PowerShell – Get Boot Time of Computer
Show Date/Time Of Last Boot Get-WmiObject -class Win32_OperatingSystem | Select-Object __SERVER,@{label='LastBootUpTime';expression={$_.ConvertToDateTime($_.LastBootUpTime)}}
Category Archives: Powershell
PowerShell – Scripts Not Allowed To Run
If PowerShell is not allowing you to run scripts then you might need to set the execution policy. Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee176961.aspx
PowerShell – Get All SQL Server Instances In Environment
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 = $virtual_name; $path = “SQLServer:\SQL\”… Read More »
PowerShell – Fast Ping
Source: https://gist.github.com/mbrownnycnyc/9913361 This is a very fast way to ping a server using PowerShell. # with reference to http://theadminguy.com/2009/04/30/portscan-with-powershell/ 2 function fastping{ 3 [CmdletBinding()] 4 param( 5 [String]$computername = “127.0.0.1”, 6 [int]$delay = 100 7 ) 8 9 $ping = new-object System.Net.NetworkInformation.Ping 10 # see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.net.networkinformation.ipstatus%28v=vs.110%29.aspx 11 try { 12 if ($ping.send($computername,$delay).status -ne “Success”) {… Read More »
PowerShell – Get SQL Server Info
$assemblylist = “Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Common”, “Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo”, “Microsoft.SqlServer.Dmf “, “Microsoft.SqlServer.Instapi “, “Microsoft.SqlServer.SqlWmiManagement “, “Microsoft.SqlServer.ConnectionInfo “, “Microsoft.SqlServer.SmoExtended “, “Microsoft.SqlServer.SqlTDiagM “, “Microsoft.SqlServer.SString “, “Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.RegisteredServers “, “Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Sdk.Sfc “, “Microsoft.SqlServer.SqlEnum “, “Microsoft.SqlServer.RegSvrEnum “, “Microsoft.SqlServer.WmiEnum “, “Microsoft.SqlServer.ServiceBrokerEnum “, “Microsoft.SqlServer.ConnectionInfoExtended “, “Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Collector “, “Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.CollectorEnum”, “Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Dac”, “Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.DacEnum”, “Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Utility” foreach ($asm in $assemblylist) { $asm = [Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName($asm) } $computers = Get-Content -Path C:\scripts\servers.txt #… Read More »
PowerShell – Replace All Instances Of Something In All Files In Directory
This script searches every file in a directory for a particular string and replaces it with another value. get-childItem | ForEach { (Get-Content $_ | ForEach {$_ -replace “OLDVALUE,”NEWVALUE”}) | Set-Content $_}
Powershell – Finding the most recent backup file in a parent directory
Having to sift through a large directory to get the latest file can be tedious. Surprisingly, I’ve needed this twice in the past month, so I figured I should post it. I hope this helps someone.