{"id":61,"date":"2017-07-05T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-05T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lucidusit.co.uk\/?p=61"},"modified":"2020-11-19T13:42:04","modified_gmt":"2020-11-19T13:42:04","slug":"scsm-automation-with-smlets-and-orchestrator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.lucidusit.co.uk\/2017\/07\/05\/scsm-automation-with-smlets-and-orchestrator\/","title":{"rendered":"SCSM Automation with SMLets and Orchestrator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For integration into SCSM, SMLets is great and can be downloaded from the following location: <a href=\"https:\/\/smlets.codeplex.com\/\">https:\/\/smlets.codeplex.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Using in System Center Orchestrator really enhances the automation ability of SCSM, mixed with the integration pack.<\/p>\n<p>There are some really good guides on getting this working:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.catapultsystems.com\/mdowst\/archive\/2013\/10\/29\/install-smlets-on-windows-server-2012-without-scsm-console\/\">http:\/\/blogs.catapultsystems.com\/mdowst\/archive\/2013\/10\/29\/install-smlets-on-windows-server-2012-without-scsm-console\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lazywinadmin.com\/2014\/09\/powershell-scsm-install-and-config.html\">http:\/\/www.lazywinadmin.com\/2014\/09\/powershell-scsm-install-and-config.html<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>However, once you think all the configuration is complete and you are working in PowerShell:<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lucidusit.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/070517_1113_SCSMAutomat1.png\"><\/p>\n<p>So, you then repeat the same in a Runbook:<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lucidusit.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/070517_1113_SCSMAutomat2.png\"><\/p>\n<p>And\u2026\u2026 arrggghhhh:<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lucidusit.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/070517_1113_SCSMAutomat3.png\"><\/p>\n<p>The detail being:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><em>Cannot load Windows PowerShell snap-in C:\\Program files\\Common Files\\SMLets\\SMLets.Module.dll because of the following error: Unable to load one or more of the requested types. Retrieve the LoaderExceptions property for more information.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><em>Loader Exceptions:<br \/>\n<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><em>Could not load file or assembly &#8216;Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.Core, Version=7.0.5000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35&#8217; or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><em>Could not load file or assembly &#8216;Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.Core, Version=7.0.5000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35&#8217; or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><em>Could not load file or assembly &#8216;Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.Core, Version=7.0.5000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35&#8217; or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>So, the issue is my case; is that the version of the DLLs copied into the c:\\windows\\assembly folder and then registered are actually the SDK files from the SCORCH 2016 installation, which can only use PowerShell V3:<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lucidusit.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/070517_1113_SCSMAutomat4.png\"><\/p>\n<p>The ones from a 2012 r2 version, which support PowerShell V2 aka default to Orchestrator; are as follows:<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lucidusit.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/070517_1113_SCSMAutomat5.png\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Solution<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>So, there are two options:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Copy the old files into Assembly and register<\/li>\n<li>Make a registry change to allow Orchestrator play with later PowerShell versions<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Option 1 &#8211; Replace the files:<\/h2>\n<p>Okay I know you want the registry\u2026. but wait:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Unregister the 2016 R2 DLLs<\/li>\n<li>Copy the new (or old as the case may be) files into the c:\\windows\\assembly<\/li>\n<li>Register the new \/ old files<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Completed by PowerShell:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"color: darkgray; font-family: Lucida Console; font-size: 8pt;\">.<span style=\"color: darkred;\">&#8216;C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft SDKs\\Windows\\v8.1A\\bin\\NETFX 4.5.1 Tools\\gacutil.exe&#8217;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: navy;\">-u<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: blueviolet;\">Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.Core<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"color: darkgray; font-family: Lucida Console; font-size: 8pt;\">.<span style=\"color: darkred;\">&#8216;C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft SDKs\\Windows\\v8.1A\\bin\\NETFX 4.5.1 Tools\\gacutil.exe&#8217;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: navy;\">-u<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: blueviolet;\">Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.ServiceManager<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lucida Console; font-size: 8pt;\"><span style=\"color: blue;\">copy<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: blueviolet;\">D:\\nobackup\\2012R2\\*<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: blueviolet;\">C:\\Windows\\assembly<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"color: darkgray; font-family: Lucida Console; font-size: 8pt;\">.<span style=\"color: darkred;\">&#8216;C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft SDKs\\Windows\\v8.1A\\bin\\NETFX 4.5.1 Tools\\gacutil.exe&#8217;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: navy;\">-i<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: blueviolet;\">C:\\Windows\\assembly\\Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.Core.dll<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"color: darkgray; font-family: Lucida Console; font-size: 8pt;\">.<span style=\"color: darkred;\">&#8216;C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft SDKs\\Windows\\v8.1A\\bin\\NETFX 4.5.1 Tools\\gacutil.exe&#8217;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: navy;\">-i<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: blueviolet;\">C:\\Windows\\assembly\\Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.ServiceManager.dll<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;\">\n<h2>Option 2 \u2013 Registry change<\/h2>\n<p style=\"background: white;\">\n<p style=\"background: white;\">Yes, indeed; a single registry change will allow Orchestrator to unleash later PowerShell; thanks&#8217; go to the following post:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div style=\"background: white;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scsmmercenary.blogspot.co.uk\/2015\/09\/execute-native-powershell-version-4-in.html\">https:\/\/scsmmercenary.blogspot.co.uk\/2015\/09\/execute-native-powershell-version-4-in.html<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It is a simple reg fragment to tell 32Bit to use the latest version as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Open regedit edit and goto location: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\WOW6432Node\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework]<\/li>\n<li>Create a new DWORD with the name: OnlyUseLatestCLR with a decimal value of 1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lucidusit.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/070517_1113_SCSMAutomat6.png\"><\/p>\n<p>Voila! That is it\u2026. No reboot, just give it a whirl. I try the same runbook test, without even coming out of it:<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lucidusit.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/070517_1113_SCSMAutomat7.png\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For integration into SCSM, SMLets is great and can be downloaded from the following location: https:\/\/smlets.codeplex.com\/ Using in System Center Orchestrator really enhances the automation ability of SCSM, mixed with the integration pack. There are some really good guides on&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lucidusit.co.uk\/2017\/07\/05\/scsm-automation-with-smlets-and-orchestrator\/\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[21,4,6,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lucidusit.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lucidusit.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lucidusit.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lucidusit.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lucidusit.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.lucidusit.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":243,"href":"http:\/\/www.lucidusit.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61\/revisions\/243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lucidusit.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lucidusit.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lucidusit.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}