Automating OSD and Post-OSD Configuration with Powershell and Orchestrator
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The document provides an overview of a presentation from a configuration manager community event in Switzerland, focusing on automating operating system deployment (OSD) and post-OSD configuration using PowerShell and Orchestrator. It includes examples of PowerShell commands for querying WMI, accessing datastores, triggering web services, and managing credentials. The presentation also discusses post-installation tasks and potential automations within the ConfigMgr environment.
![Powershell Commands – lookup xml
• [xml]$configScript = (New-Object
System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString("http://server:86/filena
me.xml")
• $dhcpServer = $configScript.Config.dhcpServer](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/andrewcraigautomatingosdpost-osdconfigurationwpowershellandorchestrator-140116023653-phpapp01/85/Automating-OSD-and-Post-OSD-Configuration-with-Powershell-and-Orchestrator-15-320.jpg)
Automating OSD and Post-OSD Configuration with Powershell and Orchestrator
- 2. Automating OSD and PostOSD Configuration with Powershell and Orchestrator Triggering Runbooks and Webservices with Powershell in Pre- and Post-Execution to conform with Asset Details in the CMDB, allowing complex zero touch deployments throughout the Desktop life cycle.
- 7. Demos • The following demos contain plenty of powershell examples of querying WMI, looking up datastores or SQL tables and communicationg with Webservices and Orchestrator. • The commands are included in slides after the demos.
- 8. Using Powershell to trigger local and remote WMI queries and methods Demo
- 10. Using Powershell to access a datastore Demo
- 11. Using Powershell to trigger web services Demo
- 12. Using Powershell to add data to tables Demo
- 13. Using Powershell to trigger Orchestrator runbooks Demo
- 14. Powershell Commands – local WMI • $macAddress = (gwmi -Namespace rootcimv2 -Class Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration -Filter "ipenabled = 'true'").MACAddress • $smBIOSGUID = (gwmi -Namespace rootcimv2 -Class Win32_ComputerSystemProduct).UUID
- 15. Powershell Commands – lookup xml • [xml]$configScript = (New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString("http://server:86/filena me.xml") • $dhcpServer = $configScript.Config.dhcpServer
- 16. Powershel Commands – write to SMSTS • $tsenv = New-Object -ComObject Microsoft.SMS.TSEnvironment • $tsenv.Value("DHCPServer") = $dhcpServer • $log = "$env:windirMaintenanceLogsPreExecutionHook.log" • if(!(Test-Path $log)){New-Item -Path $log -ItemType File Force} • "TS Variables:" | Out-File $log -Append • $tsenv.GetVariables() | %{"$_ = $($tsenv.Value($_))" | Out-File $log -Append}
- 17. Powershell Commands – storing Credentials • #Enter credential and save to file • $key = (2,3,56,34,254,222,1,1,2,23,42,54,33,233,1,34,2,7,6,5,35,43,6,6,6,6,6,6,31,33,60,23) • $cred = Get-Credential • $pwFile = New-Item -Path "c:WindowsTemp" -Name "pwFile.txt"-ItemType File -Force • $userFile = New-Item -Path "c:WindowsTemp" -Name "userFile.txt"-ItemType File -Force • $cred.UserName | Set-Content -Path $userFile • $cred.Password | ConvertFrom-SecureString -Key $key | Set-Content -Path $pwFile • #Retrieve credentials from text file • $userFile = "userfile.txt" • $pwFile = "pwfile.txt" • $user = Get-Content $userFile • $pw = Get-Content $pwFile • $password = $pw | ConvertTo-SecureString -Key $key • $credential = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PsCredential($user,$password)
- 20. Powershell commands – call webservice # Create a webservice connection try{ $svc = New-WebServiceProxy –Uri 'http://aclabcm01:88/ConfigMgrWebService.asmx' }catch{ $err = $_ } if($err -ne $null){ "$err - exiting" | Out-File $log -Append exit } Get methods: $svc | gm –MemberType Method Get method parameters: $svc | gm –MemberType Method –Name GetComputerRessourceID | select Definition
- 21. Pete Zerger’s blog • http://www.systemcentercentral.com/how-to-initiate-a-runbookfrom-powershell-and-orchestrator-web-service-the-easy-way/ • Leverage PowerPivot in Excel to get the Runbook and Runbook Parameter GUIDs
- 22. Use Orchestrator to add computers • Set up a database to store requests • Write to the database via Powershell in the Pre-Execution Hook • Schedule Runbook to read from the database every 5 – 10 minutes • Use either an Integration Pack or a Powershell script to programatically add the computers • Update the status in the database
- 25. What can we automate after OSD? • Configuration post-OSD of a computer is by design carried out by ConfigMgr • What cannot be accomplished in the TS can be deployed as configuration settings in a baseline, or installed as an application • Triggering post-install tasks really only affects VDI situations where the ConfigMgr client may be removed after staging • SMSTSPostAction: • C:Windowsccmsetupccmsetup.exe /uninstall • Only one command possible • postConfig.ps1 • Wrap commands like ccmsetup uninstall in a script • Other actions • • • • • Prepare disk for Hyper-V Citrix PVS prepare machine for P2V XenDesktop prepare disk as master Other third party virtualisation products Remove from domain
- 26. Questions & Answers Thank you!
- 27. Kontakt aufnehme • www.configmgr.ch • andrewdcraig.wordpress.com • Twitter: @mracraig