Powershell script to identify server roles for a farm of servers
Hello Experts,
I just wonder if you can provide me with a nice Powershell script that exports into a CSV the FQDN of servers from a forest/domain and the server role as well of OS installed on each server. Please see example below
ServerFQDN Server role OS Forestname domainname
server1.root.domainname schema master Windows 2003 R2 root.domainname domainA
server2.domainname dhcp server Windows 2008 root.domainname domainB
server3.domainname DNS Windows 2008 R2
server4.domainname Exchange Windows 2012 R2
server5.domainname File server Windows 2012
The script should be able to read information from AD and all servers and/or discovery the server roles installed on each server that is part of that forest/domain
Any help is highly appreciated
I just wonder if you can provide me with a nice Powershell script that exports into a CSV the FQDN of servers from a forest/domain and the server role as well of OS installed on each server. Please see example below
ServerFQDN Server role OS Forestname domainname
server1.root.domainname schema master Windows 2003 R2 root.domainname domainA
server2.domainname dhcp server Windows 2008 root.domainname domainB
server3.domainname DNS Windows 2008 R2
server4.domainname Exchange Windows 2012 R2
server5.domainname File server Windows 2012
The script should be able to read information from AD and all servers and/or discovery the server roles installed on each server that is part of that forest/domain
Any help is highly appreciated
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Any other suggestions from the Powershell team?
I am not a powershell expert but I believe the following MS blog article will give you tell you how to get most of the information you are looking for..
http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2010/07/19/hey-scripting-guy-how-can-i-use-windows-powershell-2-0-to-retrieve-information-about-domain-controllers.aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee176825.aspx
http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2010/07/19/hey-scripting-guy-how-can-i-use-windows-powershell-2-0-to-retrieve-information-about-domain-controllers.aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee176825.aspx
server2.domainname dhcp server Windows 2008 root.domainname
server3.domainname DNS Windows 2008 R2
server4.domainname Exchange Windows 2012 R2
server5.domainname File server Windows 2012
getting the operating system and whether or not it is a DC or not is trivial. How would one differentiate between a member server and a file server? you can check the roles and see if dhcp and/or dns is installed. (doesn't mean that it is active). Exchange is an application that runs on the server it is not a role.