Hyper-V BPA Automation with Powershell

"draft" version of simple powershell script for Hyper-V BPA automation
I'm not a pro in PS. I'll be happy to hear your comments and advices
Anyway, I hope it will be useful for somebody.
http://rlevchenko.com/2014/05/02/hyper-v-bpa-automation-with-powershell/
Roman Levchenko, MCSA, MCITP, MCTS http://www.rlevchenko.com

Hi ,
I am not familiar with powershell .
#create Backup Path of the Day
$path = new-item -ItemType Directory -Path "$rootPath\$(Get-Date -f yy_MM_dd_HH-mm)"
I think it will create a new folder to store the export image when the script start to run .
Also the disk space for storing these image is a factor what you can think of .
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Create Hyper-V Virtual Machines with Windows PowerShell searching on hostname

Dear,
I’m a starter with PowerShell scripting an I’m looking for a script to create Hyper-V Virtual Machines with Windows PowerShell. The idea behind the script is that when I run the script its first searching for the hostname. I’m migrating 24 locations and each
location have a different hostname like xxx-SRV001. The script needs to use the first 3 signs from the hostname in this case “xxx” and create 2 VM's with below info:
Virtual Machine 1 2048MB
Virtual Machine 2 4096MB
Location D:\VM\
I can create VM's with Powershell into Hyper-V so only a script to first searching for the first 3 characters of the hostname is enough.
Example:
It's the intention that when the script runs it's looking for the hostname. As example we have hostname 000-SRV001
If the script see the first 3 characters of the hostname, in this case 000 he need to create 2 VMs with name xxx-SRV002 and xxx-SRV004
I think it must be something with
$hostname = "Get-WmiObject -computername $Machine Win32_Computersystem"
But then when i'm asking for $hostname he must give me back the hostname and if the hostname is 1 of the 24 locations then he need to create 2 vm's in Hyper-V with above info.
Can you help me or do you have a script for this?

Juste use :
$vram = 1GB*$vRam
You not need the "
Do you have any error with the creation of the VM?
# Variables
$VMName = Import-Csv "C:\HyperV\input.csv"
$VHD = 40GB
$VMLOC = "C:\HyperV"
$vSwitch = "External"
$ISO = "C:\ISO\WinServer2012R2.iso"
$LocationCode = $env:COMPUTERNAME.Split("-")[0]
# Create VM Folder
MD $VMLOC -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Foreach ($VM in $VMNames)
$Name = $VM.name
[int64]$vRam = $vm.vram
$vram = 1GB*$vRam
$VMName = $LocationCode+$Name
# Create Virtual Machine
New-VM -Name $VMName -Path $VMLOC -MemoryStartupBytes $vRam -NewVHDPath "$VMLOC\$VMName\Virtual Harddisks\$VMName.vhdx" -NewVHDSizeBytes $VHD -SwitchName $vSwitch
# Configure Virtual Machines
Set-VMDvdDrive -VMName $VMName -Path $ISO
Start-VM $VMName
# Configure Virtual Machines
Set-VMDvdDrive -VMName $VMName -Path $ISO
Start-VM $VMName
Error message
New-VM : '003' failed to modify device 'Memory'. (Virtual machine ID 8F5F32D7-F1A0-4A68-8B01-CA6661869A1E)
Invalid startup memory amount assigned for '003'. The minimum amount of memory you can assign to this virtual machine is '32' MB. (Virtual machine ID 8F5F32D7-F1A0-4A68-8B01-CA6661869A1E)
A parameter that is not valid was passed to the operation.
At line:20 char:5
+ New-VM -Name $VMName -Path $VMLOC -MemoryStartupBytes $vRam -NewVHDPath "$VM ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (Microsoft.HyperV.PowerShell.VMTask:VMTask) [New-VM], VirtualizationOperationFailedException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvalidParameter,Microsoft.HyperV.PowerShell.Commands.NewVMCommand
Set-VMDvdDrive : A parameter is invalid. Hyper-V was unable to find a virtual machine with name 003.
At line:23 char:5
+ Set-VMDvdDrive -VMName $VMName -Path $ISO
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (003:String) [Set-VMDvdDrive], VirtualizationInvalidArgumentException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvalidParameter,Microsoft.HyperV.PowerShell.Commands.SetVMDvdDriveCommand
Start-VM : A parameter is invalid. Hyper-V was unable to find a virtual machine with name 003.
At line:24 char:5
+ Start-VM $VMName
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (003:String) [Start-VM], VirtualizationInvalidArgumentException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvalidParameter,Microsoft.HyperV.PowerShell.Commands.StartVMCommand
Set-VMDvdDrive : A parameter is invalid. Hyper-V was unable to find a virtual machine with name 003.
At line:27 char:5
+ Set-VMDvdDrive -VMName $VMName -Path $ISO
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (003:String) [Set-VMDvdDrive], VirtualizationInvalidArgumentException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvalidParameter,Microsoft.HyperV.PowerShell.Commands.SetVMDvdDriveCommand
Start-VM : A parameter is invalid. Hyper-V was unable to find a virtual machine with name 003.
At line:28 char:5
+ Start-VM $VMName
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (003:String) [Start-VM], VirtualizationInvalidArgumentException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvalidParameter,Microsoft.HyperV.PowerShell.Commands.StartVMCommand
New-VM : '003' failed to modify device 'Memory'. (Virtual machine ID C0FC835E-36D4-462E-BD21-69A75A808E2F)
Invalid startup memory amount assigned for '003'. The minimum amount of memory you can assign to this virtual machine is '32' MB. (Virtual machine ID C0FC835E-36D4-462E-BD21-69A75A808E2F)
A parameter that is not valid was passed to the operation.
At line:20 char:5
+ New-VM -Name $VMName -Path $VMLOC -MemoryStartupBytes $vRam -NewVHDPath "$VM ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (Microsoft.HyperV.PowerShell.VMTask:VMTask) [New-VM], VirtualizationOperationFailedException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvalidParameter,Microsoft.HyperV.PowerShell.Commands.NewVMCommand
Set-VMDvdDrive : A parameter is invalid. Hyper-V was unable to find a virtual machine with name 003.
At line:23 char:5
+ Set-VMDvdDrive -VMName $VMName -Path $ISO
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (003:String) [Set-VMDvdDrive], VirtualizationInvalidArgumentException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvalidParameter,Microsoft.HyperV.PowerShell.Commands.SetVMDvdDriveCommand
Start-VM : A parameter is invalid. Hyper-V was unable to find a virtual machine with name 003.
At line:24 char:5
+ Start-VM $VMName
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (003:String) [Start-VM], VirtualizationInvalidArgumentException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvalidParameter,Microsoft.HyperV.PowerShell.Commands.StartVMCommand
Set-VMDvdDrive : A parameter is invalid. Hyper-V was unable to find a virtual machine with name 003.
At line:27 char:5
+ Set-VMDvdDrive -VMName $VMName -Path $ISO
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (003:String) [Set-VMDvdDrive], VirtualizationInvalidArgumentException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvalidParameter,Microsoft.HyperV.PowerShell.Commands.SetVMDvdDriveCommand
Start-VM : A parameter is invalid. Hyper-V was unable to find a virtual machine with name 003.
At line:28 char:5
+ Start-VM $VMName
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (003:String) [Start-VM], VirtualizationInvalidArgumentException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvalidParameter,Microsoft.HyperV.PowerShell.Commands.StartVMCommand

How to manage a connection with powershell using visual studio with C#

Hi
I want to manage a connection with powershell for a web app using visual studio with c#. and also run command with pipeline
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Hi Raj_Kumar_Saini,
To make things clear, could you please clarify these thing?
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Hyper-V(2012R2) Backup with Checkpoints(Snapshot) and Export - What to consider ?

good evening
Today I recognized that a VM Snapshot (excuse
a checkpoint) can be exported with
Windows Server 2012R2.
The subsequent import resulted in a
functional VM in saved state.
Question: What concerns a backup to a deduplicated Drive
with the following PowerShell
commands?
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Hi ,
I am not familiar with powershell .
#create Backup Path of the Day
$path = new-item -ItemType Directory -Path "$rootPath\$(Get-Date -f yy_MM_dd_HH-mm)"
I think it will create a new folder to store the export image when the script start to run .
Also the disk space for storing these image is a factor what you can think of .
Best Regards
Elton Ji
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Jetcomp Utility Automation w/ PowerShell?

Hello everyone!
I'm working for a tech company that sells and services computers. We do a lot of routine maintenance on our customer's computers and jetcompact happens to be one of them. My job is to find out ways to make our maintenance more automated with less human interactions.
I've scoured the internet for ways to automate JetCompact but only found links to the download center on Microsoft's website. At this point I'm not even sure that it is even possible to automate this utility. Can anyone enlighten this subject? Maybe even provide
an alternative to it? I hope to use Powershell or Batch files to accomplish this.
Thanks ahead of time,
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Dave - I get that it doesn't get him anything more when run against the local computer, but perhaps it can be that turning point where he gets a greater interest in PowerShell and what the cmdlet can really do. I wasn't going to wrap the executable in the
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happens.
Mildly off-topic, but congrats on the mentions from Don Jones in that recent PowerScripting Podcast.
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Set multi user column with PowerShell used to work in 2010 but no longer works in 2013

In SharePoint 2010 I used PowerShell to set the value of multi user people columns and it worked really well. I attempt to use the same PowerShell to set the same column type in SharePoint 2013 and it fails.
here is the PowerShell that I use in 2010:
$web = Get-SPWeb "http://intranet"
$list = $web.lists["TestList"]
$item = $list.items.add()
$item["Title"] = "Test multi user column"
$users = @("Domain\user1", "Domain\user2")
$userList = new-object Microsoft.SharePoint.SPFieldUserValueCollection
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$userValue = new-object Microsoft.SharePoint.SPFieldUserValue($web, $spUser.ID, $spUser.Name)
$userList.Add($userValue)
$item["MultiUserColumn"] = $userList
$item.update()
I have used this on three SharePoint 2013 farms with differing results. On two of them I receive an error when running $item.update(): Exception calling "Update" with "0" argument(s): "Invalid look-up value. A look-up
field contains invalid data. Please check the value and try again."
If I take one of the users out of the $users list then it works fine, but it will not allow multiple users to be set with PowerShell. I can use the GUI to add more than one user but not PowerShell.
Does anyone know if these methods have changed in 2013? I haven't been able to find anyone else with this issue.
mmm... coffee...

Not sure but maybe something to do with casting. Below is the code snippet from one of the blogs. Try modifying your script like below and see if still you get the error
[Microsoft.SharePoint.SPFieldUserValueCollection]$lotsofpeople = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.SPFieldUserValueCollection
$user1 = $w.EnsureUser("domain\user1");
$user1Value = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.SPFieldUserValue($w, $user1.Id, $user1.LoginName)
$user2 = $w.EnsureUser("domain\user2");
$user2Value = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.SPFieldUserValue($w, $user2.Id, $user2.LoginName);
$lotsofpeople.Add($user1Value);
$lotsofpeople.Add($user2Value);
$i["lotsofpeoplefield"] = $lotsofpeople;
$i.Update();
#-or-
$l.Fields["lotsofpeoplefield"].ParseAndSetValue($i,$lotsofpeople);
$i.Update();
Reference to the link
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/20831.sharepoint-a-complete-guide-to-getting-and-setting-fields-using-powershell.aspx
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Activate File History in windows 8.1 with Powershell

Hey :)
I just wondered if there is any way to activate File History in Windows 8.1 with Powershell?
I want to make a script where File History get activated automaticly, and since I want to do this on a lot of computers I want to use powershell.

Hi,
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How to add the Note board web part to a page with powershell

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Examples like this one http://adicodes.com/adding-web-part-to-page-with-powershell/ only talk about custom web parts uploaded from a local drive.
The example here looks good - http://spcrew.com/blogs/lists/posts/post.aspx?id=21 but is it for the Page Viewer Web Part. How would you go about getting the correct name for the note board web part and configuring it?
Many Thanks,
Ashley
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$OpenWeb
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$WebPartManager = $file.GetLimitedWebPartManager([System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts.PersonalizationScope]::Shared)
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Hi,
According to your post, my understanding is that you wanted to add the Note board web part to a page with PowerShell.
The name of the Note Board web part is SocialCommentWebPart.
I recommend to use the powershell code below:
$pageUrl="http://sitename/SitePages/test.aspx"
$SiteURL="http://sitename"
$site = new-object Microsoft.SharePoint.SPSite($SiteURL)
$web=$site.OpenWeb()
$webpartmanager=$web.GetLimitedWebPartManager($pageUrl, [System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts.PersonalizationScope]::Shared)
$webpart = new-object Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal.WebControls.SocialCommentWebPart
$webpart.title="Note Board"
$webpartmanager.AddWebPart($webpart, "MiddleZone", 0);
$web.Close()
Then the Note board web part will be added to the page.
Best Regards,
Linda Li
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Exchange 2010 - Report NDRs with powershell

Hi all,
I would like to analyze all internal NDRs within my exchange environment. For example we have systems which are hard coded with email addresses of internal recipients and people leave the business and their mailbox and associated email address will be removed
from exchange but not from a third party system that has a list of addresses to send notifications out to or home grown scripts. In order to keep the email pipeline clean and follow best practices I would like to catch these NDRs and remove them from the relevant
systems.
Is there anyway I can do this with powershell, my environment Exchange 2010 SP2 and all the roles are on a single server.

Hi Niko,
I have just performed the following test:
sent an email to an internal recipient were the address does not exist, example
[email protected]
The NDR does not come from [email protected]
The headers for the NDR I got as listed below:
MIME-Version: 1.0
From: Microsoft Outlook
<[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 08:55:54 +0000
Content-Type: multipart/report; report-type=delivery-status;
boundary="129b7383-6632-4979-ab4a-e5742a33ae6b"
X-MS-Exchange-Organization-SCL: -1
Content-Language: en-GB
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
In-Reply-To: <[email protected]com>
References: <[email protected]com>
Thread-Topic: test
Thread-Index: AdAVIEZfXlpAxeICRk2Dg71q+Amr/wAAADyf
Subject: Undeliverable: test
X-MS-Exchange-Organization-AuthSource: exchangeserver.mydomain.com
X-MS-Exchange-Organization-AuthAs: Internal
X-MS-Exchange-Organization-AuthMechanism: 05

Read Outlook Email and Get Specific Content from Mail with PowerShell

Hi Everyone,
I would like to get full content value by searching in mail body with PowerShell but I stuck at one place in scripting and would required help from your side. Below is my script with description.
#Connecting Outlook with below command
$Outlook = New-Object -ComObject Outlook.Application
# Now getting all folders info in variable (Shows Email, Calendar, Tasks etc)
$OutlookFolders = $Outlook.Session.Folders.Item(1).Folders
#Now connecting Inbox mails
$OutlookInbox = $Outlook.session.GetDefaultFolder(6)
#Now reading latest mail
$latestmail=$OutlookInbox.items | select -last 1
#Now calling email content and getting email content as output in html
$latestmail.HTMLBody
#below is output
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN">
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 14.00.0004.000">
<TITLE></TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>

<A HREF="https://test.abc.com/sys/servlet/ViewFormServlet?f
orm=NTE%3aNotifier&server=sm.user&eid=NTS000299462947">https://test.abc.com/sys/servlet/ViewFormServlet?form=NTE%3aNotifier&server=sm.user&eid=NTS4556555
294437</A> 
 
Incident IND000008655308 has been assigned to your group 'Windows
ADMINISTRATION'. 
Company: ABC 
Customer Name: XYZ 
Service Type: Infrastructure Event 
Priority: High 
SLA Resolve Target Status: Within the Service Target 
SLA Response Target Status: 
Reported Source: Systems Management 
******************************************************************* 
Summary: server1.abc.com: Average (5 samples) total cpu is now 100.0
0%, which is above the error t 
 
******************************************************************* 
Notes: server1.abc.com: Average (5 samples) total cpu is now 100.00%
, which is above the error threshold (100%)
</BODY>
</HTML>
# Now my target is to search incident number which is starting from IND* and server name (server1.abc.com). I tried below code but not getting value. Please help me to get these two values from email.
$latestmail.HTMLBody -match "IND"
#Output
True
#but not getting full that is IND000008655308.
Please help me.

Try this:
if($latestmail.HTMLBody -match 'IND(?<x>\d+)\S'){
$value='IND'+$matches['x']
}else{
Write-Host 'Not found'
\_(ツ)_/

How to create an azure website with PowerShell?

Hello
I'm, trying to create a new wordpress website in Azure with PowerShell, I saw a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHjkn59Lf0g
But, When execute my code, I get the following error:
New-AzureResourceGroup :
06:42:41 p. m. - Resource SuccessBricks.ClearDB/databases 'dbdb3' failed with message 'User
failed validation to purchase resources. Error message: '["Credit Card is the only supported payment instrument for
purchases"]''
What Can I do?
I have a bizspark subscription with enough money :S
THANKS!

Hi Victor,
Thanks for your question.
Firstly, I recommend you to create the website and recourse group in Azure portal to see if the issue persists.
In addition, I will have a test for this and feedback to you later. Appreciate your patience.
Best regards,
Susie
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RE: Ole Automation with forte.

Tran,
Here is a piece of code(using Forte Version 3OF2 & Word 97) that we've
used to determine if there is already an instance of Word running:
// Create an instance of a Word Application and activate it.
// If an a Word application exists, just activate it.
if ( aTasks <> NIL and aTasks.Exists(aWordApplication.Name) )
then
aWordApplication.visible = TRUE;
aWordApplication.Activate();
else
aWordApplication = new();
aTasks = new();
aWordApplication.CreateUsingProgID( 'word.application'
aWordApplication.visible = TRUE;
aWordApplication.Activate();
aTasks is an attribute of type Tasks on our window & aWordApplication is
an attribute of type _Application on our window. This code will work if
there already is an instance of Word that was started from a Forte
applicaiton. It doesn't recognize a instance of Word that was started
outside of a Forte app. Hope this helps!!
From: Quy Tran[SMTP:[email protected]]
Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 1998 11:17 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Ole Automation with forte.
Good Day forte users,
I'm trying to invoke MSWord from a forte application.
I set the objectreference using CreateUsingProgId(This is the only way
that I could get it to work).
The problem is when using CreateUsingProgId, forte will create another
instance of Word. Is there a way to know if the instance already
exists
and retrieve the objectreference of that instance?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Quy Tran
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Analyst/Programmer
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Hi Aurang
You can call almost all methods using OLE. What is required is to know how to interpret a script to ABAP OLE call. This is explained in the tutorial<a href="https://www.sdn.sap.comhttp://www.sdn.sap.comhttp://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/c1d54348-0601-0010-3e98-bd2a2dcd9e6c">"An Easy Reference For OLE Automation"</a>
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Merging vhdx & .avhdx with powershell error ....

i m trying to merge a vhdx & avhdx with powershell
the codes are
Run diskpart.
Enter: select vdisk file="<full path to the latest differencing disk>"
A differencing disk ends in either .avhd or .avhdx.
Enter: merge vdisk depth=n
n will be the number of parent files you want to merge. Since I had two parents, one .vhd and one .avhd for this .avhd file, I used depth=2.
the problem is whenever i try to select the differencing disk in step 2 , i get an error ...device not ready
if i changed the avhdx to vhdx ... i get the same error
i unchecked the read only ... gave full permissions to vm machine and user ... still get error
please advice or if you suggest a third party that can migrate the vhdx with its avhdx

You will need a backup to go back to a valid database.
Snapshots are not supported in Production and cause in few cases issues and behaviour like you are encoutering now.
You have to avoid using snapshots in production, snapshots are nice and they unction propely in 99% of the cases. You were not lucky. If you want to use snapshots with a VM for a reason (test update or a new configuration), backup your VM before.
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Adding a CI Build with powershell

Hi,
Adding a CI Build (class: System.Build) with powershell to Service Manager 2012 R2 results in an error, but the Build is added with the correct properties. Here is the error message:
New-SCSMObject : Item has already been added. Key in dictionary: 'Notes' Key being added: 'Notes'
At line:1 char:15
+ new-SCSMObject <<<< (get-scsmclass System.Build) -propertyhashtable ($build)
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (Notes:ManagementPackProperty) [New-SCSMObject], ArgumentException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : property 'Notes' has already been added to collection,SMLets.NewSMObjectCommand
here is what I do:
$build=@{Displayname = "Test 1"}$build+=@{AssetStatus = "Deployed"}$build+=@{ObjectStatus = "Active"}$build+=@{Category = "Software"}$build+=@{Title = "Test"}$build+=@{Version = "1"}new-SCSMObject (get-scsmclass System.Build) -propertyhashtable ($build)
If I querry this Object with
get-scsmobject (get-scsmclass System.Build$) -Filter "Displayname -eq 'Test 1'"
I get the warning:
WARNING: The property 'Notes' already exists, skipping.
Exception: The member "Notes" is already present.
In my Build Form there are also two "notes" fields.
So my questions:
a) does this occur on other installations?
b) If not: any idea, where this comes from or how I could find out.
b) If yes: how do you deal with it?
tia
Patrick Wahlmüller

Hi Roman,
Thanks for your response.
Here are some findings: Smlets are not exact enough, because in the System.build Object there are 2 Notes Fields. One from the System.ConfigItem class and one from the System.Build class. I do not understand the reason for two notes fields, but the smlets
have a problem with it and the result is a warning. You can suppress this by
get-scsmobject (get-scsmclass
System.Build$)
-Filter "Displayname -eq 'Test 1'" -WarningAction silentlycontinue
(thanks to
Jason)
When I use native cmdlets:
Get-SCSMClassInstance -class $buclass -Filter 'Displayname -eq "Test 1"'
Results in two notes fields:
Notes
System.ConfigItem_Notes
But, I'll give it a try with native cmdlets, since the are part of the product.
But one question remains: Why are there two notes fields?
Patrick Wahlmüller

DFS V2 setting ABE with Powershell

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