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This is Episode 33 of the Get-Scripting podcast. Tune in to listen to us talk and interview people about PowerShell. Download it here, subscribe in iTunes or via a different feed reader. Intro: Alan: Jonathan: Finding Out Who You’re Not Following on vLaunchpad http://www.jonathanmedd.net/2012/12/finding-out-who-youre-not-following-on-vlaunchpad.html Using PowerShell to access the vExpert.me URL Shortener http://www.jonathanmedd.net/2012/12/using-powershell-to-access-the-vexpert-me-url-shortener.html Interview: Eric Williams - Cisco UCS PowerTool PowerShell News: PowerShell Deep Dives - MEAP http://www.manning.com/hicks/ Windows Management Framework 3.0 Compatibility Update http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2012/12/20/windows-management-framework-3-0-compatibility-update.aspx Amazon Web Services continues Windows push with PowerShell addition http://www.infoworld.com/d/cloud-computing/amazon-web-services-continues-windows-push-powershell-addition-208612 http://aws.amazon.com/powershell/ PowerShell Resources: Work with E1000E NICs in PowerCLI http://www.lucd.info/2012/11/16/work-with-e1000e-nics-in-powercli/ PowerShell Tip SSH with Plink.exe hostkey accept etc. Echo Y | Plink.exe.... Feedback Send us feedback at get [dash] scripting [at] hotmail [dot] co [dot] uk or leave a comment here on the blog Follow us on Twitter and join our Facebook Group http://twitter.com/getscripting http://twitter.com/jonathanmedd http://twitter.com/alanrenouf Get-Scripting Facebook Group

This is Episode 32 of the Get-Scripting podcast. Tune in to listen to us talk and interview people about PowerShell. Download it here, subscribe in iTunes or via a different feed reader. Intro: Alan: Jonathan: PowerShell Deep Dive Book PowerShell News: Windows 8 / Server 2012 released, i.e. PowerShell v3! Available for downlevel OSs. http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34595 Scripting IDE showdown / slowdown? PowerShell Plus is now free: http://www.idera.com/Free-Tools/PowerShell-Plus/ PowerShell SE is no more? http://powerwf.com/products/powerse.aspx PowerGUI no longer in development? PowerShell ISE the way ahead? PowerShell Summit - Session Announced http://poshoholic.com/2012/11/02/powershell-summit-community-sessions-list/ UKVMUG http://www.vmug.com/p/cm/ld/fid=212 PowerShell Resources: Get Regular Expression matches (DNS) http://enterpriseadmins.org/blog/scripting/get-regular-expression-matches/ PowerScripting - the wives special http://powerscripting.wordpress.com/2012/05/28/episode-187-teresa-scriptingwife-wilson-and-staci-halswife-rottenberg/ PowerShell Tip Insert String Every N Characters http://blog.expressionsoftware.com/2010/03/insert-string-every-n-characters.html This PowerShell v2 script inserts a string every N characters. The interval is specified using the regex repetition operator, {min,max}. $a = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz' ([regex]::matches($a, '.{1,3}') | %{$_.value}) -join ' ' ([regex]::matches($a, '.{1,8}') | %{$_.value}) -join '..' ([regex]::matches($a, '.{1}') | %{$_.value}) -join '-' #output abc def ghi jkl mno pqr stu vwx yz abcdefgh..ijklmnop..qrstuvwx..yz a-b-c-d-e-f-g-h-i-j-k-l-m-n-o-p-q-r-s-t-u-v-w-x-y-z Removal of $_ and also $PSItem in PS v3 In PowerShell, the variable "$_" has special importance. It works like a placeholder in scenarios like this one: PS> Get-ChildItem $env:windir | Where-Object { $_.Length -gt 1MB } In PowerShell v3, there is an alias for the cryptic "$_": $PSItem. So now code can become more descriptive: PS> Get-ChildItem $env:windir | Where-Object { $PSItem.Length -gt 1MB } Then again, in PowerShell v3, "$_" isn't necessary in many scenarios anymore at all. You could also write: Get-ChildItem $env:windir | Where-Object Length -gt 1MB Feedback Send us feedback at get [dash] scripting [at] hotmail [dot] co [dot] uk or leave a comment here on the blog Follow us on Twitter and join our Facebook Group http://twitter.com/getscripting http://twitter.com/jonathanmedd http://twitter.com/alanrenouf Get-Scripting Facebook Group Extensive list of Powershell Twitterers

This is Episode 31 of the Get-Scripting podcast. Tune in to listen to us talk and interview people about PowerShell. Download it here, subscribe in iTunes or via a different feed reader. Intro: Alan: Easily creating PowerShell Quick References Jonathan: PowerShell and XenDesktop at the UK PowerShell User Group Automating MSI Installations with PowerShell Checking 32bit PowerShell Snapins from 64bit PowerShell Interview: Jonathan Noble - Blog http://www.jonoble.com/blog/2012/1/19/whats-new-in-powershell-v3-the-slides.html http://www.virtu-al.net/2012/06/05/installing-powershell-web-access-on-windows-2012-rc-core/ http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2012/06/14/new-v3-language-features.aspx PowerShell News: Windows Server 2012 Release Preview is out. Full release to ship in August. Then we will be in v3! PowerShell Resources: PowerShell for Network Pen Testing series over on Hey Scripting Guy http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/tags/niklas+goude/ Be efficient – Virtualize & automate your test environment http://blogs.vmware.com/vipowershell/2012/06/be-efficient-virtualize-automate-your-test-environment.html PowerShell Gotcha Numeric values as the first character in parameter names: function foo { [cmdletbinding()] param ( [parameter()] [switch]$32bit ) if ($32bit){ "32bit" } } PS c:\> foo -32bit foo : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument '-32bit'. Workaround! - $x86 From the language specification document: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=9706 (no Nd) first-parameter-char: A Unicode character of classes Lu, Ll, Lt, Lm, or Lo _ (The underscore characterU+005F) ? https://connect.microsoft.com/PowerShell/feedback/details/753467/using-a-numeric-character-as-the-first-character-of-a-parameter-name-should-produce-a-clearer-error-message-and-be-permitted-if-it-also-contains-non-numeric-characters Feedback Send us feedback at get [dash] scripting [at] hotmail [dot] co [dot] uk or leave a comment here on the blog Follow us on Twitter and join our Facebook Group http://twitter.com/getscripting http://twitter.com/jonathanmedd http://twitter.com/alanrenouf Get-Scripting Facebook Group Extensive list of Powershell Twitterers

This is Episode 30 of the Get-Scripting podcast. Tune in to listen to us talk and interview people about PowerShell. Download it here, subscribe in iTunes or via a different feed reader. Intro: Alan: VCD Posts on the PowerCLI BlogCisco UCS CmdletsNext week I am at the North Carolina VMUG Jonathan: Working a contract for Citrix via Start-Automating Interview: Jan Ring Blog PowerShell News: Scripting Games have taken place PowerShell and WMI book from Richard Siddaway published PowerShell Resources: PoshChat Convert Images to Text Ascii Art Unofficial vCD Cmdlets PowerShell code cleaner V1 Don Jones - PowerShellbooks.com PowerShell Tips: Escaping a Regex when using -match PS V:\> $TestError = "This is a (test)" ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ PS V:\> $RealError = "This is a (test)" ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ PS V:\> $TestError -match $RealError False ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ PS V:\> $TestError -match [regex]::Escape($RealError) True ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ PS V:\> $RealError = "This is a \(test\)" ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ PS V:\> $TestError -match $RealError True http://www.vistax64.com/powershell/199639-comparing-string-contains-parenthesis.html Get Index of Item in an Array Multiple Variable Assignment PS C:\> $a,$b = 'apple','pear' ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ PS C:\> $a apple ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ PS C:\> $b pear or PS C:\> $a,$b = 'apple','pear','banana' ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ PS C:\> $a apple ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ PS C:\> $b pear banana PowerShell Gotcha Chat with Hal - ValidationSet not working with tab completion, enumeration. Function a { Param ( [parameter(Mandatory=$true)] [ValidateSet("Low", "Average", "High")] [String[]] $Detail ) Process { Write-Host $Detail } } Feedback Send us feedback at get [dash] scripting [at] hotmail [dot] co [dot] uk or leave a comment here on the blog Follow us on Twitter and join our Facebook Group http://twitter.com/getscripting http://twitter.com/jonathanmedd http://twitter.com/alanrenouf Get-Scripting Facebook Group Extensive list of Powershell Twitterers

This is Episode 29 of the Get-Scripting podcast. Tune in to listen to us talk and interview people about PowerShell. Download it here, subscribe in iTunes or via a different feed reader. Intro: Alan: vCheck 6.15 PowerCLI for vCD: Basic Usage and Stopping and Starting vApps Top Virtualisation Blogs Jonathan: Manage vCenter Plugins with PowerCLI Interview: Pete Rossi Blog SSH Component from WeOnlyDo PowerShell News: Scripting Games 2012 PowerShell Resources: Create HMTL Graphs from PowerShell Creating graphical charts with PowerCLI and PowerShell What's New in PowerShell V3 - Jonathan Noble Balloon Tips function Powershell Tips: Encrypt Password in a file for use in a script Feedback Send us feedback at get [dash] scripting [at] hotmail [dot] co [dot] uk or leave a comment here on the blog Follow us on Twitter and join our Facebook Group http://twitter.com/getscripting http://twitter.com/jonathanmedd http://twitter.com/alanrenouf Get-Scripting Facebook Group Extensive list of Powershell Twitterers

This is Episode 28 of the Get-Scripting podcast. Tune in to listen to us talk and interview people about PowerShell. Download it here, subscribe in iTunes or via a different feed reader. Intro: Alan: vShield PowerShell Module Using Console 2 PowerCLI 5.0.1 Release and vCD Cmdlets vCheck6 Jonathan: Testing Port Response Checking Automatic services have started Configuring HP EVA recommended vSphere settings with PowerCLI Basic VMware Cluster Capacity Check 2nd place in the London VMUG vBaftas for community presentations in 2011 Interview: Paul Iddon Blog PowerShell News: PowerShell Deep Dive Don Jones, Jeffrey Hicks and Richard Siddaway new book PowerShell Resources: Using PowerShell to list shared folders and permissions. ByValue and ByProperty Parameter Binding Using PowerShell with Internet Explorer Powershell Tips: Invoke-Sqlcmd Alias attribute for advanced function parameters PowerShell Gotcha Text file with $false in it, read this into a variable and you have $false Use it in an If Statement and what do you get (True) You need to invoke-expression because it has a $ infront of it, so call it with powershell to actually run the powershell code so you can get the results. [Boolean]$Var = $False $Var = [System.Convert]::ToBoolean("$True") Feedback Send us feedback at get [dash] scripting [at] hotmail [dot] co [dot] uk or leave a comment here on the blog Follow us on Twitter and join our Facebook Group http://twitter.com/getscripting http://twitter.com/jonathanmedd http://twitter.com/alanrenouf Get-Scripting Facebook Group Extensive list of Powershell Twitterers

This is Episode 27 of the Get-Scripting podcast. Tune in to listen to us talk and interview people about PowerShell. Download it here, subscribe in iTunes or via a different feed reader. Intro: Alan: PowerCLI @ VMworld PowerCLIMan - The Return Alan on PowerScripting Jonathan: HP WMI Provider Simple Talk - How to add a GUI front end to your PowerShell scripts What's New In PowerCLI 5.0 at the UK PowerShell User Group PowerShell V3 Blog Series PowerShell News: PowerShell V3 Preview Out as part of Win8 Developer Preview 2012 Deep Dive Conference Announced for San Diego PowerShell Resources: Distributed Switch Cmdlets available as a fling PowerShell scripts to leverage UBERalign for virtual disk alignment Get-FriendlyUnits from @lucd22 Jeffrey Snover has a blog Cmdlet of the day podcast Powershell Tips: Copy-Item With Alternate Credentials Netstat for ESXi Splitting a string with the split operator containing a ".", e.g. test.test.com $EscapeTest = [Regex]::Escape("test.test.com") $EscapeTest.split("\.") Also [URI]"http://test.com/alan" How to create a PSCredential object PowerShell Gotcha 'Set-Service -Status Stopped' fails with "Cannot stop service 'servicename' because it is dependent on other services‏ Catching WMI Query Errors with Try / Catch - Workaround: You can make non-terminating errors get thrown by using: - -ErrorAction "Stop" Feedback Send us feedback at get [dash] scripting [at] hotmail [dot] co [dot] uk or leave a comment here on the blog Follow us on Twitter and join our Facebook Group http://twitter.com/getscripting http://twitter.com/jonathanmedd http://twitter.com/alanrenouf Get-Scripting Facebook Group Extensive list of Powershell Twitterers

This is Episode 26 of the Get-Scripting podcast. Tune in to listen to us talk and interview people about PowerShell. Download it here, subscribe in iTunes or via a different feed reader. Intro: Alan: PowerCLI Poster PowerCLIMan Jonathan: Available for contract! Jonathan Walz Tornado Video Interview: Ben Vierck - Blog Kirk Munro - Blog PowerWF PowerShell News: Kirk Munro - New Product Manager for PowerWF and PowerSE Deep Dive Conference Sessions Announced - still time to register Build conference upcoming PowerShell Resources: Coming soon to a Hey Scripting Guy near you! "Batchman and Cmdlet!" VIProperty Module Powershell Tips: How to Hard Kill a stuck VM with PowerCLI Test a website availability with PowerShell Feedback Send us feedback at get [dash] scripting [at] hotmail [dot] co [dot] uk or leave a comment here on the blog Follow us on Twitter and join our Facebook Group http://twitter.com/getscripting http://twitter.com/jonathanmedd http://twitter.com/alanrenouf Get-Scripting Facebook Group Extensive list of Powershell Twitterers

This is Episode 25 of the Get-Scripting podcast. Tune in to listen to us talk and interview people about PowerShell. Download it here, subscribe in iTunes or via a different feed reader. Intro: Alan: vSphere 5 Launch vRAM License Script VMworld Sessions Jonathan: vExpert 2011 London VMUG Presentation ESXi upgrade to 4.1 including Dell Agent Interview: Kirk Munro - Blog PowerGUI 3.0 - Download Statement from Kirk about leaving Quest Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;} PowerGUI Pro and PowerGUI are fantastic products with a great team, and the guys still working on the product deserve all the praise and attention they can get. I still want the recording to be available so that it can help that product grow and prosper, giving back to those guys the support (and hopefully more revenue to help pay for their mortgages) that they so deserve. For the listeners of this podcast, if you are in need of someone with my skills, either as a Product Manager, a PowerShell MVP, an expert in Windows management (with a strong focus on Active Directory and Exchange although I’ve also gotten deeply involved in virtualization with Hyper-V and VMware as well), a social media/community site manager, or as a freelance writer, my schedule has all of a sudden become much less busy and I’m interested in filling up that time with new work once I come back from vacation, so please get in touch, either through http://poshoholic.com/contact-me/ or through comments on my blog post about my departure from Quest (http://poshoholic.com/2011/07/28/one-for-the-road/). PowerShell News: Kindle Version of the PowerCLI book available European PowerShell Deep Dive Conference - Mon 17th - Tue 18th Oct in Frankfurt PowerShell Resources: Using the Cisco UCSM Toolkit with the Cisco UCS Emulator Powershell Tips: Automatically elevate a PowerShell script Download the podcast with PowerShell $iTunes = New-Object -ComObject iTunes.Application $itunes.subscribetopodcast("http://feeds.feedburner.com/Get-scripting") Feedback Send us feedback at get [dash] scripting [at] hotmail [dot] co [dot] uk or leave a comment here on the blog Follow us on Twitter and join our Facebook Group http://twitter.com/getscripting http://twitter.com/jonathanmedd http://twitter.com/alanrenouf Get-Scripting Facebook Group Extensive list of Powershell Twitterers

This is Episode 24 of the Get-Scripting podcast. Tune in to listen to us talk and interview people about PowerShell. Download it here, subscribe in iTunes or via a different feed reader. Intro: Alan: PowerShell Deep Dive - Alan and Luc's fans HA and DRS Audit Script Primal Forms 2011 Jonathan: UK PowerShell User Group - Modules vSoup Podcast Interview: Jonathan Noble - Blog NEBytes PowerShell Resources: Ten tips for better PowerShell Functions Brownbag - PowerCLI 101 NetApp PowerPack PowerShell News: PowerShell Available to License Powershell Tips: Determine the number of users on Exchange 2010 CAS server PowerShell Requires Get-WorldTime Function PowerShell Gotcha Problems with PowerShell Comment Based Help Feedback Send us feedback at get [dash] scripting [at] hotmail [dot] co [dot] uk or leave a comment here on the blog Follow us on Twitter and join our Facebook Group http://twitter.com/getscripting http://twitter.com/jonathanmedd http://twitter.com/alanrenouf Get-Scripting Facebook Group Extensive list of Powershell Twitterers