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Enumerating printers on a print cluster with Powershell
Hi all,
We have a requirement to change security on every printer within our organization. Some of the print servers on our domain are in clusters and some are standalone.
On the standalone I can pull printers just fine with this WMI query:
$Printers = Get-WmiObject -class "Win32_Printer" -computername $Computer
However when I try to query a cluster I only get 1 printer returning which is the only local printer installed on that server even though there are 100's of other printers.
How can I query the printers in the cluster and modify the permissions on them?
Thanks
We have a requirement to change security on every printer within our organization. Some of the print servers on our domain are in clusters and some are standalone.
On the standalone I can pull printers just fine with this WMI query:
$Printers = Get-WmiObject -class "Win32_Printer" -computername $Computer
However when I try to query a cluster I only get 1 printer returning which is the only local printer installed on that server even though there are 100's of other printers.
How can I query the printers in the cluster and modify the permissions on them?
Thanks
mix the cluster.exe command with the Select-String cmdlet:
cluster.exe <YourClusterName> RES | Select-String -Pattern "Print Spooler"
and it will list you all the printers configured in the cluster <YourClusterName> :
Resource Group Node Status
from here, you can load them into a variable and "work" them
cluster.exe <YourClusterName> RES | Select-String -Pattern "Print Spooler"
and it will list you all the printers configured in the cluster <YourClusterName> :
Resource Group Node Status
from here, you can load them into a variable and "work" them
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Thats a pretty cool command and looks like it would work. Unfortantly it does not pull up any printer names... :/
is there a pattern to the printer resource names that are created on the cluster resources?
the command 'cluster.exe <YourClusterName> RES' will pull all the resources in the cluster, so if you can filter these resources using the 'select-string' cmdlet, you'll get your list
the command 'cluster.exe <YourClusterName> RES' will pull all the resources in the cluster, so if you can filter these resources using the 'select-string' cmdlet, you'll get your list
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cool
rectifying my previous post/command...:
cluster.exe <YourClusterName> RES /prop | Select-String -Pattern "Print Spooler"
cluster.exe <YourClusterName> RES /prop | Select-String -Pattern "Print Spooler"
>cluster.exe <YourClusterName> RES | select-string -pattern <printerResourceType>
I'm not in place to test and give you the exact command, Monday I'll be able to give you the exact command.