Tidal vs Powershell

Hi,
Visited this one before with limited success but now its time to try again.
Platform is TES 6.1.0.212 running on Solaris x86, CM is on RH linux, agent on windows server 2003.
I'm attempting to automate some MS excel work via powershell. I have a script that works fine when called interactively or via a batch file. However, when calling either through TIDAL I run into issues. I'm sure most of these are going to be security settings in windows but working out what to fix is proving somewhat problematic.
For Powershell I have "set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned" and the agent has the necessary rights as defined in the install guide eg "run as a batch job" etc.
For the particular script I'm running I believe its failing because the tidal runtime user needs to have web proxy credentials supplied.
Taking that as a starting point how might those details be defined?
The script is attached if anyone wants to play with it. It will need the extension changing to from ".txt" to ".ps1" The errors seen when run via TIDAL are below.
Exception calling "Open" with "1" argument(s): "Microsoft Office Excel cannot a
ccess the file 'http://www.simple-talk.com/blogbits/philf/rainfall.html'. There
are several possible reasons:
The file name or path does not exist.
The file is being used by another program.
The workbook you are trying to save has the same name as a currently open wor
kbook."
At C:\temp\cambridge_rain.ps1:19 char:28
+ $wb = $Excel.Workbooks.Open <<<< ("http://www.simple-talk.com/blogbits/philf/
rainfall.html")
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ComMethodTargetInvocation
Exception getting "Range": "Exception calling "get_Range" with "2" argument(s):
"Exception from HRESULT: 0x800A03EC""
At C:\temp\cambridge_rain.ps1:56 char:13
+ $excel.Range <<<< ("H2").Select()
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [], GetValueInvocationExceptio
   n
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CatchFromBaseParameterizedPropertyAdapterGetValu
   e
Property 'FormulaR1C1' cannot be found on this object; make sure it exists and
is settable.

Success!
Most of the work is fighting through windows security but they key part is installing the TIDAL agent using the user account doing the work. It needs to be installed and run as that user instead of using the local system account or being installed by a local windows administrator.
I now have a working instance of excel running completely unattended under TIDAL control.

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Hi,
With
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New-SPWebApplication : An update conflict has occurred, and you must re-try this action. The object SPWebApplication
Name=SharePoint2013 (82) was updated by DOMAIN\SP_Administrator, in the powershell (13020) process, on machine SPWEB01.
View the tracing log for more information about the conflict.
At line:1 char:1
+ New-SPWebApplication -Name "SharePoint2013 (82)" -ApplicationPool "SharePoint201 ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (Microsoft.Share...PWebApplication:SPCmdletNewSPWebApplication) [New-SPWebA
pplication], SPUpdatedConcurrencyException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell.SPCmdletNewSPWebApplicationUnknown SQL Exception 547 occurred. Additional error information from SQL Server is included below.
The DELETE statement conflicted with the REFERENCE constraint "FK_Dependencies1_Objects". The conflict occurred in database "SP_Config", table "dbo.Dependencies", column 'ObjectId'.
The statement has been terminated.
I also get this error from the trace
Unknown SQL Exception 547 occurred. Additional error information from SQL Server is included below.
The DELETE statement conflicted with the REFERENCE constraint "FK_Dependencies1_Objects". The conflict occurred in database "SP_Config", table "dbo.Dependencies", column 'ObjectId'.
The statement has been terminated.
I have tried to resolve the issue by performing the following:
Delete the partially created web app using Central Admin or PowerShell
Clear the file system cache on all servers in the farm (Stopping wss timer job, Saving Copy of the
cache.ini file from C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\application data\Microsoft\SharePoint\Config folder. Clearing all the .xml files from the location except cache.ini but Edit the cache.ini to have value 1. Starting the timer job)
Use Products Configuration Wizard (no detach, just 'upgrade') - People have said to select the option to disconnect the server from server farm and revert back again at next step (so you actually do not disconnect), but there is no next step that I have
encountered. You select 'disconnect', hit next, and the server disconnects.
Restart all the servers in the farm
Run the PowerShell script again...still get the same error
I have tried it on multiple servers in the farm too.

Hi Michael,
I found a similar thread for you reference:
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/sharepoint/en-US/9ccef7bf-87a9-4849-b086-4db2d898f1d7/cannot-create-new-web-application-wss-30?forum=sharepointadminlegacy
If it doesn’t work, sometimes the issue might be caused by long time keep powershell opening and generating some cache files. So please try re-opening the powershell and test the issue again.
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ronalg/archive/2011/06/24/mount-spcontentdatabase-errors-on-2nd-and-subsequent-attempts-of-same-database.aspx?Redirected=true
http://www.oakwoodinsights.com/sharepoint-powershell-surprise/
In addition, here is an article which explains the possible reason of the SQL error:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee513056(v=office.14).aspx
Regards,
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Exchange Powershell return value from Get-command to variable.

Hi
I am trying to create a powershell-script for our monitoring-software.
The script is supposed to establish a connection to our exchange-server mgmt-shell and execute this command:
"Get-MailboxDatabaseCopyStatus"
I have the connection in place, but am missing the knowledge of how to return the result of the command to my script, which I can then pass to our monitoring-software.
(The script take 2 parameters - host and command eg. exch01.domain and Get-MailboxDatabaseCopyStatus).
Current code:
$statusAlive = "ScriptRes:Host is alive:"
$statusDead = "ScriptRes:No answer:"
$statusUnknown = "ScriptRes:Unknown:"
$statusNotResolved = "ScriptRes:Unknown host:"
$statusOk = "ScriptRes:Ok:"
$statusBad = "ScriptRes:Bad:"
$statusBadContents = "ScriptRes:Bad contents:"
$pass = cat C:\securestring.txt | convertto-securestring
$Cred = new-object -typename System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -argumentlist "domain\administrator",$pass
$host = $args[0]
$command = $args[1]
<#
if (!$args[0]) {
echo $statusUnknown"Host parameter is empty"
exit
if (!$args[1]) {
echo $statusUnknown"Command parameter is empty"
exit
#>
$session = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri http://$host/powershell -Credential $cred
Import-PSSession $session
$command
Remove-PSSession $session
Now, how do I "catch" the value of the executed command and return it to a variable in the script?
Best Regards,
Soren

Hmm.. doesnt seem to work quite right.
I added "Echo $result" after "Remove-PSSession $session", but then I just get a bunch of information..
Script tmp_c3a1c132-f4d9-4d61... {Get-IRMConfiguration, New-MailUser, Get-PublicFolderMigrationRequestSta...
RunspaceId : 2d179364-2df3-483d-a192-f5f4ca9453bb
Identity : DB02 - Specielle\EXCHANGE01
Id : DB02 - Specielle\EXCHANGE01
Name : DB02 - Specielle\EXCHANGE01
DatabaseName : DB02 - Specielle
Status : Mounted
InstanceStartTime : 01-03-2014 03:35:07
LastStatusTransitionTime :
MailboxServer : EXCHANGE01
ActiveDatabaseCopy : EXCHANGE01
ActiveCopy : True
ActivationPreference : 1
StatusRetrievedTime : 11-03-2014 08:30:15
WorkerProcessId : 8124
ActivationSuspended : False
ActionInitiator : Unknown
ErrorMessage :
ErrorEventId :
ExtendedErrorInfo :
SuspendComment :
RequiredLogsPresent :
SinglePageRestore : 0
ContentIndexState : Healthy
ContentIndexErrorMessage :
ContentIndexVersion : 1
ContentIndexBacklog : 0
ContentIndexRetryQueueSize : 0
ContentIndexMailboxesToCrawl :
ContentIndexSeedingPercent :
ContentIndexSeedingSource :
CopyQueueLength : 0
ReplayQueueLength : 0
ReplaySuspended : False
ResumeBlocked : False
ReseedBlocked : False
MinimumSupportedDatabaseSchemaVersion : 0.121
MaximumSupportedDatabaseSchemaVersion : 0.125
RequestedDatabaseSchemaVersion : 0.125
LatestAvailableLogTime :
LastCopyNotificationedLogTime :
LastCopiedLogTime :
LastInspectedLogTime :
LastReplayedLogTime :
LastLogGenerated : 0
LastLogCopyNotified : 0
LastLogCopied : 0
LastLogInspected : 0
LastLogReplayed : 0
LowestLogPresent : 0
LastLogInfoIsStale : False
LastLogInfoFromCopierTime :
LastLogInfoFromClusterTime :
LastLogInfoFromClusterGen : 0
LogsReplayedSinceInstanceStart : 0
LogsCopiedSinceInstanceStart : 0
LatestFullBackupTime :
LatestIncrementalBackupTime :
LatestDifferentialBackupTime :
LatestCopyBackupTime :
SnapshotBackup :
SnapshotLatestFullBackup :
SnapshotLatestIncrementalBackup :
SnapshotLatestDifferentialBackup :
SnapshotLatestCopyBackup :
LogReplayQueueIncreasing : False
LogCopyQueueIncreasing : False
ReplayLagStatus :
DatabaseSeedStatus :
OutstandingDumpsterRequests : {}
OutgoingConnections :
IncomingLogCopyingNetwork :
SeedingNetwork :
DiskFreeSpacePercent : 50
DiskFreeSpace : 20.02 GB (21,498,761,216 bytes)
DiskTotalSpace : 40 GB (42,946,523,136 bytes)
ExchangeVolumeMountPoint :
DatabaseVolumeMountPoint : E:\
DatabaseVolumeName : \\?\Volume{e6cb407f-e4f2-11e2-93eb-005056ae239d}\
DatabasePathIsOnMountedFolder : False
LogVolumeMountPoint : F:\
LogVolumeName : \\?\Volume{e6cb4087-e4f2-11e2-93eb-005056ae239d}\
LogPathIsOnMountedFolder : False
LastDatabaseVolumeName :
LastDatabaseVolumeNameTransitionTime :
VolumeInfoError :
IsValid : True
ObjectState : Unchanged
RunspaceId : 2d179364-2df3-483d-a192-f5f4ca9453bb
Identity : DB01 - Standard\EXCHANGE01
Id : DB01 - Standard\EXCHANGE01
Name : DB01 - Standard\EXCHANGE01
DatabaseName : DB01 - Standard
Status : Mounted
InstanceStartTime : 01-03-2014 03:35:07
LastStatusTransitionTime :
MailboxServer : EXCHANGE01
ActiveDatabaseCopy : EXCHANGE01
ActiveCopy : True
ActivationPreference : 1
StatusRetrievedTime : 11-03-2014 08:30:15
WorkerProcessId : 8140
ActivationSuspended : False
ActionInitiator : Unknown
ErrorMessage :
ErrorEventId :
ExtendedErrorInfo :
SuspendComment :
RequiredLogsPresent :
SinglePageRestore : 0
ContentIndexState : Healthy
ContentIndexErrorMessage :
ContentIndexVersion : 1
ContentIndexBacklog : 3
ContentIndexRetryQueueSize : 0
ContentIndexMailboxesToCrawl :
ContentIndexSeedingPercent :
ContentIndexSeedingSource :
CopyQueueLength : 0
ReplayQueueLength : 0
ReplaySuspended : False
ResumeBlocked : False
ReseedBlocked : False
MinimumSupportedDatabaseSchemaVersion : 0.121
MaximumSupportedDatabaseSchemaVersion : 0.125
RequestedDatabaseSchemaVersion : 0.125
LatestAvailableLogTime :
LastCopyNotificationedLogTime :
LastCopiedLogTime :
LastInspectedLogTime :
LastReplayedLogTime :
LastLogGenerated : 0
LastLogCopyNotified : 0
LastLogCopied : 0
LastLogInspected : 0
LastLogReplayed : 0
LowestLogPresent : 0
LastLogInfoIsStale : False
LastLogInfoFromCopierTime :
LastLogInfoFromClusterTime :
LastLogInfoFromClusterGen : 0
LogsReplayedSinceInstanceStart : 0
LogsCopiedSinceInstanceStart : 0
LatestFullBackupTime :
LatestIncrementalBackupTime :
LatestDifferentialBackupTime :
LatestCopyBackupTime :
SnapshotBackup :
SnapshotLatestFullBackup :
SnapshotLatestIncrementalBackup :
SnapshotLatestDifferentialBackup :
SnapshotLatestCopyBackup :
LogReplayQueueIncreasing : False
LogCopyQueueIncreasing : False
ReplayLagStatus :
DatabaseSeedStatus :
OutstandingDumpsterRequests : {}
OutgoingConnections :
IncomingLogCopyingNetwork :
SeedingNetwork :
DiskFreeSpacePercent : 50
DiskFreeSpace : 20.02 GB (21,498,761,216 bytes)
DiskTotalSpace : 40 GB (42,946,523,136 bytes)
ExchangeVolumeMountPoint :
DatabaseVolumeMountPoint : E:\
DatabaseVolumeName : \\?\Volume{e6cb407f-e4f2-11e2-93eb-005056ae239d}\
DatabasePathIsOnMountedFolder : False
LogVolumeMountPoint : F:\
LogVolumeName : \\?\Volume{e6cb4087-e4f2-11e2-93eb-005056ae239d}\
LogPathIsOnMountedFolder : False
LastDatabaseVolumeName :
LastDatabaseVolumeNameTransitionTime :
VolumeInfoError :
IsValid : True
ObjectState : Unchanged
I am only interested in the 2 "ContentIndexState" - how can I pick these 2 out and put them into a variable?
I though the command "Get-MailboxDatabaseCopyStatus" would only display these two, since it is what happens if I run the command inside PowerShell on the server itself.

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