Monitoring

Lync 2013: Monitoring Mirrored SQL Databases With PowerShell

2013-11-25 3 min read Lync Microsoft Powershell System Administration Zachary Loeber

In Lync 2013 you are given a powerful new backend redundancy option for your important databases in the form of SQL mirroring. In this article I’ll discuss which services are able to be mirrored, the databases they encompass, and provide a PowerShell script to generate a report on the database mirror status. I also threw in Lync CMS replication and service status sections because it is the civil thing to do…

Get Remote Shadow Volume Information With Powershell

2013-09-15 1 min read Microsoft Powershell Storage System Administration Zachary Loeber

Gather the remote shadow volume information for one or more systems using wmi, alternate credentials, and multiple runspaces. Function supports custom timeout parameters in case of wmi problems and returns shadow volume information, shadow copies, their providers, and settings. You can view verbose information on each runspace thread in realtime with the -Verbose option.

Excel and HTML Asset Reports With Powershell

2013-09-08 4 min read Active Directory Microsoft Powershell Security System Administration Zachary Loeber

This set of powershell functions collates and generates reports upon system information it gathers. Information gathered includes hardware health, system information, networking information and much much more. Multiple types of html reports can be generated and all data can be exported directly to an excel workbook, saved as individual reports, and emailed.

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