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Microsoft System Center Powershell Essentials

You're reading from   Microsoft System Center Powershell Essentials Efficiently administer, automate, and manage System Center environments using Windows PowerShell

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2015
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781784397142
Length 140 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Preface 1. Setting up the Environment to Use PowerShell 2. Administration of Configuration Manager through PowerShell FREE CHAPTER 3. Scenario-based Scripting for SCCM Administration 4. Administration of Operations Manager through PowerShell 5. Scenario-based Scripting for SCOM Administration 6. Administration of Service Manager through PowerShell 7. Scenario-based Scripting for SCSM Administration 8. Best Practices Index

Scenario 7 – getting a list of primary sites in the Configuration Manager environment


As newbies to the Configuration Manager environment (though not new to Configuration Manager concepts), it is essential that we familiarize ourselves with its site design and implementation. We can list the available primary Configuration Manager sites in the environment by querying local Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) of the central administrative site (CAS). The following code will demonstrate how to query the CAS WMI to get the list of all the primary sites available in the Configuration Manager environment:

$PrimarySites = @()
$SiteCodeList = @()

$CentralSiteCode = "ABC"         # SCCM site code
$CentralSiteProvider = "SCCMCAS" # CAS server name  

$Sites=Get-WmiObject -Namespace root\sms\site_$CentralSiteCode SMS_Site -Filter "Type=2" -ComputerName $CentralSiteProvider
foreach ($site in $Sites)
{
  $SiteCode = $site.SiteCode.ToUpper()
  $SiteCodeList += $SiteCode
  $PrimarySites += $site...
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