{"id":1961,"date":"2012-04-25T00:19:39","date_gmt":"2012-04-25T00:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wapshere.com\/missmiis\/?p=1961"},"modified":"2012-04-25T00:19:39","modified_gmt":"2012-04-25T00:19:39","slug":"using-powershell-to-update-an-rcdc-configuration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wapshere.com\/missmiis\/using-powershell-to-update-an-rcdc-configuration","title":{"rendered":"Using Powershell to update an RCDC configuration"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was stuck\u00c2\u00a0in one of those loops where you’re trying to track down an error in a RCDC by commenting out sections of the configuration file, uploading, recycling app pool, refreshing your browser, testing, go back to the beginning… I thought “there’s got to be a better way!” – and, as is so often the case, the better way is to write a quick powershell script.<\/p>\n

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This script updates the ConfigurationData attribute of the named RCDC with the contents of a file. It then recycles the Sharepoint – 80 app pool.<\/p>\n

PARAM($RCDCName, $FilePath)\r\n\r\n# Get FIMPowershell.ps1 from http:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/ff720152(v=ws.10).aspx\r\n. .\/FIMPowershell.ps1\r\n\r\n# Update Configuration\r\n\r\n$content = Get-Content $FilePath\r\n\r\n$filter = \"\/ObjectVisualizationConfiguration[DisplayName = '\" + $RCDCName + \"']\"\r\n$RCDC = export-fimconfig -customconfig ($filter)\r\n\r\n$ModifyImportObject = ModifyImportObject -TargetIdentifier $RCDC.ResourceManagementObject.ObjectIdentifier -ObjectType \"ObjectVisualizationConfiguration\"\r\nSetSingleValue $ModifyImportObject \"ConfigurationData\" $content\r\nimport-fimconfig -importObject $ModifyImportObject\r\n\r\n# Recycle App Pool\r\n\r\n$AppPool = \"W3SVC\/APPPOOLS\/SharePoint - 80\"\r\n$Path = \"IISApplicationPool.Name='$AppPool'\"\r\n\r\nInvoke-WMIMethod Recycle -Path $Path  -Namespace root\\MicrosoftIISv2 -Authentication PacketPrivacy<\/pre>\n
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The one thing this won’t do is stop that first connection error when you go to test. I tried Thomas’ warm up FIM <\/a>approach but it didn’t work for me – possibly because I was testing using a different account to the one that had “touched” the Portal.<\/p>\n
In case you’re wondering whether I’m so random in my RCDC changes that I couldn’t just back out the last change – it was a transfer of configuration between environments that triggered the error, and actually permissions were at fault, but I didn’t know which permissions until I’d identified the faulty RCDC controls. Somehow two attributes appeared to be in the MPR, but the rights weren’t\u00c2\u00a0assigned.\u00c2\u00a0I removed and re-added the attributes and then the RCDC worked properly. Some kind of issue with the config migration I guess.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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