Showing posts with label beforepatch. Show all posts
Showing posts with label beforepatch. Show all posts

Friday, October 15, 2010

Exchange 2007 servicecontrol.ps1 bug

You run ServiceControl.ps1 AfterPatch or ServiceControl.ps1 and get the error below. Microsoft made a mistake !

It's a bug in the script...

add a line at line 900:

$activity = 'BeforePatch'

add a line at line 958:

$activity='AfterPatch'


----------- snippet of error --------------
Write-Progress : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Activity' because it is nul
l.
At D:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\bin\ServiceControl.ps1:1017 char:
25
+ write-Progress -Activity <<<< $activity -Id 0 -Status 'Completed' -Completed
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Write-Progress], ParameterBind
ingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,M
icrosoft.PowerShell.Commands.WriteProgressCommand