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Intermittent Isilon write failures due to SMB3 Multichannel setting

7 minute read

I recently resolved an issue with our Isilon storage cluster that was causing file writes to be interrupted and fail. While diagnosing the issue I discovered that (intriguingly) the disruption was occurring at (almost) exact 10 minute intervals. Any in progress write operation occurring at that interval would fail.

Managing SSRS Subscriptions with PowerShell

8 minute read

I was recently tasked with investigating how we could store the configuration of our SQL Server Reporting Services report subscriptions in a source control and then automate the process of (later) configuring them in one or more new SSRS servers.

TILFMOL #4 - PowerShell Jobs

4 minute read

This is the fourth and final part of a short series of posts about things I discovered by reading the excellent Learn PowerShell in a Month of Lunches book (recently released in 3rd edition) as a not quite beginner.

TILFMOL #3 - PowerShell Remoting

4 minute read

This is part three of a short series of posts about things I discovered from reading Learn PowerShell in a Month of Lunches (recently released in 3rd edition).

TILFMOL #2 - PowerShell Help

7 minute read

This is part two of a short series of posts about things I discovered or had clarified by reading the excellent Learn PowerShell in a Month of Lunches book (recently released in 3rd edition).

TILFMOL #1 - The PowerShell Pipeline

4 minute read

As introduced in my previous post, this is part one of a four part series that documents some things I discovered or had clarified by reading the excellent Learn PowerShell in a Month of Lunches book (recently released in 3rd edition).

Learn PowerShell in a Month of Lunches

2 minute read

I got started with PowerShell thanks to the encouragement and enthusiasm of a friend and former colleague. Following that, I’ve largely developed my knowledge through the standard combinations of trial + error + googling and more recently (as is evident) by doing my best to engage with and give back to the community.

Issue uploading Pester test results in to AppVeyor

2 minute read

While experimenting with AppVeyor to add Continuous Integration to my PowerShell projects (more detailed blog post to follow) I encountered a bug that meant that the Pester test results (uploaded via the NUnit formatted results file) were not appearing in the “Tests” tab of my AppVeyor project.