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ShaneCal_162988
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Dec 16, 2014

iControlSnapIn Problems

I'm at the end of my wits here, I've read through all the guides, followed each of them to a word, I've been through several uninstalls and restarts and I'm still nowhere near getting this snapin to ...
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  • ShaneCal_162988's avatar
    ShaneCal_162988
    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.

ShaneCal_162988's avatar
ShaneCal_162988
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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.

  • DeniceJ_246311's avatar
    DeniceJ_246311
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    Apr 26, 2017

    Thanks, but my issues is that the add-pssnapin doesn't load the file. It gives me a message that it is already loaded.

     

    What is most interesting, is that if I look in the registry at the Powershell Snapins, it is registered w/ a PSVersion of 2.0 rather than 5.1. I can hack the registry to say 5.1 in the display that shows registered snapins. But it still will not load.

     

    I receive the following message

     

    add-pssnapin : An item with the same key has already been added. At line:1 char:1 + add-pssnapin icontrolsnapin + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Add-PSSnapin], ArgumentException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.ArgumentException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.AddPSSnapinCommand

     

    However, get-pssnapin -registered shows the module is registered.

     

    PS C:\Program Files\F5 Networks\iControlSnapIn> Get-PSSnapin -Registered

     

    Name : iControlSnapIn PSVersion : 2.0 Description : iControl Snap-in for F5 Device Management

     

    If I try to remove-pssnapin icontrolsnapin, i receive a message that it is not loaded.

     

    remove-pssnapin : No Windows PowerShell snap-ins matching the pattern 'icontrolsnapin' were found. Check the pattern and then try the command again. At line:1 char:1 + remove-pssnapin icontrolsnapin + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (icontrolsnapin:String) [Remove-PSSnapin], PSArgumentException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NoPSSnapInsFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.RemovePSSnapinCommand

     

    It seems to me that the old version is being "installed" even though the registry indicates that it is version 13.0.0.0 of the snapin.