Standalone Unmanage / Remange Node ASP .Net Page

In my another post (http://thwack.solarwinds.com/docs/DOC-171082) I added a search function in Solarwinds Page header , also modified the search results page to show some direct links related to the nodes, such as Edit Node, List Resources, etc., but not the unmanage/re-manage links.  Solarwinds build-in unmanage node page is a pop-up window; you cannot access the URL directly via web console.

Did some search and I found an alternative way to achieve it.  I created a customised standalone ASP .Net page for unmanage or re-mange node using Solarwinds SDK (PowerShell SwisSnapin) and MS Visual Web Developer 2010 Express. The ASP .Net page will run Solarwinds Powershell commands on Solarwinds server to re/unmanage a node.  The page takes three parameters:

NodeID: N:1234

NodeCaption:

NodeStatus:  if it is 9, it means the node is unmanaged

You can call this page from your search result page to unmanage/remange the node, the search results look like:

Prerequisite:

On Solarwinds Master (Web) server:

•    If not installed, Install PowerShell 2.0 or above. (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/hh847837.aspx)

•    If not installed, Install Windows SDK for Windows Server 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5/4.0 (http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=11310)

•    If not installed, install MS IIS Web Deploy (http://www.iis.net/downloads/microsoft/web-deploy)

•    Install Orion SDK 1.8 (http://thwack.solarwinds.com/message/220862)

•    Install Visual Studio - Visual Web Developer 2010 Express: (http://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/downloads/download-visual-studio-vs#DownloadFamilies_4)

Steps:

1.    Create an ASP.NET Web Application

•    Run Visual Web Developer 2010 Express to create a New Project  C#  ASP.NET Application

•    Add “AjaxControlToolkit” to the project (http://www.codingfusion.com/Post/3-Different-ways-to-add-AjaxControlToolkit-in-Asp)

•    Add a reference to the PowerShell assembly called “System.Management.Automation” from "C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0"

•    Create a folder called “images” to save you images used by the web-page.

•    Add a new aspx page (Add – New Item – Web Form).  In my example it is called “swnodemanagement.aspx”.

Please see the attachments for the codes (aspx & cs files).

Some useful links to help you building the page

•    http://devinfra-us.blogspot.co.uk/2011/02/using-powershell-20-from-aspnet-part-1.html

•    http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/18229/How-to-run-PowerShell-scripts-from-C

2.    Build the Deployment Package

Build the Project as a zip file (Project -- Build the Deployment Package)

3.    Deploy the application (zip) to Solarwinds

•    Run IIS manager, Create a new website (Do not deploy the application to current Solarwinds website), called “Solarwinds SDK”, using different port, say 8080

•    Deploy the package (zip file) from Deploy—Import Application

4.    Update C:\inetpub\SolarWinds\Orion\NetPerfMon\Resources\NodeSearchResults.aspx

•    Add codes below

5.    Test, the result should like:

Tested on Windows Server 2008 with PowerShell 2.0 and Solarwinds environment: NPM 10.6 + Solarwinds SDK1.8. Please feel free to use/ modify the codes. I am not a web developer please correct the errors in the codes if found.

Thanks