Is there any way to control the Transport Server (subcomponent of Windows Deployment Services) via PowerShell? Chris Doherty <christopher.doherty[ at ]ca.flextronics.com> 12/5/2008 2:56:39 PM Does the Transport Server expose any functionality through a COM or WMI (or anything else) interface that can be manipulated via PowerShell? The docs say that the only way Transport Server can be managed is with wdsutil, but we would like not to have to shell out to an external binary if at all possible.

Re: Is there any way to control the Transport Server (subcomponent of Windows Deployment Services) via PowerShell? "Marco Shaw [MVP]" <marco.shaw[ at ]_NO_SPAM_gmail.com> 12/5/2008 3:35:29 PM Chris Doherty wrote: [Quoted Text] > Does the Transport Server expose any functionality through a COM or WMI > (or anything else) interface that can be manipulated via PowerShell? The > docs say that the only way Transport Server can be managed is with > wdsutil, but we would like not to have to shell out to an external > binary if at all possible. Not an Exchange pro... I wasn't aware of this limitation/documentation. It may explain some errors others have been reporting: http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.windows.powershell&tid=8910e47e-3c4e-47e0-8df0-1dea0827c827&cat=en_US_3750E87B-4971-4A5C-A537-45F5D7ABBECC&lang=en&cr=US&sloc=&p=1 So, what task(s) are you looking to accomplish? Aren't they any cmdlets that can accomplish your task? Marco -- *Microsoft MVP - Admin Frameworks https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Marco.Shaw *Co-Author - Sams Windows PowerShell Unleashed 2nd Edition (due December 15th, 2008) *PowerShell Co-Community Director - http://www.powershellcommunity.org *Blog - http://marcoshaw.blogspot.com

Re: Is there any way to control the Transport Server (subcomponent of Windows Deployment Services) via PowerShell? Chris Doherty <christopher.doherty[ at ]ca.flextronics.com> 12/5/2008 7:46:04 PM Marco Shaw [MVP] wrote: [Quoted Text] > I wasn't aware of this limitation/documentation. It may explain some > errors others have been reporting: > So, what task(s) are you looking to accomplish? Aren't they any cmdlets > that can accomplish your task? Sorry, I'm talking about Transport Server the subcomponent of Windows Deployment Services, not the Exchange Transport Server. As a standard role in Server 2008, I'm assuming there's a COM or WMI object I can use to manipulate it, but I can't find any documentation.

Re: Is there any way to control the Transport Server (subcomponent of Windows Deployment Services) via PowerShell? Chris Doherty <christopher.doherty[ at ]ca.flextronics.com> 12/5/2008 8:08:14 PM Marco Shaw [MVP] wrote: [Quoted Text] > I wasn't aware of this limitation/documentation. It may explain some > errors others have been reporting: > So, what task(s) are you looking to accomplish? Aren't they any cmdlets > that can accomplish your task? Sorry, I'm talking about Transport Server the subcomponent of Windows Deployment Services, not the Exchange Transport Server. As a standard role in Server 2008, I'm assuming there's a COM or WMI object I can use to manipulate it, but I can't find any documentation.

Re: Is there any way to control the Transport Server (subcomponent of Windows Deployment Services) via PowerShell? "Marco Shaw [MVP]" <marco.shaw[ at ]_NO_SPAM_gmail.com> 12/6/2008 4:13:20 PM Chris Doherty wrote: [Quoted Text] > Marco Shaw [MVP] wrote: > >> I wasn't aware of this limitation/documentation. It may explain some >> errors others have been reporting: > >> So, what task(s) are you looking to accomplish? Aren't they any >> cmdlets that can accomplish your task? > > Sorry, I'm talking about Transport Server the subcomponent of Windows > Deployment Services, not the Exchange Transport Server. As a standard > role in Server 2008, I'm assuming there's a COM or WMI object I can use > to manipulate it, but I can't find any documentation. OK, it's right there in the subject... Sorry. There is a wdsutil command-line that should work from PowerShell. There's also a microsoft.public.windows.powershell newsgroup for PowerShell... http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb530729(VS.85).aspx The above link says: "There is no API for the WDS management components. These components are a set of tools that you use to manage the server, operating system images, and client computer accounts." That would leave me to believe you can't manage WDS other than possibly with wdsutil... Marco -- *Microsoft MVP - Admin Frameworks https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Marco.Shaw *Co-Author - Sams Windows PowerShell Unleashed 2nd Edition (due December 15th, 2008) *PowerShell Co-Community Director - http://www.powershellcommunity.org *Blog - http://marcoshaw.blogspot.com