Hi,

I'm attempting to use Powershell to pull some interesting information from my citrix farm.  I have been trying to do this from my workstation using Brandon Shells citrix scripts.  I have not had much luck at all and I'm wondering if anyone know whether I should be running these scripts in Powershell from a citrix server rather than from a workstation.

Thanks

Lee

 

 

Check http://bsonposh.com/archives/345

As long as that is setup properly you can do either local or remote.

What are the issues that you are encountering?

 

Brandon,  I had read your article and checked impersonation on DCOM on a citrix server which was configured correctly.

 

I copied your script into a file called ctx-run.ps1 and after running the error I got was:

New-Object : Cannot load COM type MetaframeCOM.MetaFrameFarm.
At C:\ctx-run.ps1:1 char:21
+ $mfFarm = New-object  <<<< -com "MetaframeCOM.MetaFrameFarm"
You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At C:\ctx-run.ps1:2 char:19
+ $mfFarm.Initialize( <<<< 1)
Get-Member : No object has been specified to get-member.
At C:\ctx-run.ps1:4 char:13
+ $mfFarm | gm  <<<< # all the properties are there, but blank

 

I'm guessing there is something very basic that I am doing wrong but I'm unsure what it is.

 

Did you install the Citrix Presentation Server SDK on your workstation?

Mark

 

ahh..... now that looks better.

 

Thanks for the help.

The impersonation is a client thing not a server thing (unless you are using the server as the client)

Ok, that helps.  I can query a server in the farm that I specify when I installed the SDK but I never get anything back from querying the farm when i run scripts looking to list applications such as:

 

# Farm Stuff

$Farm = New-object -com "MetaframeCOM.MetaFrameFarm"
$Farm.Initialize(1)

$Farm.FarmName
#$farm | Get-Member -type Properties
$farm.Applications


# Server Stuff

$mfsrv = New-Object -ComObject MetaFrameCOM.MetaFrameServer
$mfsrv.Initialize(6,$ENV:ComputerName)
#$mfsrv | Get-Member -type Properties
$mfsrv.Sessions | ft Servername,Username,AppName,ClientAddress -auto

 

Maybe i'll reboot my PC after ammending the dcom settings as per your posts directions.

 

Thanks

I didn't really get to much further into this but I did find that using PowerGUI allowed me to run scripts that interacted with my citrix farm well.  Maybe this is a layer 8 problem, i'll revisit it when I get a bit more of a handle on the basics.

 

Thanks all for your help.

 

Lee

hello !
I have a problem to create Policies Citrix with Powershell..

I run this script:

#Script To Create a New Citrix Policy

Param($Server,$PolicyName,$PolicyDescription)
if(!$PolicyDescription) {$PolicyDescription=$PolicyName}
$type = [System.type]::GetTypeFromProgID("MetaframeCOM.MetaframeFarm",$Server)
$mfarm = [System.Activator]::CreateInstance($type)
$mfarm.Initialize(1)
$NewPolicy = $mfarm.CreatePolicy(19,$PolicyName,$PolicyDescription)

I get an error code:
Exception calling "CreateInstance" with "2" argument(s)
:"Value cannot be null.Parameter name:type"
At X:\aidecitrix.ps1:8 char:44
+ $farm = [System.Activator] :: CreateInstance <<<< ($type)
You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At X:\aidecitrix.ps1:9 char:18
+ $farm.Initialize <<<< (1)
You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At X:\aidecitrix.ps1:10 char:33
+ $NewPolicy = $mfarm.CreatePolicy <<<< (19,$PolicyName,$PolicyDescription)


And I copied your script :
$mfFarm = New-object -com "MetaframeCOM.MetaFrameFarm"
$mfFarm.Initialize(1)
$mfFarm.FarmName # will return the Farm Name, but that is it.
$mfFarm | gm # all the properties are there, but blank
# But none of the properties provide any info
$mfFarm.Admins # returns nothing

I get an error code:
New-Object : Cannot load COM type MetaframeCOM.MetaFrameFarm
...

I have conducted your audit:
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX106303

but still does not work ..

I was wondering if should I install XenApp Server SDK and run Windows Powershell with Citrix or something else to do ...

thank you for your answer
christophe

Please start a new thread when you are bringing up something new.

There aren't many Citrix/PowerShell users on this site. I would suggest you consult the Citrix communities:
http://communities.citrix.com/

I know they used to have a PowerShell forum, and likely still do.

What version is your Citrix farm?

Hello
I have a problem for create a property to policies Citrix, i use Powershell ..
I created a policies :



But I can't have a group associated with this policies and to a printer session as this one ...
thank you for your answer
PIERRE