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cls import-module failoverclusters Import-Module -Name SQLPS -DisableNameChecking $servers = “comma”,”separated”,”server”,”list” foreach($server in $servers) { try { $virtual_name = $server; $instances = ”; try{ $virtual_name = ((get-clusterresource -Cluster $server -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -WarningAction SilentlyContinue | get-clusterparameter VirtualServerName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -WarningAction SilentlyContinue | Select Value -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -WarningAction SilentlyContinue)[0].Value ) } catch{} $server...

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  • 2016-03-18

Source: https://gist.github.com/mbrownnycnyc/9913361 This is a very fast way to ping a server using PowerShell. # with reference to http://theadminguy.com/2009/04/30/portscan-with-powershell/ 2 function fastping{ 3 [CmdletBinding()] 4 param( 5 [String]$computername = “127.0.0.1”, 6 [int]$delay = 100 7 ) 8 9 $ping = new-object System.Net.NetworkInformation.Ping 10 # see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.net.networkinformation.ipstatus%28v=vs.110%29.aspx 11 try { 12...

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  • 2016-03-18

$assemblylist = “Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Common”, “Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo”, “Microsoft.SqlServer.Dmf “, “Microsoft.SqlServer.Instapi “, “Microsoft.SqlServer.SqlWmiManagement “, “Microsoft.SqlServer.ConnectionInfo “, “Microsoft.SqlServer.SmoExtended “, “Microsoft.SqlServer.SqlTDiagM “, “Microsoft.SqlServer.SString “, “Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.RegisteredServers “, “Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Sdk.Sfc “, “Microsoft.SqlServer.SqlEnum “, “Microsoft.SqlServer.RegSvrEnum “, “Microsoft.SqlServer.WmiEnum “, “Microsoft.SqlServer.ServiceBrokerEnum “, “Microsoft.SqlServer.ConnectionInfoExtended “, “Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Collector “, “Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.CollectorEnum”, “Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Dac”, “Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.DacEnum”, “Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Utility”     foreach ($asm in $assemblylist) { $asm = [Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName($asm) } $computers...

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  • 2016-03-18

The Donald Trump campaign has taken the world by storm.  Not only has he upset the apple cart in the United States, but he has managed to piss off people in the U.S. and political leaders abroad.  Could anyone in the U.S. imagine watching a foreign nation’s election process and...

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  • 2016-03-11