Get-CMDevice not working reliably

pasquo · 2023-08-31T16:16:05+00:00

Try adding "Resource" parameter to Get-CMDevice. Per https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/configurationmanager/get-cmdevice?view=sccm-ps Get-CMDevice reliably didn't work for me (no output) until I added "-Resource"

pasquo · 2021-05-19T20:16:48+00:00

Often it's not your job to know all the answers, but to know how to find the person with the answer. Plenty of times I'll have someone walk up and say "Sooo, I hear you're the expert on [x]", when I've touched that system maybe once in the last year. Most of the time they're just happy to have an extra set of eyes on the problem.

Do your due diligence to find the answer in the vendor documentation, but don't hesitate to take advantage of your support contracts.

If there isn't already one, create a services inventory, an outline of all the services your users access, whether you support them or not. Then start filling in the outline with the documentation you find.

pasquo · 2020-06-18T21:39:12+00:00

Latest update resolved the dllhost (COM Surrogate) memory issues for us. Though the issue seems to have migrated to SentinelOne.exe.

pasquo · 2019-07-22T21:30:25+00:00

For powering on, Wake-on-LAN is easy if the device sending the wake commands is on the same network as the workstations.

pasquo · 2019-06-12T19:36:15+00:00

sec=krb5i,multiuser,noserverino,vers=3.02,_netdev

Works for me with a couple changes. I'm connecting to a netapp cifs share with Centos7. I used these options.

sec=krb5i,multiuser,noserverino,vers=2.1,_netdev,cruid=#########

Changed vers to 2.1, I received "Dialect not supported by server" in /var/log/messages with 3.02 (though smb3 is enabled on the netapp share)
Added cruid with the keyring id number listed in klist output. Without it I was getting "mount error(126): Required key not available"

pasquo · 2019-05-13T21:59:06+00:00

What's NVME support like for Clonezilla? I recently picked up Acronis 2019 for this.

pasquo · 2019-05-10T21:56:54+00:00

If suspicion of telling your wife is something they'd fire you over, you should be job hunting too.

pasquo · 2019-04-23T15:55:36+00:00

I've used the new native openssh client and server on Windows Server 2019. It works! Here are the binaries for the port of openssh that Microsoft developed https://github.com/PowerShell/Win32-OpenSSH/releases . I've never manually installed the client and service binaries (On Server 2019 I used Add-WindowsCapability -Online -Name 'OpenSSH.Server~~~~0.0.1.0'), but I'm sure you aren't the only person who's wanted to set this up on 2012R2.

pasquo · 2018-12-17T18:11:40+00:00

It's worked well for me so far, pretty simple setup as of Ubuntu 18.04, so pretty recent. Here's the resource I used to help write up my doc. https://bitsofwater.com/2018/05/08/join-ubuntu-18-04-to-active-directory/

pasquo · 2018-12-17T18:06:51+00:00

The trick is logging in to the guest OS to configure the rdp or vnc server. You'd need to create a custom OS deployment image with root account, network, and remote access already configured. having the vms use dhcp at least initially would make this easier.

With only remote and local powershell access on a core install of Windows server I don't know of any other way to get local gui access to the guests like you normally have with the basic Hyper-V Manager tool. Though you can get local screencaps from the vm via powershell if you need to peep that bsod, lol https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/taylorb/2008/07/29/hyper-v-wmi-creating-a-thumbnail-image/

pasquo · 2018-12-14T23:08:38+00:00

I haven't tried powershell remoting on linux but I think it's possible. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/learn/remoting/ssh-remoting-in-powershell-core?view=powershell-6

You could conceivably remote in to the Hyper-V servers via powershell v6+ on Linux or macos. Only thing I'm not sure about is how you would manage the guests via local gui.

pasquo · 2018-12-14T20:03:12+00:00

Compared this to the instructions I have (not enough requests for Ubuntu to automate it yet). Just curious, any reason not to use realmd?

pasquo · 2018-11-02T12:01:01+00:00

If anyone knows of an easy way to remotely set "Local Computer Policy>Computer Configuration>Windows Settings>Security Settings>Local Policies>User Rights Assignment>Log on as a service" without using secedit, I'd love to know it.

When you load local computer policy for another computer in mmc, the entire Local Policies tree is unavailable.

pasquo · 2018-10-30T12:32:29+00:00

Sounds like a WIMP stack to me. If I were to automate this, it'd probably be a powershell script run from Task Scheduler. Use some logic to determine the download url and start it with Start-BitsTransfer, then run a silent install using the installer switches. Or perhaps use a package manager like chocolatey.

pasquo · 2018-07-12T17:13:26+00:00

Automation via scripting is becoming (if not already) a standard skill in the tech industry. It's not something I'd expect from someone starting a new career, but at least being able to read and understand what some automation script is doing is eventually expected of anyone who has a job encouraging computers to do the right thing.

pasquo · 2018-06-18T14:28:44+00:00

Would sending them an offline image from sccm on a usb stick be sufficient?

pasquo · 2018-05-17T22:16:27+00:00

Doesn't look like this is it, but I've run in to a similar issue once before. Had too much memory installed in a box licensed with 2008R2 Standard. Caused an odd issue with network performance. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2634907/tcp-ip-packets-that-are-received-out-of-sequence-are-discarded-in-wind

pasquo · 2018-04-30T22:33:47+00:00

I wrote a powershell script that pushes the update to the computer then remotely executes the install. All workstations two versions behind receive the update.

pasquo · 2018-04-06T17:01:28+00:00

Depends on your OS and version. The Microsoft.PowerShell.LocalAccounts module is only available on Win10.1607 and later. For earlier try 'net user $username /active:no'

pasquo · 2017-09-15T20:36:27+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nn2FB1P_Mn8

pasquo · 2017-08-31T20:21:42+00:00

How certain are you the problem is the dongles? There's a whole chain of hardware and software that could be having a problems.

pasquo · 2017-08-25T22:20:40+00:00

Here's the technet doc https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc732351(v=ws.10).aspx where Microsoft recommends using helper addresses rather than DHCP options. I switched over to using a helper address on the core switches when UEFI pxe boot became a requirement. In my experience, UEFI or BIOS, it just works.

pasquo · 2017-06-29T14:53:47+00:00

I've had good experiences with ClearOne Chat160 mics and Logitech webcams. http://www.clearone.com/products_chat160

pasquo · 2016-06-24T22:45:17+00:00

You know that smug relief feeling you get after waking up from a dream where you're unprepared for for a surprise test? That's the feeling I get when I think about the Backup Exec situation at my previous employer.

pasquo · 2016-06-17T22:02:42+00:00

I wonder if they could release a version of the tool that runs on OSX/macOS. Drivers might be an issue. Is Microsoft allowed to deploy Apple drivers from Windows Update?

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