress -InterfaceAlias NIC3 -IPAddress 172.16.32.11 -PrefixLength 24
New-NetIPAddress -InterfaceAlias NIC4 -IPAddress 172.16.33.11 -PrefixLength 24
Setting DNS address for interface
Set-DnsClientServerAddress -InterfaceAlias Ethernet -ServerAddresses "IPADDRESS1","IPADDRESS2"
Disable/Enable Windows Firewall
Set-NetFirewallProfile -Profile Domain,Public,Private -Enabled False
Set-NetFirewallProfile -Profile Domain,Public,Private -Enabled True
Create new Network Team
Get-NetAdapter
New-NetLBFOTeam Team0 NIC1, NIC2
Installing Dell Openmanage on Windows Server Core
msiexec /i SysMgmt.msi
netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Web GUI" dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=1311
or with powershell
New-NetFirewallRule -Name Dell_OMSA -DisplayName "Dell OMSA" -Description "Dell OMSA Web Management" -Protocol TCP -Enabled True -Profile Any -Action Allow -LocalPort 1311
Relocating Domain FSMO Roles
Get-ADDomain | Select-Object InfrastructureMaster, RIDMaster, PDCEmulator
Get-ADForest | Select-Object DomainNamingMaster, SchemaMaster
Get-ADDomainController -Filter * | Select-Object Name, Domain, Forest, OperationMasterRoles | Where-Object {$_.OperationMasterRoles} | Format-Table -AutoSize
Move-ADDirectoryServerOperationMasterRole -Identity SERVERNAME -OperationMasterRole 0,1,2,3,4
Verify the current WSUS Updates source for the client
REG QUERY "HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate"
Removing a computer object from the AD
Remove-ADComputer -Identity "ComputerName"

Deleting partitions that appear to be undeletable
diskpart
list disk
select disk n
list partition
select partition n
delete partition override
exit
Find out about shutdown events:
Get-EventLog System | Where-Object {$_.EventID -eq "1074" -or $_.EventID -eq "6008" -or $_.EventID -eq "1076"} | ft Machinename, TimeWritten, UserName, EventID, Message -AutoSize -Wrap
Clear Dirty Shutdown Event Tracker (run from admin command promt)
reg Delete HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Reliability /v DirtyShutdown /f
reg Delete HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Reliability /v DirtyShutdownTime /f
Running Windows Backup:
wbadmin start backup -backuptarget:D: -include:C: -allcritical -quiet
wbadmin get versions
Equivalent of 'grep'ing in Unix:
netstat -p TCP | Select-String -Pattern 3389
Joining a domain:
Add-Computer -Credential corp\administrator -DomainName corp.domain.com
Add-Computer -Credential corp\administrator -DomainName corp.domain.com -OUPath 'ou=Desktops,dc=corp,dc=domain,dc=com'
Add-Computer -Credential corp\administrator -DomainName corp.domain.com -OUPath 'ou=Servers,dc=corp,dc=domain,dc=com' -NewName ServerName
List all Possible windows features
Get-WindowsFeature
Installing SNMP: (and it will also install SNMP-Service too)
Install-WindowsFeature SNMP-WMI-Provider
Installing Windows Backup Service
Install-WindowsFeature Windows-Server-Backups
Install-WindowsFeature SNMP-WMI-Provider, Windows-Server-Backup
Installing .net 3.5 (mount the Server 2012 DVD first)
Install-WindowsFeature –name NET-Framework-Core –source D:\sources\sxs
Windows Update Client check in to WSUS server
wuauclt /detectnow
Windows Update Client has not checked into server in a long time but client is online
wuauclt /resetauthorization /detectnow
Verify WSUS client Settings:
REG QUERY "HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate"
Extending a file system, such as after you extend the disk within VMware and you want to avoid logging onto the system to finish the file system extend
"rescan" | diskpart
$MaxSize = (Get-PartitionSupportedSize -DriveLetter d).sizeMax
Resize-Partition -DriveLetter d -Size $MaxSize
Shrinking a file system might give an error about not enough disk space, so defrag it first:
defrag -c -w -v
Export and Import Network Shares
reg export HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Shares %UserProfile%\Desktop\Shares-Backup.reg
reg import HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Shares %UserProfile%\Desktop\Shares-Backup.reg

Below are deprecated versions of commands:

Print out all available features:
PS C:\Windows\system32> dism.exe /online /get-features
Install Windows Backup Service:
PS C:\Windows\system32> dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:WindowsServerBackup
Install .net 3.5. There is sometimes an error dectecting the source files, so we specify the CD sources instead.
PS C:\Windows\system32> dism.exe /online /enable-feature /all /featurename:NetFX3 /Source:D:\sources\sxs

Windows Server Powershell Commands

2021-06-22T23:52:42Z

Jhorne:

[[Category:Windows]]
Install Domain Controller with DNS and DHCP
Install-windowsfeature -name AD-Domain-Services, DNS, DHCP -IncludeManagementTools
Install Remote Access and Remote Desktop Gateway
Install-WindowsFeature NPAS, RDS-Gateway, DirectAccess-VPN, RSAT-RemoteAccess-Mgmt, RSAT-RDS-Gateway -IncludeManagementTools
Install iSCSI Target and NFS Services
Install-WindowsFeature FS-FileServer, FS-Resource-Manager, FS-VSS-Agent, FS-iSCSITarget-Server, FS-NFS-Service, RSAT-File-Services, iSCSITarget-VSS-VDS -IncludeManagementTools
Install Windows Server Updates Service
Install-WindowsFeature UpdateServices -IncludeManagementTools
Uninstall Windows Server Updates Service
Uninstall-WindowsFeature -Name UpdateServices,Windows-Internal-Database -Restart
Then remove the contents of C:\Windows\WID\
Check when a user was created (or check how old a domain is, by checking administrator)
Get-ADUser <UserName> -Properties whenCreated | Format-List Name,whenCreated
Windows Storage Manager shows all mgmt options greyed out
Update-StorageProviderCache
Query AD for a list of computers
Get-ADComputer -Filter 'operatingSystem -like "*Windows 7*"' -Properties * | Select -Property Name,IPv4Address,OperatingSystem,OperatingSystemVersion
Get-ADComputer -Filter 'operatingSystem -like "*Windows 10*"' -Properties * | Select -Property Name,IPv4Address,OperatingSystem,OperatingSystemVersion
Get-ADComputer -Filter 'operatingSystem -like "*Windows Server*"' -Properties * | Select -Property Name,IPv4Address,operatingSystem,OperatingSystemVersion
Get-ADComputer -Filter 'Name -like "*CV*"' -Properties * | Select -Property Name,IPv4Address,operatingSystem,OperatingSystemVersion
Remove a computer from the domain:
Remove-Computer
Remove-Computer -ComputerName
Set the timezone on a server:
Set-TimeZone -Name "Central Standard Time"
Example of setting my iSCSI interface addresses via powershell
New-NetIPAddress -InterfaceAlias NIC3 -IPAddress 172.16.32.11 -PrefixLength 24
New-NetIPAddress -InterfaceAlias NIC4 -IPAddress 172.16.33.11 -PrefixLength 24
Setting DNS address for interface
Set-DnsClientServerAddress -InterfaceAlias Ethernet -ServerAddresses "IPADDRESS1","IPADDRESS2"
Disable/Enable Windows Firewall
Set-NetFirewallProfile -Profile Domain,Public,Private -Enabled False
Set-NetFirewallProfile -Profile Domain,Public,Private -Enabled True
Create new Network Team
Get-NetAdapter
New-NetLBFOTeam Team0 NIC1, NIC2
Installing Dell Openmanage on Windows Server Core
msiexec /i SysMgmt.msi
netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Web GUI" dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=1311
or with powershell
New-NetFirewallRule -Name Dell_OMSA -DisplayName "Dell OMSA" -Description "Dell OMSA Web Management" -Protocol TCP -Enabled True -Profile Any -Action Allow -LocalPort 1311
Relocating Domain FSMO Roles
Get-ADDomain | Select-Object InfrastructureMaster, RIDMaster, PDCEmulator
Get-ADForest | Select-Object DomainNamingMaster, SchemaMaster
Get-ADDomainController -Filter * | Select-Object Name, Domain, Forest, OperationMasterRoles | Where-Object {$_.OperationMasterRoles} | Format-Table -AutoSize
Move-ADDirectoryServerOperationMasterRole -Identity SERVERNAME -OperationMasterRole 0,1,2,3,4
Verify the current WSUS Updates source for the client
REG QUERY "HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate"
Removing a computer object from the AD
Remove-ADComputer -Identity "ComputerName"

Deleting partitions that appear to be undeletable
diskpart
list disk
select disk n
list partition
select partition n
delete partition override
exit
Find out about shutdown events:
Get-EventLog System | Where-Object {$_.EventID -eq "1074" -or $_.EventID -eq "6008" -or $_.EventID -eq "1076"} | ft Machinename, TimeWritten, UserName, EventID, Message -AutoSize -Wrap
Clear Dirty Shutdown Event Tracker (run from admin command promt)
reg Delete HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Reliability /v DirtyShutdown /f
reg Delete HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Reliability /v DirtyShutdownTime /f
Running Windows Backup:
wbadmin start backup -backuptarget:D: -include:C: -allcritical -quiet
wbadmin get versions
Equivalent of 'grep'ing in Unix:
netstat -p TCP | Select-String -Pattern 3389
Joining a domain:
Add-Computer -Credential corp\administrator -DomainName corp.domain.com
Add-Computer -Credential corp\administrator -DomainName corp.domain.com -OUPath 'ou=Desktops,dc=corp,dc=domain,dc=com'
Add-Computer -Credential corp\administrator -DomainName corp.domain.com -OUPath 'ou=Servers,dc=corp,dc=domain,dc=com' -NewName ServerName
List all Possible windows features
Get-WindowsFeature
Installing SNMP: (and it will also install SNMP-Service too)
Install-WindowsFeature SNMP-WMI-Provider
Installing Windows Backup Service
Install-WindowsFeature Windows-Server-Backups
Install-WindowsFeature SNMP-WMI-Provider, Windows-Server-Backup
Installing .net 3.5 (mount the Server 2012 DVD first)
Install-WindowsFeature –name NET-Framework-Core –source D:\sources\sxs
Windows Update Client check in to WSUS server
wuauclt /detectnow
Windows Update Client has not checked into server in a long time but client is online
wuauclt /resetauthorization /detectnow
Verify WSUS client Settings:
REG QUERY "HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate"
Extending a file system, such as after you extend the disk within VMware and you want to avoid logging onto the system to finish the file system extend
"rescan" | diskpart
$MaxSize = (Get-PartitionSupportedSize -DriveLetter d).sizeMax
Resize-Partition -DriveLetter d -Size $MaxSize
Shrinking a file system might give an error about not enough disk space, so defrag it first:
defrag -c -w -v
Export and Import Network Shares
reg export HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Shares %UserProfile%\Desktop\Shares-Backup.reg
reg import HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Shares %UserProfile%\Desktop\Shares-Backup.reg

Below are deprecated versions of commands:

Print out all available features:
PS C:\Windows\system32> dism.exe /online /get-features
Install Windows Backup Service:
PS C:\Windows\system32> dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:WindowsServerBackup
Install .net 3.5. There is sometimes an error dectecting the source files, so we specify the CD sources instead.
PS C:\Windows\system32> dism.exe /online /enable-feature /all /featurename:NetFX3 /Source:D:\sources\sxs

Main Page

2021-06-22T00:53:16Z

Jhorne:

<big>'''Welcome to DFWLPiki!'''</big>

==Areas of Interest==


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Clearing CBS Logs

2021-06-22T00:48:46Z

Jhorne: Created page with "category:Windows ==Clearing CBS Logs when they are too large== Stop-Service TrustedInstaller Remove-Item -Path C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\*.* Start-Service TrustedInstaller"

[[category:Windows]]
==Clearing CBS Logs when they are too large==
Stop-Service TrustedInstaller
Remove-Item -Path C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\*.*
Start-Service TrustedInstaller

Dell OMSA Non-Certified Drive Flag

2021-06-20T13:06:47Z

Jhorne:

[[Category:Dell Servers]]
Turn off non-certified disk alert in OpenManage:

Esxi
/etc/cim/dell/srvadmin/srvadmin-storage/stsvc.ini
Windows
C:\Program Files\Dell\SysMgt\sm\stsvc.ini

Loate the below line, it is generally near the top.
<nowiki>
; nonDellCertified flag for blocking all non-dell certified alerts.
NonDellCertifiedFlag=yes </nowiki>

Change to no. Restart OpenManage services.

Main Page

2021-06-20T13:05:30Z

Jhorne: /* Areas of Interest */

<big>'''Welcome to DFWLPiki!'''</big>

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<div style="min-width:900px">

<div style="width:590px;float:left;margin:0 10px;">

<div style="width:250px;float:left;margin:0 10px;">
<div style="margin:10px 0;">'''[[:Category:Exchange|Exchange]]'''<br /></div>
<div style="margin:10px 0;">'''[[:Category:Windows|Windows]]'''<br /></div>
<div style="margin:10px 0;">'''[[:Category:Database|Database]]'''<br /><br />
<div style="margin:10px 0;">'''[[:Category:Dell Servers|Dell Servers]]'''<br /></div><br/></div>
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ESXi Command Line Tools

2021-06-17T12:16:17Z

Jhorne:

[[Category:VMWare]]
==Scope of This Document==
I keep forgetting the command line syntax for ESXi console, so I document the commands I use most often here, hopefully so they will eventually be committed to memory... if not I know where to quickly find them now.<br>
<br>
Note that this document assumes you have Enabled SSH Techsupport mode.

==Troubleshooting driver versions on ESXi Host==

Get a list of all nics in the host
esxcli network nic list
Show what version a specific driver is currently running or loading at bootup
vmkload_mod -s DRIVER | grep Version
Get vendor information about a Device that can be cross-checked on the ESXi HCL
vmkchdev -l | grep DEVICENAME

==Install Dell OpenManage agent on ESXi Host==
esxcli software vib install -d /vmfs/volumes/SAS_RAID6/PATCH/OM-SrvAdmin-Dell-Web-8.5.0-2372.VIB-ESX60i_A00.zip<br>
esxcli software vib list | grep Dell

==Specifying the Default iSCSI Multipathing Mode==
For Synology:
For Equallogic:
For Compellent:
esxcli storage nmp satp set --default-psp=VMW_PSP_RR --satp=VMW_SATP_ALUA
esxcli storage nmp satp set --default-psp=VMW_PSP_RR --satp=VMW_SATP_EQL
esxcli storage nmp satp set --default-psp=VMW_PSP_RR --satp=VMW_SATP_DEFAULT_AA

==VMWare ESXi Commands For Managing Guests==
The main command is 'vim-cmd'. It has many uses via its subcommands and switches.

To get a list of all VM guests on a host, use:

vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms

this will print a list of all VMs, their Vmid, common names, VM Guest OS, and file system locaion of the .vmx configuration file.

From that output, you take the Vmid of the host you want to manage, and check its power state like this:

vim-cmd vmsvc/power.getstate 2

The options for managing the power state of a guest VM are:

power.getstate
power.hibernate
power.off
power.on
power.reboot
power.reset
power.shutdown
power.suspend
power.suspendResume

To give a VM the command to gracefully shutdown, use:

vim-cmd vmsvc/power.shutdown 2
==Get status of vmdk disk consolidation tasks==
vim-cmd vimsvc/task_list
vim-cmd vimsvc/task_info haTask-31-vim.VirtualMachine.removeAllSnapshots-905604163
==Moving .vmdk Files From Store to Store, Retain Thin Format==

Power the VM Guest off. Remove from ESXi inventory.

Convert the vmdk file to thin:<br>
vmkfstools -i SERVERNAME.vmdk -d thin SERVERNAME-thin.vmdk

Add the VM Guest back to inventory, and power on. Save the original disk file for just in case. After the system boots successfully, remove the thick vmdk file.

'''UPDATE''' - I have since found, that on the free version, if you create a target folder in the target file system, and then copy the contents of the actual Host folder (not the host folder itself), then the thin state will copy with the file. The above re-thining of the disk, was due to when copying the entire host folder, the disk would copy to thick format in the destination file system. One extra step, to pre-create the destination folder, but it saves a heck of a lot of time later when you dont have to re-thin several hundred gigs of vmdk files. :)

==Configuration Backup and Restore of a Single Host==
Syncronize all settings:
vim-cmd hostsvc/firmware/sync_config
Dump all the settings:
vim-cmd hostsvc/firmware/backup_config
Upon completion, the host will print out:
Bundle can be downloaded at : http://*/downloads/configBundle-[FQDN].tgz.
Enter the URL into a browser and substitute in the FQDN for the * and download the file to your system.

To restore from a previously saved config, scp the backup file from your system to the host, move it to the /tmp folder, and rename the file to configBundle.tgz.
mv configBundle-[FQDN].tgz /tmp/configBundle.tgz

Put the host in maintenance mode.
vim-cmd hostsvc/maintenance_mode_enter

Restore the previous configuration.
vim-cmd hostsvc/firmware/restore_config /tmp/configBundle.tgz

Upon completion of the reload, the host will reboot. Note, that if you rebuild the ESXi server, you will need to reinstall the same version, or patch up to the version that was running when the config dump was made.

==Migrate a VM From One Host to Another==
note: ensure that the VM that is being moved does not have any .iso file mounted to the cdrom drive. ie... anything it cannot take with it in the migration.

note also: if youre are moving a RHEL6 system, it would be helpful to remove the /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules before you do the final shutdown on the VM you are going to move.

ovftool -ds=DEST-DATASTORE vi://root@SOURCE-ESXi/VMNAME vi://root@DEST-ESXi

==Updating the Hypervisor Using Command Line==
Search the profile list and grep by the version and year you need to pull from:
<nowiki>
esxcli software sources profile list --depot=https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/main/vmw-depot-index.xml|grep ESXi-6.5.0-2019
esxcli software sources profile list --depot=https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/main/vmw-depot-index.xml|grep ESXi-6.7.0-2019
esxcli software profile update -d https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/main/vmw-depot-index.xml -p PROFILE-NAME-UPDATING-TO
</nowiki>

==Killing a stuck VM==
esxcli vm process list
esxcli vm process kill --type=force --world-id=10561

==Setting SNMP==
<nowiki>esxcli system snmp set -c mycomunity
esxcli system snmp set -l warning
esxcli system snmp set -e yes</nowiki>

==SSH keys==
SSH keys should be placed here:
/etc/ssh/keys-root/authorized_keys

Exchange Powershell Administration Commands

2021-06-17T11:08:37Z

Jhorne:

[[Category:Exchange]]
Start all Exchange services after a problematic reboot
Get-Service *Exchange* -Exclude *POP*,*IMAP*,*Hyper-V* | Start-Service
After removing a node from a DAG, sometimes the cluster objects are still hanging around in server manager even though they are already decommissioned or deleted
cluster node SERVERNAME /forcecleanup
Uninstall Exchange on Windows Server Core
cd 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V15\Bin\'
exsetupui.exe -mode:uninstall
Node complains that is still a member of a DAG during uninstall
Clear-ClusterNode HOSTNAME

Database Management
Get-MailboxDatabaseCopyStatus * | ft -auto
Get-MailboxDatabaseCopyStatus * -Active | Select Name,Status,MailboxServer,ActivationPreference,ContentIndexState

Display current running exchange version on all servers:
Get-ExchangeServer|Format-List name, edition, admindisplayversion, serverrole, site

and source link for what different versions numbers are:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh135098(v=exchg.150).aspx

Show all mailboxes and their current size and usage status:
Get-MailboxStatistics | where {$_.ObjectClass –eq “Mailbox”} | Sort-Object TotalItemSize –Descending | ft @{label=”User”;expression={$_.DisplayName}},@{label=”Total Size (MB)”;expression={$_.TotalItemSize.Value.ToMB()}},@{label=”Items”;expression={$_.ItemCount}},@{label=”Storage Limit”;expression={$_.StorageLimitStatus}} -auto
Or same thing, but Exchange 2019
Get-Mailbox -ResultSize Unlimited | Get-MailboxStatistics | Sort-Object TotalItemSize -Descending | Select-Object DisplayName,TotalItemSize

Ubuntu Server Set Static IP Address

2021-06-14T20:17:08Z

Jhorne: Created page with "Category:Linux In order to change from DHCP to static IP address, edit the contents of /etc/netplan/00-installer-config.yaml <nowiki> # This is the network config writte..."

[[Category:Linux]]
In order to change from DHCP to static IP address, edit the contents of /etc/netplan/00-installer-config.yaml

<nowiki>
# This is the network config written by 'subiquity'
network:
ethernets:
ens160:
dhcp4: no
addresses: [10.128.20.41/24]
gateway4: 10.128.20.1
nameservers:
addresses: [10.128.20.21, 10.128.20.22]
version: 2
</nowiki>

svae the file, and do:

netplan apply

or reboot the server.

Ubuntu Renaming a Cloned Virtual Machine

2021-06-14T12:46:14Z

Jhorne:

[[Category:Linux]]
Commands to rename/re-id a cloned ubuntu virtual machine: (replace "newhostname" with the proper new system hostname)

sudo su -
rm /etc/machine-id
systemd-machine-id-setup
echo newhostname > /etc/hostname
reboot

Ubuntu Renaming a Cloned Virtual Machine

2021-06-13T13:47:15Z

Jhorne:

Commands to rename/re-id a cloned ubuntu virtual machine: (replace "newhostname" with the proper new system hostname)

sudo su -
rm /etc/machine-id
systemd-machine-id-setup
echo newhostname > /etc/hostname
reboot

Ubuntu Renaming a Cloned Virtual Machine

2021-06-13T13:46:45Z

Jhorne: Created page with "Commands to rename/re-id a cloned ubuntu virtual machine: sudo su - rm /etc/machine-id systemd-machine-id-setup echo newhostname > /etc/hostname reboot"

Commands to rename/re-id a cloned ubuntu virtual machine:

sudo su -
rm /etc/machine-id
systemd-machine-id-setup
echo newhostname > /etc/hostname
reboot

Windows Server Powershell Commands

2021-06-08T18:32:38Z

Jhorne:

[[Category:Windows]]
Install Domain Controller with DNS and DHCP
Install-windowsfeature -name AD-Domain-Services, DNS, DHCP -IncludeManagementTools
Install Remote Access and Remote Desktop Gateway
Install-WindowsFeature NPAS, RDS-Gateway, DirectAccess-VPN, RSAT-RemoteAccess-Mgmt, RSAT-RDS-Gateway -IncludeManagementTools
Install iSCSI Target and NFS Services
Install-WindowsFeature FS-FileServer, FS-Resource-Manager, FS-VSS-Agent, FS-iSCSITarget-Server, FS-NFS-Service, RSAT-File-Services, iSCSITarget-VSS-VDS -IncludeManagementTools
Install Windows Server Updates Service
Install-WindowsFeature UpdateServices -IncludeManagementTools
Uninstall Windows Server Updates Service
Uninstall-WindowsFeature -Name UpdateServices,Windows-Internal-Database -Restart
Then remove the contents of C:\Windows\WID\
Check when a user was created (or check how old a domain is, by checking administrator)
Get-ADUser <UserName> -Properties whenCreated | Format-List Name,whenCreated
Windows Storage Manager shows all mgmt options greyed out
Update-StorageProviderCache
Query AD for a list of computers
Get-ADComputer -Filter 'operatingSystem -like "*Windows 7*"' -Properties * | Select -Property Name,IPv4Address,OperatingSystem,OperatingSystemVersion
Get-ADComputer -Filter 'operatingSystem -like "*Windows 10*"' -Properties * | Select -Property Name,IPv4Address,OperatingSystem,OperatingSystemVersion
Get-ADComputer -Filter 'operatingSystem -like "*Windows Server*"' -Properties * | Select -Property Name,IPv4Address,operatingSystem,OperatingSystemVersion
Get-ADComputer -Filter 'Name -like "*CV*"' -Properties * | Select -Property Name,IPv4Address,operatingSystem,OperatingSystemVersion
Remove a computer from the domain:
Remove-Computer
Remove-Computer -ComputerName
Set the timezone on a server:
Set-TimeZone -Name "Central Standard Time"
Example of setting my iSCSI interface addresses via powershell
New-NetIPAddress -InterfaceAlias NIC3 -IPAddress 172.16.32.11 -PrefixLength 24
New-NetIPAddress -InterfaceAlias NIC4 -IPAddress 172.16.33.11 -PrefixLength 24
Setting DNS address for interface
Set-DnsClientServerAddress -InterfaceAlias Ethernet -ServerAddresses "IPADDRESS1","IPADDRESS2"
Disable/Enable Windows Firewall
Set-NetFirewallProfile -Profile Domain,Public,Private -Enabled False
Set-NetFirewallProfile -Profile Domain,Public,Private -Enabled True
Create new Network Team
Get-NetAdapter
New-NetLBFOTeam Team0 NIC1, NIC2
Installing Dell Openmanage on Windows Server Core
msiexec /i SysMgmt.msi
netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Web GUI" dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=1311
or with powershell
New-NetFirewallRule -Name Dell_OMSA -DisplayName "Dell OMSA" -Description "Dell OMSA Web Management" -Protocol TCP -Enabled True -Profile Any -Action Allow -LocalPort 1311
Relocating Domain FSMO Roles
Move-ADDirectoryServerOperationMasterRole -Identity SERVERNAME -OperationMasterRole 0,1,2,3,4
Verify the current WSUS Updates source for the client
REG QUERY "HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate"
Removing a computer object from the AD
Remove-ADComputer -Identity "ComputerName"

Deleting partitions that appear to be undeletable
diskpart
list disk
select disk n
list partition
select partition n
delete partition override
exit
Find out about shutdown events:
Get-EventLog System | Where-Object {$_.EventID -eq "1074" -or $_.EventID -eq "6008" -or $_.EventID -eq "1076"} | ft Machinename, TimeWritten, UserName, EventID, Message -AutoSize -Wrap
Clear Dirty Shutdown Event Tracker (run from admin command promt)
reg Delete HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Reliability /v DirtyShutdown /f
reg Delete HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Reliability /v DirtyShutdownTime /f
Running Windows Backup:
wbadmin start backup -backuptarget:D: -include:C: -allcritical -quiet
wbadmin get versions
Equivalent of 'grep'ing in Unix:
netstat -p TCP | Select-String -Pattern 3389
Joining a domain:
Add-Computer -Credential corp\administrator -DomainName corp.domain.com
Add-Computer -Credential corp\administrator -DomainName corp.domain.com -OUPath 'ou=Desktops,dc=corp,dc=domain,dc=com'
Add-Computer -Credential corp\administrator -DomainName corp.domain.com -OUPath 'ou=Servers,dc=corp,dc=domain,dc=com' -NewName ServerName
List all Possible windows features
Get-WindowsFeature
Installing SNMP: (and it will also install SNMP-Service too)
Install-WindowsFeature SNMP-WMI-Provider
Installing Windows Backup Service
Install-WindowsFeature Windows-Server-Backups
Install-WindowsFeature SNMP-WMI-Provider, Windows-Server-Backup
Installing .net 3.5 (mount the Server 2012 DVD first)
Install-WindowsFeature –name NET-Framework-Core –source D:\sources\sxs
Windows Update Client check in to WSUS server
wuauclt /detectnow
Windows Update Client has not checked into server in a long time but client is online
wuauclt /resetauthorization /detectnow
Verify WSUS client Settings:
REG QUERY "HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate"
Extending a file system, such as after you extend the disk within VMware and you want to avoid logging onto the system to finish the file system extend
"rescan" | diskpart
$MaxSize = (Get-PartitionSupportedSize -DriveLetter d).sizeMax
Resize-Partition -DriveLetter d -Size $MaxSize
Shrinking a file system might give an error about not enough disk space, so defrag it first:
defrag -c -w -v
Export and Import Network Shares
reg export HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Shares %UserProfile%\Desktop\Shares-Backup.reg
reg import HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Shares %UserProfile%\Desktop\Shares-Backup.reg

Below are deprecated versions of commands:

Print out all available features:
PS C:\Windows\system32> dism.exe /online /get-features
Install Windows Backup Service:
PS C:\Windows\system32> dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:WindowsServerBackup
Install .net 3.5. There is sometimes an error dectecting the source files, so we specify the CD sources instead.
PS C:\Windows\system32> dism.exe /online /enable-feature /all /featurename:NetFX3 /Source:D:\sources\sxs

Exchange Powershell Administration Commands

2021-06-06T14:06:58Z

Jhorne:

[[Category:Exchange]]
Start all Exchange services after a problematic reboot
Get-Service *Exchange* -Exclude *POP*,*IMAP* | Start-Service
After removing a node from a DAG, sometimes the cluster objects are still hanging around in server manager even though they are already decommissioned or deleted
cluster node SERVERNAME /forcecleanup
Uninstall Exchange on Windows Server Core
cd 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V15\Bin\'
exsetupui.exe -mode:uninstall
Node complains that is still a member of a DAG during uninstall
Clear-ClusterNode HOSTNAME

Database Management
Get-MailboxDatabaseCopyStatus * | ft -auto
Get-MailboxDatabaseCopyStatus * -Active | Select Name,Status,MailboxServer,ActivationPreference,ContentIndexState

Display current running exchange version on all servers:
Get-ExchangeServer|Format-List name, edition, admindisplayversion, serverrole, site

and source link for what different versions numbers are:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh135098(v=exchg.150).aspx

Show all mailboxes and their current size and usage status:
Get-MailboxStatistics | where {$_.ObjectClass –eq “Mailbox”} | Sort-Object TotalItemSize –Descending | ft @{label=”User”;expression={$_.DisplayName}},@{label=”Total Size (MB)”;expression={$_.TotalItemSize.Value.ToMB()}},@{label=”Items”;expression={$_.ItemCount}},@{label=”Storage Limit”;expression={$_.StorageLimitStatus}} -auto
Or same thing, but Exchange 2019
Get-Mailbox -ResultSize Unlimited | Get-MailboxStatistics | Sort-Object TotalItemSize -Descending | Select-Object DisplayName,TotalItemSize

Dell OMSA Non-Certified Drive Flag

2021-03-28T14:47:50Z

Jhorne: Created page with "Turn off non-certified disk alert in OpenManage: Esxi /etc/cim/dell/srvadmin/srvadmin-storage/stsvc.ini Windows C:\Program Files\Dell\SysMgt\sm\stsvc.ini Loate the below l..."

Set or Move Schema Master FSMO Role

2021-03-05T14:32:26Z

Jhorne:

[[Category:Windows]]
The Schema Master MMC tools is not generally visible even if ADMT is installed. In order to make the Schema Master MMC snap-in appear in the list, you must run

regsvr32 schmmgmt.dll

Set or Move Schema Master FSMO Role

2021-03-05T14:32:00Z

Jhorne: Created page with "The Schema Master MMC tools is not generally visible even if ADMT is installed. In order to make the Schema Master MMC snap-in appear in the list, you must run regsvr32 sch..."

The Schema Master MMC tools is not generally visible even if ADMT is installed. In order to make the Schema Master MMC snap-in appear in the list, you must run

regsvr32 schmmgmt.dll

Windows Server Powershell Commands

2020-12-20T15:14:46Z

Jhorne:

[[Category:Windows]]
Install Domain Controller with DNS and DHCP
Install-windowsfeature -name AD-Domain-Services, DNS, DHCP -IncludeManagementTools
Install Remote Access and Remote Desktop Gateway
Install-WindowsFeature NPAS, RDS-Gateway, DirectAccess-VPN, RSAT-RemoteAccess-Mgmt, RSAT-RDS-Gateway -IncludeManagementTools
Install iSCSI Target and NFS Services
Install-WindowsFeature FS-FileServer, FS-Resource-Manager, FS-VSS-Agent, FS-iSCSITarget-Server, FS-NFS-Service, RSAT-File-Services, iSCSITarget-VSS-VDS -IncludeManagementTools
Install Windows Server Updates Service
Install-WindowsFeature UpdateServices -IncludeManagementTools
Uninstall Windows Server Updates Service
Uninstall-WindowsFeature -Name UpdateServices,Windows-Internal-Database -Restart
Then remove the contents of C:\Windows\WID\
Check when a user was created (or check how old a domain is, by checking administrator)
Get-ADUser <UserName> -Properties whenCreated | Format-List Name,whenCreated
Windows Storage Manager shows all mgmt options greyed out
Update-StorageProviderCache
Query AD for a list of computers
Get-ADComputer -Filter 'operatingSystem -like "*Windows 7*"' -Properties * | Select -Property Name,IPv4Address,OperatingSystem,OperatingSystemVersion
Get-ADComputer -Filter 'operatingSystem -like "*Windows 10*"' -Properties * | Select -Property Name,IPv4Address,OperatingSystem,OperatingSystemVersion
Get-ADComputer -Filter 'operatingSystem -like "*Windows Server*"' -Properties * | Select -Property Name,IPv4Address,operatingSystem,OperatingSystemVersion
Get-ADComputer -Filter 'Name -like "*CV*"' -Properties * | Select -Property Name,IPv4Address,operatingSystem,OperatingSystemVersion
Remove a computer from the domain:
Remove-Computer
Remove-Computer -ComputerName
Set the timezone on a server:
Set-TimeZone -Name "Central Standard Time"
Example of setting my iSCSI interface addresses via powershell
New-NetIPAddress -InterfaceAlias NIC3 -IPAddress 172.16.32.11 -PrefixLength 24
New-NetIPAddress -InterfaceAlias NIC4 -IPAddress 172.16.33.11 -PrefixLength 24
Setting DNS address for interface
Set-DnsClientServerAddress -InterfaceAlias Ethernet -ServerAddresses "IPADDRESS1","IPADDRESS2"
Disable/Enable Windows Firewall
Set-NetFirewallProfile -Profile Domain,Public,Private -Enabled False
Set-NetFirewallProfile -Profile Domain,Public,Private -Enabled True
Create new Network Team
Get-NetAdapter
New-NetLBFOTeam Team0 NIC1, NIC2
Installing Dell Openmanage on Windows Server Core
msiexec /i SysMgmt.msi
netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Web GUI" dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=1311
or with powershell
New-NetFirewallRule -Name Dell_OMSA -DisplayName "Dell OMSA" -Description "Dell OMSA Web Management" -Protocol TCP -Enabled True -Profile Any -Action Allow -LocalPort 1311
Relocating Domain FSMO Roles
Move-ADDirectoryServerOperationMasterRole -Identity SERVERNAME -OperationMasterRole 0,1,2,3,4
Verify the current WSUS Updates source for the client
REG QUERY "HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate"
Removing a computer object from the AD
Remove-ADComputer -Identity "ComputerName"

Deleting partitions that appear to be undeletable
diskpart
list disk
select disk n
list partition
select partition n
delete partition override
exit
Find out about shutdown events:
Get-EventLog System | Where-Object {$_.EventID -eq "1074" -or $_.EventID -eq "6008" -or $_.EventID -eq "1076"} | ft Machinename, TimeWritten, UserName, EventID, Message -AutoSize -Wrap
Clear Dirty Shutdown Event Tracker (run from admin command promt)
reg Delete HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Reliability /v DirtyShutdown /f
reg Delete HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Reliability /v DirtyShutdownTime /f
Running Windows Backup:
wbadmin start backup -backuptarget:D: -include:C: -allcritical -quiet
wbadmin get versions
Equivalent of 'grep'ing in Unix:
netstat -p TCP | Select-String -Pattern 3389
Joining a domain:
Add-Computer -Credential corp\administrator -DomainName corp.domain.com
Add-Computer -Credential corp\administrator -DomainName corp.domain.com -OUPath 'ou=Desktops,dc=corp,dc=domain,dc=com'
Add-Computer -Credential corp\administrator -DomainName corp.domain.com -OUPath 'ou=Servers,dc=corp,dc=domain,dc=com' -NewName ServerName
List all Possible windows features
Get-WindowsFeature
Installing SNMP: (and it will also install SNMP-Service too)
Install-WindowsFeature SNMP-WMI-Provider
Installing Windows Backup Service
Install-WindowsFeature Windows-Server-Backups
Install-WindowsFeature SNMP-WMI-Provider, Windows-Server-Backup
Installing .net 3.5 (mount the Server 2012 DVD first)
Install-WindowsFeature –name NET-Framework-Core –source D:\sources\sxs
Windows Update Client check in to WSUS server
wuauclt /detectnow
Windows Update Client has not checked into server in a long time but client is online
wuauclt /resetauthorization /detectnow
Verify WSUS client Settings:
REG QUERY "HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate"
Extending a file system, such as after you extend the disk within VMware and you want to avoid logging onto the system to finish the file system extend
"rescan" | diskpart
$MaxSize = (Get-PartitionSupportedSize -DriveLetter d).sizeMax
Resize-Partition -DriveLetter d -Size $MaxSize
Shrinking a file system might give an error about not enough disk space, so defrag it first:
defrag -c -w -v

Below are deprecated versions of commands:

Print out all available features:
PS C:\Windows\system32> dism.exe /online /get-features
Install Windows Backup Service:
PS C:\Windows\system32> dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:WindowsServerBackup
Install .net 3.5. There is sometimes an error dectecting the source files, so we specify the CD sources instead.
PS C:\Windows\system32> dism.exe /online /enable-feature /all /featurename:NetFX3 /Source:D:\sources\sxs