Webpage cache warmer with Powershell

Have you ever needed to cache web pages after a web server reboot?  Here is a great little PowerShell script that can be added to the start-up script of a server.  This is also great for getting SharePoint pages cached after a reboot.

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#     Open a list of webpages to warm the web server cache

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# Created Date: 8/6/2012

# Created By: Jim Bennett

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#Variables

#Enter a comma separated list of webpages to hit

$WebpageList = "http://www.google.com","http://www.capstonebi.com"

$WebpageList | ForEach-Object {

      Write-Host "Opening page: $_" -ForegroundColor Yellow -nonewline

      $temp = [System.Math]::Round((Measure-Command {(new-object net.webclient).DownloadString($_)}).totalmilliseconds)

      Write-Host " (Opened in $temp milliseconds)" -ForegroundColor Yellow

}

SSIS Package Configurations

By Jim Bennett

Recently I was asked to verify whether a directory full of SSIS packages all had their package configurations enabled. So instead of opening each one manually I decided to write a Powershell script to do it for me. In each SSIS package file there is an XML node that is designated for the package configurations. The XML looks like this for disabled package configurations:

<DTS:Property DTS:Name="EnableConfig">0</DTS:Property>
and this for enabled package configurations:
<DTS:Property DTS:Name="EnableConfig">-1</DTS:Property>

The Powershell script is rather straightforward and could easily be modified to change this setting.

Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted
## ScriptName: SearchForPackagesWithConfigurationsOff
## WrittenBy: Jim Bennett – CapstoneBI
## WrittenDate: 09/30/2010
## Website: www.capstonebi.com
## Purpose: Search for SSIS packages in a folder with their configurations setting turned off
if ([String]$args[0] -eq "")
{write-output "Usage: $($MyInvocation.InvocationName) DirectoryToSearch"}
else
{
$sourcefolder = [String]$args
if(!$sourcefolder.EndsWith("\")) {$sourcefolder+="\"}
$configurationSearchString = '<DTS:Property DTS:Name="EnableConfig">0</DTS:Property>'
$includedFileTypes = "*.dtsx"
get-childitem $($sourcefolder+"*") -include $includedFileTypes ForEach-Object {
if ($(Select-String -quiet $configurationSearchString $($sourcefolder + $_.Name)) -eq "true")
{write-output $_.Name}
}
}