Functions/Get-VssAdminListWriters.ps1
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function Get-VssadminListWriters { <# .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-VssadminListWriters | Where-Object { $_.Writer -eq 'Registry Writer' } Writer : Registry Writer WriterID : {afbab4a2-367d-4d15-a586-71dbb18f8485} WriterInstanceID : {c9081102-4fc6-45f9-a90e-b0ded03e1215} State : [1] Stable LastError : No error .EXAMPLE Get-VssadminListWriters | Sort-Object Writer | Format-Table -AutoSize Writer WriterID WriterInstanceID State LastError ------ -------- ---------------- ----- --------- ASR Writer {be000cbe-11fe-4426-9c58-531aa6355fc4} {8b373ea3-83ab-4642-a2b5-f7ddede48292} [1] Stable No error BITS Writer {4969d978-be47-48b0-b100-f328f07ac1e0} {6a004930-b70c-4ff7-8020-d17ea85bdf11} [1] Stable No error COM+ REGDB Writer {542da469-d3e1-473c-9f4f-7847f01fc64f} {f0fa025d-070c-4db7-8160-9a9df75fffc5} [1] Stable No error IIS Config Writer {2a40fd15-dfca-4aa8-a654-1f8c654603f6} {32051351-0f94-414f-990b-b111b8fbda6e} [1] Stable No error IIS Metabase Writer {59b1f0cf-90ef-465f-9609-6ca8b2938366} {11705c72-42a3-45a9-bb1d-52eb3c7b230d} [1] Stable No error MSSearch Service Writer {cd3f2362-8bef-46c7-9181-d62844cdc0b2} {04e79a73-76c9-4373-8a95-a40f197a11b3} [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} {c9081102-4fc6-45f9-a90e-b0ded03e1215} [1] Stable No error Shadow Copy Optimization Writer {4dc3bdd4-ab48-4d07-adb0-3bee2926fd7f} {feb88c59-d0a2-4208-b59b-2cdaf7fff0b8} [1] Stable No error SqlServerWriter {a65faa63-5ea8-4ebc-9dbd-a0c4db26912a} {1e247a69-0781-4c5a-b4c2-8f87c195eea4} [1] Stable No error System Writer {e8132975-6f93-4464-a53e-1050253ae220} {3361d3ed-064c-4be8-aca9-f9e1faff0428} [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} {891f28b0-0e51-4e96-936a-01a06107552a} [1] Stable No error #> [CmdletBinding(ConfirmImpact = 'None')] [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] @{ Writer = $writer WriterID = $writerid WriterInstanceID = $writerinstanceid State = $state LastError = $lasterror } break } } } } end { Write-Verbose -Message "Ending [$($MyInvocation.Mycommand)]" } } |