Is there any way to control the Transport Server (subcomponent ofWindows Deployment Services) via PowerShell?

Does the Transport Server expose any functionality through a COM or WMI
(or anything else) interface that can be manipulated via PowerShell?
The docs say that the only way Transport Server can be managed is with
wdsutil, but we would like not to have to shell out to an external
binary if at all possible.

Chris Doherty wrote:
> Does the Transport Server expose any functionality through a COM or WMI
> (or anything else) interface that can be manipulated via PowerShell? The
> docs say that the only way Transport Server can be managed is with
> wdsutil, but we would like not to have to shell out to an external
> binary if at all possible.

Not an Exchange pro...

I wasn't aware of this limitation/documentation. It may explain some
errors others have been reporting:

http://www.microsoft.com/communities...r=US&sloc=&p=1

So, what task(s) are you looking to accomplish? Aren't they any cmdlets
that can accomplish your task?

Marco

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Marco Shaw [MVP] wrote:

> I wasn't aware of this limitation/documentation. It may explain some
> errors others have been reporting:

> So, what task(s) are you looking to accomplish? Aren't they any cmdlets
> that can accomplish your task?

Sorry, I'm talking about Transport Server the subcomponent of Windows
Deployment Services, not the Exchange Transport Server. As a standard
role in Server 2008, I'm assuming there's a COM or WMI object I can use
to manipulate it, but I can't find any documentation.

Marco Shaw [MVP] wrote:

> I wasn't aware of this limitation/documentation. It may explain some
> errors others have been reporting:

> So, what task(s) are you looking to accomplish? Aren't they any cmdlets
> that can accomplish your task?

Sorry, I'm talking about Transport Server the subcomponent of Windows
Deployment Services, not the Exchange Transport Server. As a standard
role in Server 2008, I'm assuming there's a COM or WMI object I can use
to manipulate it, but I can't find any documentation.

Chris Doherty wrote:
> Marco Shaw [MVP] wrote:
>
>> I wasn't aware of this limitation/documentation. It may explain some
>> errors others have been reporting:
>
>> So, what task(s) are you looking to accomplish? Aren't they any
>> cmdlets that can accomplish your task?
>
> Sorry, I'm talking about Transport Server the subcomponent of Windows
> Deployment Services, not the Exchange Transport Server. As a standard
> role in Server 2008, I'm assuming there's a COM or WMI object I can use
> to manipulate it, but I can't find any documentation.

OK, it's right there in the subject... Sorry.

There is a wdsutil command-line that should work from PowerShell.

There's also a microsoft.public.windows.powershell newsgroup for
PowerShell...

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...29(VS.85).aspx

The above link says:
"There is no API for the WDS management components. These components are
a set of tools that you use to manage the server, operating system
images, and client computer accounts."

That would leave me to believe you can't manage WDS other than possibly
with wdsutil...

Marco

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