Simple Automation Example using Orion SDK

A few months ago, I really stated digging into the Orion SDK and I wanted to know more about ways to automate adding nodes to Orion.  Sure, I can wait for the Network Discovery to kick off, but I’m impatient.  I’ve gotten many of the parts together over time, but this is my first post where I put everything together.  For this version, I use the PowerShell Snap-In.  I will add an additional post later using the PowerOrion Module.

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Mass Export of NCM Device Templates

Do you run a bunch of Orion servers?  Do you hate exporting your custom NCM Device Templates one at a time?

No?  Only me?

Well, if you are ever like me, I’ve got something to help you out.

It basically checks for all the device templates in your database for those that aren’t out of the box and exports them in the proper format.

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Spider my Orion Pages with PowerShell & SWQL

A few days ago, I spoke before a small group of people about what I’d been doing with the Orion SDK.  I mentioned that I had created a Spider-Orion script that I use to navigate to every page in my install.  When I mentioned this script several people asked where it was published.  The short answer – here.

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