Reply To: Configuration "chicken and egg" problem
That’s what DependsOn is for. It keeps the later items from processing until earlier ones do. There are examples in The DSC Book.
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If your using Composite resources, can you use DependsOn in one Resource for a configuration item in another?
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So, config “A” is the top-level composite. It includes “B” and “C” configs. Config “A” contains item 1, 2, and 3. Number 2 is actually config B, Number 3 is actually config C. Item 1 can depend on...
View ArticleReply To: Media for the Summit?
The logo at http://powershell.org/wp/community-events/summit/ is the only “generic” one at the moment. I haven’t made one up for the Europe show yet.
View ArticleReply To: Searching for device information
If you have something specific you’re after, it’d help to just start with one thing. Some of what you’re asking for – like “product key extraction from all software installed” – isn’t possible. But if...
View ArticleReply To: Hyper-V cmdlets without Administrator rights
PowerShell doesn’t “know” what cmdlets you have access to, so no. Read “Secrets of PowerShell Remoting.” It explain how permissions work to connect to a Remoting endpoint (you don’t need to be a...
View ArticleReply To: Organizational Chart using PowerShell
You’re probably running into trouble because you’re trying to do this all in one line. Consider breaking this out into more of a script. You’ll get more control, and more opportunity to tweak the data...
View ArticleReply To: How to set the profile for PS for web access
You cannot. Remoting does not load profile scripts. You would need to set up a custom endpoint.
View ArticleReply To: Testing a DSC Resource
Unit testing as you suggest is probably the best place to start.
View ArticleChecking if computer does not exists
We have thousands of systems and delete them after not talking to sccm’s heartbeat usually, but with that sccm keeps the computer in its database for 30 days or so. So when we push a patch/program we...
View ArticleCustom DSC resources
Hello, I’m reading the free DSC book and got very curious whether the followings are right or not: It seems to me that DSC is going to replace group policy, since they both have the same purpose. Is...
View ArticleReply To: Checking if computer does not exists
Hello Eric, A possible solution for you would be to trap the exception thrown by Get-ADComputer and remove the device from SCCM in the catch block. Example: $ComputerName = 'MyTest' $Domain =...
View ArticleReply To: Checking if computer does not exists
Try something like this $ErrorActionPreference = ‘SilentlyContinue’ if (-not $( Get-ADComputer -Identity “bleh”)){ Write-Host “Doesn’t exist”} $ErrorActionPreference = ‘Continue’ You can get the if...
View ArticleReply To: Custom DSC resources
Long-term, DSC could potentially replace Group Policy. As for the value of certification, that values greatly and depends on the value your organization places on certification.
View ArticleReply To: Examples running SQL Stored Procedures from Powershell with Output...
Sorry – seems like nobody’s been trying that here. This is really just .NET Framework – I’m betting a search or post on StackOverflow.com would help!
View ArticleGet-DSCResource Error
If I get an error mentioning v1.0 when running Get-DSCResource for the first time in PowerShell v4 (as shown below) can you tell me what I am doing wrong? (This is on x64 Windows 7 and I’m working...
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Microsoft included “v1.0″ in the default path to PowerShell’s installation directory originally, and now they’re sort of stuck with it. You can ignore that part. That said, I’m not sure what’s causing...
View ArticleReply To: Get-DSCResource Error
Thanks Dave. It looks like it is an issue running get-command rather than an issue running get-dscresource. I’ve only recently upgraded to v4. I do have SQL Server on this machine, which may have some...
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