Author: Brody Kilpatrick | Created: June 11, 2019
Sometimes, for whatever reason, an MA never goes into “In Progress” in SCSM and may need a little help. Rather than using SMLETS or logging onto a SCSM machine, if you have the SCSM Console installed on your workstation, you can run it directly from there.
Start, Run, Service Manager Shell, no admin necessary.
param ([string]$ID
)
#$ID = 'MA1055025'
$ServerName = "managementserver01"
write-host -ForegroundColor Yellow -BackgroundColor Black "importing C:\Program Files\Microsoft System Center\Service Manager 2012\PowerShell\System.Center.Service.Manager.psm1"
Import-Module "C:\Program Files\Microsoft System Center\Service Manager 2012\PowerShell\System.Center.Service.Manager.psm1"
write-host -ForegroundColor Yellow -BackgroundColor Black "Connecting to $ServerName"
$MGCon = New-SCSMManagementGroupConnection -ComputerName $ServerName -PassThru
$MAClass = Get-SCClass -Name "System.WorkItem.Activity.ManualActivity"
write-host -ForegroundColor Yellow -BackgroundColor Black "Attempting to get $ID"
$ClassInstance = Get-SCClassInstance -Class $MAClass -Filter "Id -eq $ID"
if ($ClassInstance -eq $null)
{
write-error "Could not find $ID"
}
else
{
write-host -ForegroundColor Green -BackgroundColor Black "Found $ID"
write-host -ForegroundColor Yellow -BackgroundColor Black "Attempting to Set to In Progress"
$ClassInstance | %{$_.Status="ActivityStatusEnum.Active";$_.Notes=$($_.Notes + " Forcing to in progress");$_} | Update-SCSMClassInstance
write-host -ForegroundColor Yellow -BackgroundColor Black "Final Result:"
Get-SCClassInstance -Class $MAClass -Filter "Id -eq $ID" | ft Id, Status, '#LastModified', Title
}
Write-host -ForegroundColor Yellow -BackgroundColor Black "Removing SC Connection"
$MGCon | Remove-SCSMManagementGroupConnection