SharePoint Uninstall, Remove, Add, Install SPSolution .wsp using PowerShell or STSADM

This is gonna very often command that you will keep using to Add and Activate solution in SharePoint Environment so you can bookmark it or follow the blog.

Well the deployment process includes below set of steps to Remove and Add Solutions in SharePoint.

1.      Retract

2.      Remove

3.      Add

4.      Deploy

First Deactivate Solution then Remove Solution, then Add Solution from local drive and Activate to desired scope.

There are 3 simple ways to do so.

·        From SharePoint site, go deactivate then from CA retract and remove solution.

·        Second way is STSADM.exe

·        Third and most preferred way is PowerShell.

Uninstalling SharePoint wsp package using PowerShell command

Uninstall-SPSolution –Identity “MySolution.wsp” –WebApplication “WebApp Url”

Remove SharePoint wsp package using PowerShell command

Remove-SPSolution–Identity "MySolution.wsp"

Add SharePoint wsp package using PowerShell command

Add -SPSolution "C:\Praveen\MySolution.wsp"

Installing SharePoint wsp package using PowerShell command

Install-SPSolution –Identity "MySolution.wsp" –WebApplication "url" –GACDeployment

Using STSADM command

open command prompt and Go to path,
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\15\BIN
 

Add Solution
stsadm.exe -o addsolution -filename "c:\Praveen\MySolution.wsp"
 

Deploy Solution
stsadm.exe -o deploysolution -name "MySolution.wsp" -url "http://server/" -allowgacdeployment -immediate

Activate feature
stsadm.exe -o activatefeature -name "MySolution.wsp" -url "http://server/"

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Praveen Pandit

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Production Server maintance daily alert email using powershell, check free space

Well we have number of servers for productions so going to each server (WFE, DB, Application and DMZ servers) etc and checking for frees pace and running services etc that's really hectic and that it time consuming environment that may have 4WFE 2DB 1Application and 1DMZ server.

In short we should create task scheduler and run PowerShell script that can check for free space, running services and process etc... and send 1 email for all these details.

Here I am sharing sample script :
1) Production Server maintenance daily alert email using powershell:checking free space of C drive.

You can download above code to check free space, from here.

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Thanks,

Praveen Pandit

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How to Covert string to valid file name format, get valid file name, file name validation

This is general question that How to Covert string to a file name to save on drive or some location. our Keyboard have so many special characters and looking for more symbols in our keyboard,
That's good for users but for developers its headache coz out of those characters few are allowed in file name,
That makes issue sometime while reading/writing or creating file.

if user entered some incorrect word so instead of giving error to end user we can replace all those special characters by any specific character like I have done with char '_' underscore,
The file name is very important in terms of search or crawl files/file name.


So to make it simple, easy and working I have would prefer to use below way to do so.....

C# Code:

private string ConverToStandardFileName(string accountName)
        {
            foreach (char c in System.IO.Path.GetInvalidFileNameChars())
            {
                accountName = accountName.Replace(c, '_');
            }
            return accountName;
        }

That can be used in any aspx or C#/Windows appliaction. Other ways are also suggested over internet like .Replace("%","").Replace("&",""),Replace("*","") etc....


Other ways/suggestion are welcome, also shared you findings on this.


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Praveen Pandit

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