I need to make a complete backup of a user's email on their PC. I will mostly be backing up Outlook.
Microsoft back in the day released "Personal Folders Backup" but it does not work with Outlook 2013.
I was going to deploy a shutdown script to do this but all methods Ive used seem slow.
What suggestions do you guys have for a PowerShell script?
Hello Technet,
I'm a little bit upset because I don't know exactly how to restore the backup I want to.
The main objective is to create it as various as possible (Point in time, NoRecovery, FullRestore, Transaction Restore)
Whenever I try to run the script I receive the following error message:
Restore-SqlDatabase : Failed to resolve the path ‘C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQLBut this is the correct path. I've got 2 files here - MSWorks2012backup.bak and MSWorks2012backup.trn
Here's my script
[regex]$rx = "\d+"
$ins = "MyComputerName\SQLEXPRESS"
$backuppath = "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL12.SQLEXPRESS\MSSQL\Backup"
Set-Location "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL12.SQLEXPRESS\MSSQL\Backup"
#$Log = New-Object ('Microsoft.Sqlserver.Management.Smo.RelocateFile("MyDB_Log","C:\MySSQÖServer\MyDB.ldf")')
$dbs = Get-SqlDatabase -ServerInstance $ins
$tranfile = Get-ChildItem -Filter "*.trn*"
$rs = New-Object('Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Restore')
$srv = New-Object ('Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Server') $ins
$cmsStore = New-Object ("Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.RegisteredServers.RegisteredServersStore") $ins
#$RFL = $rs.ReadFileList($srv)
$date = Get-Date
$dbl = @()
$dbl1 = @()
$i = 0
$j = 1
$NA = @()
$count = $srv.Databases.Count
while($i -lt $count)
{
if($srv.Databases[$i].IsAccessible)
{
$db = $srv.Databases[$i]
$dbname = $db.Name
$fg = $db.FileGroups
$fl = $fg.Files
$dirnm = $fl.FileName
$filnm = $fl.FileName
$dfl = $fl | select @{Name="Nr."; Expression={$j}},@{Name="DBName"; Expression={$dbname}}, Name, Size, UsedSpace
$dbl += $dfl
$j++
$fl = $db.LogFiles
$dirnm = $fl.Filename
$filnm = $fl.FileName
$dfl = $fl | select @{Name = "Nr."; Expression={$j}},@{Name="DBName"; Expression={$dbname}}, Name, Size, UsedSpace
$dbl += $dfl
}
else
{
$NA += $srv.Databases[$i].Name
Write-Host "Database $NA is not accessible (offline)." -fore Red
}
$j++
$i++
}
$dbl | ft -AutoSize
$SI = $dbl[$wo].DBName
$xxx = $true
while($xxx)
{
$wo = Read-Host "Which database/transactionlog would you like to restore?[digit]"
if($wo -match $rx)
{
$xxx = $false
if($NA.ToString() -eq "System.Object[]")
{
$wo = $wo-1
$dbl[$wo]
}
else
{
$wo = $wo-2
$dbl[$wo]
}
}
else
{
$xxx = $true
Write-Host "Please enter a digit." -fore Red
}
}
$xx = $true
while($xx)
{
$pit = Read-Host "Would you like to restore it to point in time?(Y/N)"
if(($pit -eq "n") -or ($pit -eq "y"))
{
$p = $true
while($p)
{
if($pit -eq "y")
{
$rec = Read-Host "NoRecovery? Y=True, N=False"
if($rec -eq "y")
{
Restore-SqlDatabase $dbl[$wo].Name -RestoreAction Log -ToPointInTime $tranfile -Path $backuppath -NoRecovery
$p = $false
$xx = $false
}
elseif($rec -eq "n")
{
Restore-SqlDatabase $dbl[$wo].Name -RestoreAction Log -ToPointInTime -Path $backuppath
$xx = $false
$p = $false
}
else
{
Write-Host "Please enter valid information." -fore Red
$p = $true
$xx = $false
}
}
elseif($pit -eq "n")
{
$rec = Read-Host "NoRecovery Y=True, N=False"
if($rec -eq "y")
{
Restore-SqlDatabase $dbl[$wo].Name -NoRecovery -Path $backuppath
$p = $false
$xx = $false
}
elseif($rec -eq "n")
{
Restore-SqlDatabase $dbl[$wo].Name -Path $backuppath
$p = $false
$xx = $false
}
else
{
Write-Host "Please enter valid information." -fore Red
$p = $true
}
}
else
{
Write-Host "Please enter valid information." -fore Red
$p = $true
}
$xx = $false
}
}
else
{
Write-Host "Please enter valid information" -fore Red
$xx = $true
}
}Whether point in time recovery works nor norecovery. I really don't know what I need to replace/fix that it works.
Which parameters are crucial to do a Point in Time Recovery, and which files do I need for that?
And also the Restore-SqlDatabase command. What parameters are necessary for my script?
Thanks
I need a way for a user to stop the current sub-script they're running and go back to the menu script that called the sub-script.
Here's an example:
There's a menu script that shows something like this:
1. Hire
2. Re-Hire
3. Termination
etc
Please choose a number:
If they choose 1, it goes to the hire script which prompts for name, office, title, etc like the following:
write-host "First Name: " -fore yellow -nonewline $fname = read-host write-host "Last Name: " -fore yellow -nonewline $lname = read-host write-host "Password: " -fore yellow -nonewline $pass = read-host write-host "Department: " -fore yellow -nonewline $dept = read-host write-host "Title: " -fore yellow -nonewline $title = read-host write-host "Manager (username): " -fore yellow -nonewline $manager = read-host
So then let's say the user is in this script and doesn't want to do that right now and wants to get back to the main menu. Instead of having to press Ctrl-C and close the script and re-open it, is there a way to catch a certain key press and then exit the sub-script back to the menu?
Could I put something like an if statement on each response that checks whether what the person entered was the ESC key or Ctrl-X or something along those lines? Like:
write-host "First Name: " -fore yellow -nonewline
$fname = read-host
if ($fname -eq "Ctrl-X") {
.\menu.ps1
}
# I have tried different versions of this, and can't get it to work
...
Or could I wrap the whole thing in some type of while statement that says "while this key hasn't been pressed, do the following" but as soon as that key (ESC) or key combination (Ctrl-X) has been pressed, then go back to the menu?
Hope I'm making this clear...
I'm trying to build a script where users are added to ad groups based off attributes.
I have the following:
Get-ADUser -filter{department -like “Hydra”} | %{Add-ADGroupMember Hydra-Share$ $_.SamAccountName}
When I run it I receive the following error:
Get-ADUser : Error parsing query: 'department -like “Hydra”' Error Message: 'syntax error' at position: '18'.I a trying to run powershell commands in a loop in code
I am getting this error:
Cannot invoke pipeline because it has been invoked earlier
here is my code:
Dim MyRunSpace As Runspace = RunspaceFactory.CreateRunspace()For i = 1 To 2 '40
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Hello everyone and thanks for any assistance with this issue,
I've tried to take detailed notes as I work on this. Where I am at there is a setup and initialization process that I am attempting to automate through Powershell. One of the actions is to change an existing user account to a specific nomenclature. For full automation it basically needs to prompt the user for the variables in the beginning of the execution then operate as a fire-and-forget script. I have the variables prompt part working well, but the actual change has been causing some problems. Here is the script and output info I have so far below:
*******************SCRIPT BELOW HERE*******************
# Variables that are needed from the user should all be included here*******************END SCRIPT*******************
This is the error I am getting. I have removed sensitive info so the username value and file path are not there:
Hi,
I am running below command to get the last access time of folders:
Get-ChildItem\\PATH\DIR | Where{$_.LastWriteTime -gt (Get-Date).AddDays(-180)}
There are some folders whose access time stamp is being altered by SharePoint Crawler Service and I want to exclude it from my result.
Can someone please suggest a script here to accomplish that ?
Thanks.
Thanks, Yeleshwar
I am looking for a way to clear "IE cache" for all the user profile folders remotely for list of Windows 2012 servers. Can someone help?
Hi, after installing KB2919355 for Windows Server 2012R2 (or Windows 8.1) the transcription functionality of Powershell seems to be broken.
Input:
PS C:\Windows\system32> start-transcript c:\test.log
Transcript started, output file is c:\test.log
PS C:\Windows\system32> write-host "testing write-host"
testing write-host
PS C:\Windows\system32> "testing out-host" | out-host
testing out-host
PS C:\Windows\system32> stop-transcript
Transcript stopped, output file is C:\test.log
PS C:\Windows\system32>
Output:
**********************
Windows PowerShell transcript start
Start time: 20150428205107
Username: HHO\Henk
RunAs User: HHO\Henk
Machine: HHO (Microsoft Windows NT 6.3.9600.0)
Host Application: C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
Process ID: 4508
**********************
Transcript started, output file is c:\test.log
PS C:\Windows\system32> write-host "testing write-host"
PS C:\Windows\system32> "testing out-host" | out-host
testing out-host
PS C:\Windows\system32> stop-transcript
**********************
Windows PowerShell transcript end
End time: 20150428205143
**********************
It was already asked in this thread: https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/cecc4f32-28c8-4bdc-be63-49ce3d396625/powershell-4-starttranscript-does-not-log-writehost?forum=winserverpowershell
But the last response from microsoft is that they are working on it, in februari, and it has been very silent since then.
I'd like to see a response from MSFT about this!
Kind Regards, Henk Hofs | http://www.IThastobecool.com
I am trying to remove a block of lines from a text file whenever it changes. The file has start and end tags and I'd like to remove both tags and everything in between. For example, the start and end tags "TrashTag" below and the three lines should be removed if they exist in the file.
< TrashTag >
this goes
remove this
and this
< /TrashTag >
For the correct importation into a SQL table I need the date portion of the datetime to be in the yyyy/MM/dd format instead of dd/MM/yyyy for the Created property
Get-ADUser - filter * Created, Department | Select-Object Name, Created, Department ! Export-CSV c:\temp\a.txtCan this be done for the one liner above?
i want to learn how to automate repetitive task like backing up files and restarting the machine for updates using windows powershell
please guide me through this as i am a beginner in this industry & not too familiar with PowerShell commands,
also suggest me other ways to do scheduled backup for windows server 2012
hi
How can I define an ipv4address and the DNS Settings?
$template = Get-SCVMTemplate -All | where { $_.Name -eq "$TemplateName" }
$virtualMachineConfiguration = New-SCVMConfiguration -VMTemplate $template -Name "$ServerName"
Write-Output $virtualMachineConfiguration
$vmHost = Get-SCVMHost -ID "a86731ad-50e6-4e61-b7e5-263157b940b6"
Set-SCVMConfiguration -VMConfiguration $virtualMachineConfiguration -VMHost $vmHost
Update-SCVMConfiguration -VMConfiguration $virtualMachineConfiguration
Set-SCVMConfiguration -VMConfiguration $virtualMachineConfiguration -VMLocation $VMLocPath -PinVMLocation $true
$AllNICConfigurations = Get-SCVirtualNetworkAdapterConfiguration -VMConfiguration $virtualMachineConfiguration
$AllNICConfigurations | Set-SCVirtualNetworkAdapterConfiguration -IPv4PAAddress $IPAddressmany thanks
Miller
$data= Get-WMIObject -ComputerName $computers Win32_LogicalDisk `
| select DriveType, VolumeName, Name, {($_.size/1gb)},{($_.freespace/1gb)},{($_.freespace/$_.size*100)}`
Write-Output $data
gets me
DriveType : 3
VolumeName :
Name : C:
($_.size/1gb) : 97.6533164978027
($_.freespace/1gb) : 73.4033164978027
($_.freespace/$_.size*100) : 75.1672540475923
DriveType : 5
VolumeName : SQLServer
Name : D:
($_.size/1gb) : 3.63286781311035
($_.freespace/1gb) : 0
($_.freespace/$_.size*100) : 0
DriveType : 3
VolumeName : sql
Name : E:
($_.size/1gb) : 299.997066497803
($_.freespace/1gb) : 299.408504486084
($_.freespace/$_.size*100) : 99.803810744355
how can i get it so this outputs in a comma delimmeted row?
Hi,
I am currenlty running the following script to get a list of all members within a list of AD Security Groups
$Groups = Get-ADGroup -Filter {name -like "FIL_*"}
Foreach ($Group in $Groups)
{
Write-output $Group.name
Get-ADGroup -Identity $Group | Get-ADGroupmember | format-list name
}I want to export the results to excel with the Security Group names as the headers and then going down each column would be the members of the group.
Everything i try either leaves the output to excel as a blank worksheet or has non meaning full information in the worksheet.
Could you please help me with this?
Hi, I have a Script to update some values in Active Directory from a CSV file, and works fine...
Import-Module ActiveDirectory
Import-CSV C:\Test\Users.csv |
ForEach-Object {
$record = $_
$s = @{}
if ($record.empnum) {$s["EmployeeID"] = $record.empnum }
if ($record.Phone) {$s["OfficePhone"] = $record.phone }
... etc...
Get-ADUser -filter "Name -eq `"$($_.nameusr)`"" | Set-ADUser @s
}
Now the challenge is update some data to "extension attribute", so I try with some like:
if ($record.usrID) {$s["extensionAttribute5"] = $record.usrID }
But i have this error:
Set-ADUser : A parameter cannot be found that matches parameter name 'extensionAttribute5'
Any suggestions on how to do this?
Tks
Hi expert,
I am running a powershell script which runs the other powershell Script with other user who has admin rights on machine.
This script runs on few machines and on machines is not running. It gives following error.
start-process : This command cannot be run due to the error: Only part of a ReadProcessMemory or WriteProcessMemory request was completed
Please give some suggestion ......
Guys.
I am having brain freeze today. I have constructed the script below. I am looking to get all users in an OU and if their physicalDeliveryOfficeName AD attribute match what is in my IF statement then do something.
The issue im having is it never matches the location and skips to site unknown. I have done this kind of thing before and im having a serious off day as i cant quite remember what im missing.
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$OUSelected = "OU NAME HERE"
$Location = Get-qaduser -SizeLimit 0 -SearchRoot $OUSelected | Select-Object physicalDeliveryOfficeName `
| ForEach-Object {
if ($Location -eq "London")
{
Write-Host "1";
}
elseif ($Location -eq "Milan")
{
Write-Host "2";
}
elseif ($Location -eq "Padova")
{
Write-Host "3";
}
elseif ($Location -eq "Geneva")
{
Write-Host "4";
}
else
{
Write-Host "No site";
}
}
Hello there
I need to create 240 replication connectors (NTDS Connection Objects in ADS&S) for the new Windows Server 2008 DCs I am going to deploy.
I am searching a fast scriptable way to create with Powershell modules for AD. I can't find a way to do it.
Can anyone please help me out?
Thank you so much in advance
Hello
I need to remove the EUM entry from all users.
I don't have an existing email address policy.
thank you