A collection of my PowerShell adventures, featuring scripts, automation experiments, problem-solving, and reusable code samples from real-world IT projects.
This is where I show that I’m really not a DBA. I’m an Accidental DBA at best, and a nuisance at worst. SQL Server already has the capability to be installed via command line parameters or a configuration file. If I setup the machine the same way every single time, this would be fine, but…
Yesterday, I wrote about how I setup SQL Servers Virtual Machines using PowerShell and PowerCLI. Now that I’ve got the SQL Server imaged, it’s time to format the disks and prep the Page File. Let’s dig in.
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…
A few months ago, I wrote about the third step in setting up an Orion server from scratch. After using this script for a few months, I realized there was an eventuality that I missed.
SolarWinds’ SAM PowerShell Templates offer so much flexibility for teasing out the metrics you need, but I’ve found it’s better to work with a template for the template.
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…
In a previous post I said how to run multiple Orion installations without running the Configuration Wizard. This is great if you have a new big installation planned. So the last step is to actually run the configuration wizard.
I stumbled across an article called Install Orion products in unattended or silent mode that made me so happy because I install new Orion servers about 4 times a month. There are only so many time I want to click “Next,” “Next”, “Finish” in any given day. So, since I do this so often, I wanted…
This is part 1 of a multi-part post on updates that I’ve made to How I Build an Orion Server. Primarily, it will be three parts. If you need this for a Hyper-V environment, I’ve got that script as well. Building my Orion Servers in VMware Configuring the disks on the VM after OS install…
