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Automated Remote Install of SCOM client

###############################################################################################################
#  SCOM-INST.PS1
# Install SCOM Agent on a list of machines.
# 
$rootMS = "RMS01"
$list = "c:\server-list.txt"
clear-host
$Servers = Get-Content $list
#attach SCOM SnapIn
    Add-PSSnapin "Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.OperationsManager.Client" -ErrorVariable errSnapin;
    Set-Location "OperationsManagerMonitoring::" -ErrorVariable errSnapin;
    new-managementGroupConnection -ConnectionString:$rootMS -ErrorVariable errSnapin;
    set-location $rootMS -ErrorVariable errSnapin;
#
#install SCOM client
    $DiscoverCnfg = New-WindowsDiscoveryConfiguration -computername:$servers -performverification:$true
-computertype:"server"
    $ms = Get-rootManagementServer
    $DiscoverResults = Start-Discovery -managementserver $ms -windowsdiscoveryconfiguration:$DiscoverCnfg
$DiscoverResults.CustomMonitoringObjects
    if ($DiscoverResults.CustomMonitoringObjects) {
        install-agent -ManagementServer $ms -AgentManagedComputer: $DiscoverResults.custommonitoringobjects
        }
    else {
        write-host "ERROR:  Machine(s) not found"
        }

#
Write-Host "Press any key to continue ..."
$x = $host.UI.RawUI.ReadKey("NoEcho,IncludeKeyDown")

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Powershell: reset WSUS client for list of servers

##################################################################################
#
# WSUS Client Cleanup and Reinitialize
#
##################################################################################

$today = get-date

$list = get-content LIST.TXT

"=========================================================================="
" WSUS Client Cleanup and Reinitialize"
$today

foreach($server in $list) {
"--------------------------------------------------------------------------"
#net stop wuauserv
($svc = Get-WmiObject Win32_Service -ComputerName $server -Filter "name='wuauserv'") | out-null
if ($svc.started -eq $true) {
write $server "stopping wuauserv"
$result=$svc.StopService()
}
($svc = Get-WmiObject Win32_Service -ComputerName $server -Filter "name='wuauserv'") | out-null
if ($svc.started -eq $false) {
write $server "wuauserv stopped"
}

#Backup Registry
$result=([WmiClass]"\\$server\ROOT\CIMV2:Win32_Process").create("c:\windows\regedit /e c:\WSUS.REG HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate")
write $server "Backup Registry RESULT=" $result.returnvalue

#Cleanup Registry
write $server "Reg Clean"
$key = "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate"
$reg = [Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey]::OpenRemoteBaseKey('LocalMachine', $server)
$regKey = $reg.OpenSubKey("SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate", $true)
if ($regKey.getvalue('AccountDomainSid')) {
$regKey.DeleteValue('AccountDomainSid')
"...removed AccountDomainSid"
}
if ($regKey.getvalue('PingID')) {
$regKey.DeleteValue('PingID')
"...removed PingID"
}
if ($regKey.getvalue('SusClientId')) {
$regKey.DeleteValue('SusClientId')
"...removed SusClientId"
}

$key2 = "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\Auto Update"
$regKey = $reg.OpenSubKey($key2, $true)
if ($regKey.getvalue('LastWaitTimeout')) {
$regKey.DeleteValue('LastWaitTimeout')
"...removed LastWaitTimeout"
}
if ($regKey.getvalue('DetectionStartTime')) {
$regKey.DeleteValue('DetectionStartTime')
"...removed DetectionStartTime"
}
if ($regKey.getvalue('NextDetectionTime')) {
$regKey.DeleteValue('NextDetectionTime')
"...removed NextDetectionTime"
}
if ($regKey.getvalue('AUState')) {
$regKey.DeleteValue('AUState')
"...removed AUState"
}
write $server "WSUS Reg Clean Completed"

#net start wuauserv
($svc = Get-WmiObject Win32_Service -ComputerName $server -Filter "name='wuauserv'") | out-null
if ($svc.StartMode -ne "Disabled") { $svc.StartService() | out-null } else {"wuauserv startup was disabled"}
($svc = Get-WmiObject Win32_Service -ComputerName $server -Filter "name='wuauserv'") | out-null
if ($svc.started) {
write $server "wuauserv started successfully"
}

#RESET WUAUCLT
$result=([WmiClass]"\\$server\ROOT\CIMV2:Win32_Process").create("wuauclt /resetauthorization /detectnow")
write $server "wuauclt reset RESULT=" $result.returnvalue

} #foreach
"=========================================================================="
##################################################################################

#is it necessary to clear WMI connections to free resources? If so how?
#if exist before attempting reg key remove

#RESULT CODES
# 0 {"$s Successful Completion."}
# 2 {"$s Access Denied."}
# 3 {"$s Insufficient Privilege."}
# 8 {"$s Unknown failure."}
# 9 {"$s Path Not Found."}
# 21 {"$s Invalid Parameter."}

Powershell: list servers that respond

##################################################################################
#
# Create list of all servers with machine accounts in AD that respond to PING
#
##################################################################################
# Create $list of AD machine accounts for Windows Servers
$ServerList = ".\SERVERLIST.TXT"
New-Item $ServerList -Type file -Force >$nul
"Gathering Server List..."
$strCategory = "computer"
$strOS = "Windows*Server*"
$objDomain = New-Object System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry
$objSearcher = New-Object System.DirectoryServices.DirectorySearcher
$objSearcher.SearchRoot = $objDomain
$objSearcher.Filter = ("OperatingSystem=$strOS")
$colProplist = "dnshostname"
foreach ($i in $colPropList){$objSearcher.PropertiesToLoad.Add($i)}
$colResults = $objSearcher.FindAll()
foreach ($objResult in $colResults) {
$objComputer = $objResult.Properties;
$Server = $objComputer.dnshostname
$Server = $Server -replace "\s{2,}", ""
$Server = $Server -replace "\.usa\.domain\.com", ""
if ($Server) {#skip null value
$Server
if (Test-Connection -ComputerName $Server -quiet -count 1) {#ping test
write-output $Server | out-file -encoding ASCII -filepath $ServerList -append
" .....OK"
}#if
}#if
}#foreach