PowerShell Extensions for Ivanti DSM

New in version 4.0

In version 4.0 forty new and several modified and extended cmdlets were implemented to further help and assist you in managing and using the new objects, functions and possibilities of DSM 2019.1. A total of 146 cmdlets is now available at your convenience:

Managing DSM PowerShell-Drives:

• Get-EmdbDrive
  Retrieves PowerShell drives with a connection to a DSM environment
  
  
• New-EmdbDrive
  Creates a new PowerShell drive with a connection to a DSM environment
  
  
• Remove-EmdbDrive
  Removes PowerShell drives with connections to a DSM environment

Testing various object types:

• Test-EmdbDomain
  Test the existence of Domain objects
  
  
• Test-EmdbOrganizationalUnit
  Tests the existence of objects of type Organizational Unit
  
  
• Test-EmdbGroup
  Tests the existence of Group objects
  
  
• Test-EmdbGroupMember
  Tests if an object is member of the specified Group object(s)
  
  
• Test-EmdbComputer
  Tests the existence of Computer objects
  
  
• Test-EmdbUser
  Tests the existence of User objects
  
  
• Test-EmdbPermission
  Tests the existence of Permissions or if an object has a specific permission in a given context
  
  
• Test-EmdbAutoInsertRule
  Tests the existence of AutoInsert-Rules
  
  
• Test-EmdbCitrixFarm
  Tests the existence of Citrix Farm objects
  
  
• Test-EmdbCitrixZone
  Tests the existence of Citrix Zone objects
  
  
• Test-EmdbRole
  Tests the existence of Role objects or if a user is Role owner in a given context
  
  
• Test-EmdbPropertyValue
  Tests if a property has a given value
  
  
• Test-EmdbVariableGroup
  Tests the existence of a Variable-Group
  
  
• Test-EmdbVariable
  Tests the existence of a Variable or if a Variable has a given value
  
  
• Test-EmdbUITaskGroup
  Tests the existence of userdefined Context-Menu-Groups
  
  
• Test-EmdbUITask
  Tests the existence of userdefined Context-Menu-Entries
  
  
• Test-EmdbMobileDevice
  Tests the existence of objects of type "Mobile Device"
  
  
• Test-EmdbUserDefinedHtmlView
  Tests the existence of a user-defined HTML-View

• Test-EmdbSoftwareFolder
  Tests the existence of Folder objects in the Global Software Library
  
  
• Test-EmdbSoftwareShopUIFolder
  Tests the existence of Software-Shop Folder objects
  
  
• Test-EmdbSoftwareCategory
  Tests the existence of Software Categories
  
  
• Test-EmdbPatchCategory
  Tests the existence of Patch Categories
  
  
• Test-EmdbPatchTemplateRule
  Tests the existence of Patch-Template-Rules
  
  
• Test-EmdbPatchRolloutRule
  Tests the existence of Patch-Rollout-Rules
  
  
• Test-EmdbSoftwarePackage
  Tests the existence of Software Packages
  
  
• Test-EmdbInstallationParameter
  Tests the existence of an  Variable or if a Variable has a given value
  
  
• Test-EmdbStateImage
  Tests the existence of Image objects
  
  
• Test-EmdbVirtualizationCluster
  Tests the existence of Virtualization-Cluster objects

• Test-EmdbVirtualHost
  Tests the existence of objects of type Virtual Machine Host
  
  
• Test-EmdbVirtualizationManagementServer
  Tests the existence Virtualization-Management Server objects

• Test-EmdbPolicy
  Tests the existence of Policy objects
  
  
• Test-EmdbPolicyInstance
  Tests the existence of Policy-Instances

• Test-EmdbComplianceState
  Tests the status of Policy-Instances

• Test-EmdbAssociation
  Tests the existence of an association between two objects
  
  

Miscellaneous:

• Get-EmdbItem
  Retrieves DSM objects of all types
  
  
• Add-EmdbRelatedItem
  Retrieves associated items and stores them in a local cache
  
  
• Get-EmdbComplianceState
  Retrieves the Compliance-State of Policy-Instances
  
  

Additionally, the PowerShell integrated help for the PSX, that you can display via Get-Help <Cmdlet>  or via Get-Help About_ can now be updated over the internet via Update-Help -Module PSX7.