Functions/Get-VssWriter.ps1
|
function Get-VssWriter { <# .SYNOPSIS Runs 'vssadmin.exe list writers' and parses the output into objects .DESCRIPTION Runs 'vssadmin.exe list writers' and parses the output into objects .EXAMPLE Get-VssWriter | Where-Object { $_.VssWriter -eq 'Registry Writer' } VssWriter WriterID WriterInstanceID State LastError --------- -------- ---------------- ----- --------- Registry Writer {afbab4a2-367d-4d15-a586-71dbb18f8485} {195b1f2f-5656-435e-aee9-6fe0176cbc9a} [1] Stable No error .EXAMPLE Get-VssWriter | Sort-Object VssWriter | Format-Table -AutoSize VssWriter WriterID WriterInstanceID State LastError --------- -------- ---------------- ----- --------- ASR Writer {be000cbe-11fe-4426-9c58-531aa6355fc4} {4c458a4a-27fc-488a-803c-a8bc88fdd81c} [1] Stable No error COM+ REGDB Writer {542da469-d3e1-473c-9f4f-7847f01fc64f} {04994869-2c48-4d6b-9ed1-f1a387fee203} [1] Stable No error MSSearch Service Writer {cd3f2362-8bef-46c7-9181-d62844cdc0b2} {fb018048-30e2-4ac2-a782-1f35b6aa4144} [1] Stable No error Performance Counters Writer {0bada1de-01a9-4625-8278-69e735f39dd2} {f0086dda-9efc-47c5-8eb6-a944c3d09381} [1] Stable No error Registry Writer {afbab4a2-367d-4d15-a586-71dbb18f8485} {195b1f2f-5656-435e-aee9-6fe0176cbc9a} [1] Stable No error Sentinel Agent Database VSS Writer {abd005ca-6bfc-44c9-a439-8eb665a676b3} {38ff3a5d-b009-4eea-b0b1-05305e5989b3} [1] Stable No error Sentinel Agent DFI Research Data VSS Writer {dcf8278a-dc0f-4b35-afd0-37a07e92fe90} {28c14077-87a8-4a43-aa6b-f911472d6713} [1] Stable No error Sentinel Agent Log VSS Writer {90e12c7e-b9c2-4649-81a2-947d06dd5eba} {90b938e4-cdec-4bc2-85fa-cfbdbf476ff8} [1] Stable No error Sentinel Agent Research Data VSS Writer {9112a876-c17f-4051-b2c3-43f646cde241} {c6c04642-9d79-4257-a070-31cae2cbfc7b} [1] Stable No error Shadow Copy Optimization Writer {4dc3bdd4-ab48-4d07-adb0-3bee2926fd7f} {759b41f1-a6de-4637-bc7e-6620564029e3} [1] Stable No error System Writer {e8132975-6f93-4464-a53e-1050253ae220} {22bacb18-2047-458f-90c1-68cd07cc26d4} [1] Stable No error Task Scheduler Writer {d61d61c8-d73a-4eee-8cdd-f6f9786b7124} {1bddd48e-5052-49db-9b07-b96f96727e6b} [1] Stable No error VSS Metadata Store Writer {75dfb225-e2e4-4d39-9ac9-ffaff65ddf06} {088e7a7d-09a8-4cc6-a609-ad90e75ddc93} [1] Stable No error WMI Writer {a6ad56c2-b509-4e6c-bb19-49d8f43532f0} {1dc2f3f0-60ea-4307-9124-74d69e3a1af1} [1] Stable No error .NOTES Added PSTypeName = 'PFVSSAdminWriter' to [pscustomobject] so it can be handled by formatting file #> [CmdletBinding(ConfirmImpact = 'None')] [Alias('Get-VssadminListWriters')] #FunctionAlias [Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessageAttribute('PSUseSingularNouns', '')] param() begin { Write-Verbose -Message "Starting [$($MyInvocation.Mycommand)]" if (-not (Test-IsAdmin)) { Write-Error -Message 'This function cannot be run because it must be running as Administrator. The current Windows PowerShell session is not running as Administrator. Start Windows PowerShell by using the Run as Administrator option, and then try running the function again.' break } } process { $vss = vssadmin.exe list writers for ($i = 0; $i -lt $vss.count; $i++) { switch -Regex ($vss[$i]) { '^Writer name:' { $writer = $vss[$i].Substring(13) -replace "'" break } '^ Writer Id:' { $writerid = $vss[$i].Substring(14) break } '^ Writer Instance Id:' { $writerinstanceid = $vss[$i].Substring(23) break } '^ State:' { $state = $vss[$i].Substring(10) break } '^ Last error:' { $lasterror = $vss[$i].Substring(15) [PSCustomObject] @{ PSTypeName = 'PFVSSAdminWriter' VssWriter = $writer WriterID = $writerid WriterInstanceID = $writerinstanceid State = $state LastError = $lasterror } break } } } } end { Write-Verbose -Message "Ending [$($MyInvocation.Mycommand)]" } } |