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iControlSnapIn Problems
- Apr 26, 2017
Thanks to DeniceJ for necromancing this thread, I would have forgotten about it if I didn't get the alert
Here's the code I've been using for the last few years to register the iControlSnapIn.dll and add the snap-in to the current session
$PSScriptRoot = Split-Path -Parent -Path $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition $snapinPath = "$PSScriptRoot\f5-icontrol-powershell-snapin-12_1_0\iControlSnapIn.dll" $snapinName = "iControlSnapIn" if (Get-PSSnapIn -name $snapinName -ErrorAction Ignore) { Write-Output "Verified that '$snapinName' snap-in is currently registered to this session" } else { Write-Output "The '$snapinName' snap-in is not currently registered to this session, installing assembly for this snap-in from the following path now:`n$snapinPath" $installUtil = "$env:windir\Microsoft.Net\Framework${platform}\v2.0.50727\installUtil.exe"; if ( [System.IO.File]::Exists($installUtil) ) { Set-Alias installUtil $installUtil; installUtil $snapinPath /LogToConsole=false /LogFile=; } Write-Output "The '$snapinName' snap-in assembly has been registered, adding snap-in to this session now..." Add-PSSnapIn $snapinName Add F5 iControl Library Write-Output "The '$snapinName' snap-in has been added to this session, continuing...`n" }
Note that I store the f5-icontrol-powershell-snapin-12_1_0 folder which contains the iControlSnapIn.dll in my script directory, as the script needs to run from different machines that may not have any F5 software installed.
This may not matter, but are you using "Run as administrator" when you open PowerShell?
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