power shell scripts errors

jdmuskrat · May 16th, 2013, 11:27 PM

trying to enter script from page 83-84. getting topology error on -SearchTopology for the cloning scripts.
i suspect i am not entering these lines correctly as i have hit the enter key just before each statement that starts with a $ sign.
not sure if all the lines below each comment line get entered separately or do they from a single entry?

powershell newbie, so please be kind, thanks in advance.

great book by the way.

~Greg~ · May 23rd, 2013, 04:39 PM

I originally had a problem running the scripts but they worked like a charm when you remembered to backspace the lines of code that belong on the line above them. Below is what it looked like when corrected after I copied it from the TK website. Oh, and by the way you just copy and paste the whole thing into the SPPowerShell. I usually paste this kind of stuff right into Notepad first then copy and paste it into the shell.

Code:

# Get App Pool
$saAppPoolName = "Default SharePoint Service App Pool"

# Search Specifics, we are single server farm
$searchServerName = (Get-ChildItem env:computername).value
$serviceAppName = "Search Service Application"
$searchDBName = "SearchService_DB"

# Grab the Appplication Pool for Service Application Endpoint
$saAppPool = Get-SPServiceApplicationPool $saAppPoolName

# Start Search Service Instances
Start-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceInstance $searchServerName
Start-SPEnterpriseSearchQueryAndSiteSettingsServiceInstance $searchServerName

# Create the Search Service Application and Proxy
$searchServiceApp = New-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceApplication -Name $serviceAppName -ApplicationPool $saAppPoolName -DatabaseName $searchDBName
$searchProxy = New-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceApplicationProxy -Name "$serviceAppName Proxy" -SearchApplication $searchServiceApp

# Clone the default Topology (which is empty) and create a new one and then activate it
$clone = $searchServiceApp.ActiveTopology.Clone()
$searchServiceInstance = Get-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceInstance
New-SPEnterpriseSearchAdminComponent –SearchTopology $clone -SearchServiceInstance $searchServiceInstance
New-SPEnterpriseSearchContentProcessingComponent –SearchTopology $clone -SearchServiceInstance $searchServiceInstance
New-SPEnterpriseSearchAnalyticsProcessingComponent –SearchTopology $clone -SearchServiceInstance $searchServiceInstance 
New-SPEnterpriseSearchCrawlComponent –SearchTopology $clone -SearchServiceInstance $searchServiceInstance 
New-SPEnterpriseSearchIndexComponent –SearchTopology $clone -SearchServiceInstance $searchServiceInstance
New-SPEnterpriseSearchQueryProcessingComponent –SearchTopology $clone -SearchServiceInstance $searchServiceInstance
$clone.Activate()

jdmuskrat · June 18th, 2013, 11:39 PM

sorry for the delay. i will give it a whirl.
on some of the other scripts i had made the mistake of being too literal in the typing from the samples. after playing some i find that a space is not always a space.
powershell may become a friend after all.

again, many thanks for the post.

jdmuskrat · June 21st, 2013, 01:14 AM

got a test site up and running. the script worked perfect.
only two things:
second line under #Start search section
Start-SPEnterpriseSearchQueryAndSiteSettingsServiceInsta nce $searchServerName
removed the space in "instance"
and
at the last line i waited then realized that i needed to hit enter, my stupid.

very happy gray haired old fart now.

Guernseypilot · August 13th, 2013, 11:12 AM

Hi,

I have tried downloading the script and typing it out, and am now using the one in this thread.

It runs perfectly clean till I get here:-

PS E:\> $clone = $searchServiceApp.ActiveToplogy.Clone()
You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At line:1 char:1
+ $clone = $searchServiceApp.ActiveToplogy.Clone()
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull

Any idea what might be wrong? I've run all the preceeding lines as a whole script and am now firing this line in on it's own as it's where the code stops with this error...

Guernseypilot · August 14th, 2013, 05:23 AM

Resolved:-

I switched to using Todd's version again from his site but got a different error, I discovered someone else had the same error and resolved it. It now works for me, here's the detail should anyone need it:-

PS C:\Users\TarasG> New-SPEnterpriseSearchAdminComponent -SearchTopology $clone
-SearchServiceInstance $searchServiceInstance
New-SPEnterpriseSearchAdminComponent : Cannot convert 'System.Object[]' to the
type 'Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Cmdlet.SearchServi ceInstancePipeBind'
required by parameter 'SearchServiceInstance'. Specified method is not
supported........

I solve this error, by adding
"$searchServerName" variable to line 29 your script

$searchServiceInstance = Get-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceInstance $searchServerName

Found here:-

http://www.toddklindt.com/blog/Lists...8A04FE9DAF9BC9