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Unable to add Server to Farm “Error during decryption”
Issue Description As a SharePoint Administrator, you may need to remove a server from an existing Farm, then add it back to fix minor inconsistencies with the server. When adding the server back to the Farm, you are required to enter the current Farm Passphrase. If the current Passphrase is not known, you would logically […]
Collect SharePoint Verbose ULS logs for reproducible issues
Script to copy specified IIS logs from multiple Servers
Summary Need to copy a set of IIS logs from multiple servers for data analysis? Are you doing it manually? If so, please check out this script as it will help expedite the process. The Script:
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#Modify Inputs # Host and Drive to store the IISLogs $Hostdir = "\\HOSTSERVER\c$" # Actual Location of the IIS Logs on the Server $iislogsfolder = "c$\inetpub\logs\LogFiles\W3SVC1892304237" #A wild card parameter to determine a file range $thefiles = "*ex1906*" # Create a target folder on host if does not exist $TARGETROOT = "$Hostdir\logs" if(!(Test-Path -Path $TARGETROOT)){ New-Item -ItemType directory -Path $TARGETROOT } # Create an export folder if it does not exist $target = "$Hostdir\logs\export" if(!(Test-Path -Path $target)){ New-Item -ItemType directory -Path $target } #Simple Server list $servers = Get-Content C:\servers.txt # For loop to do the work foreach ($server in $servers) { #make a new folder by server name if it does not exist $TARGETDIR = "$target\$Server" if(!(Test-Path -Path $TARGETDIR)){ New-Item -ItemType directory -Path $TARGETDIR } #Get the files $iislogLogDir = "\\$server\$iislogsfolder" $iislogName = Get-ChildItem "$iislogLogDir" -Recurse -Include "$thefiles" | Get-Item #Start a loop to copy all the files to the host locatiion foreach ($log in $iislogName) { copy-Item -path $log $TARGETDIR } } |
What the Script Does You only need to modify the inputs and create a server list. Then the […]