Using PowerShell to Discover Temp/Log/Backup and Data Directories of SSAS
During a massive cleanup on some of our environments, I was asked to point out all the possible locations of SSAS related files on a list of 10+ servers. The main reason for this not being a trivial task done with blindfold is that, at some point in time, someone made a decision to change the default value in the SSAS configuration. This change lead to new cubes being deployed to a different location than the existing ones. Also contributing to the mess was a dubious naming standard, which makes guessing the folder names a difficult task...
Tags: management, amo, script, powershell