Preparing to use Windows PowerShell cmdlets

IBM Storage Protect Snapshot includes a set of Windows PowerShell cmdlets to help you manage Exchange Server, SQL Server, file system, and custom application data in your environment.

IBM Storage Protect Snapshot cmdlets support a seamless management environment and greatly improve remote management and automation capabilities. You can aggregate cmdlets together to form commands and use the large volume of existing cmdlets from other vendors.

1. Log on to the system as an administrator.
2. From a Windows PowerShell command line, enter the following command:

   set-executionpolicy remotesigned

3. During installation of IBM Storage Protect Snapshot, the following Windows PowerShell modules are imported automatically from the FlashCopyManager folder.
   • FmModuleExc.dll
   • FmModuleFs.dll
   • FmModuleMMC.dll
   • FmModuleSQL.dll
   If you wish to import the Windows PowerShell modules manually, from the Windows PowerShell command prompt, import modules, with the administrator credentials, as follows:
   1. Go to the FlashCopyManager folder.
   2. Enter the following commands:

      import-module .\FmModuleExc.dll
      import-module .\FmModuleFs.dll
      import-module .\FmModuleMMC.dll
      import-module .\FmModuleSQL.dll

   3. (Optional) To use the cmdlets in these modules any time that you start Windows PowerShell, add the following lines to your profile.
      The following path is the default profile path.

       $path = (get-itemproperty -path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\IBM\FlashCopyManager\
                              currentversion\mmc" -ea SilentlyContinue).path
        if ($null -ne $path)
        {
          dir "$path\fmmodule*.dll" | select -expand fullname | import-module 
                                      -force -Global
        }

For information about creating, running, monitoring, and troubleshooting scripts with cmdlets, see Windows PowerShell 3.0 or later documentation. For more information about Windows PowerShell cmdlets, consistent naming patterns, parameters, arguments, and syntax, see this web page as a starting point: Microsoft TechNet: Getting Started with Windows PowerShell .