Please note that this script was based on this thwack message.
All I did was to change the swsql query used to get the URI and to search and delete a node via PowerShell
# This script will search for node and delete it if exists
#
################################## Attention ###############################################
# You must have Orion SDK installed and set-execution policy must be set to unrestricted!!#
#Before running you must setup your hashed encrypted password using the line below. #
###########################################################################################
#### Prerequisites ###
# run the line below save credentials to be used by this script on a encrypted file
#GET-CREDENTIAL –Credential "EnterTheOrionUserNamehere” | EXPORT-CLIXML C:\Scripts\SecureCredentialsSAM.xml
## Load the SolarWinds Powershell snapin.
##Needed in order to execute the script.
##Requires the Orion SDK 2.0 installed on the machine this script is running from.
Add-PSSnapinSwisSnapin
# SolarWinds username and password section.
# It is recommended to use a local account create within SAM with only. I strongly recommend that you don't use a MS local account or domain account.
# This section allows the password to be embedded in this script. Without it, the script will not work.
#This is using the hashed encrypted password
$MyCredentials=IMPORT-CLIXMLC:\Scripts\SecureCredentialsSam.xml
$ORIONSERVERNAME= 'yourserver.domain.com'
#This is connecting to SAM to pull the info we need need with the info given
$swis=Connect-Swis-Credential$MyCredentials-host$orionservername
$nodename=read-host"Enter node Name"
$nodeuri=Get-SwisData$swis"SELECT Uri FROM Orion.Nodes WHERe NodeName LIKE '%$nodename'"
if (!$nodeuri) {Write-Host"node does not exist on SAM"}
if ($nodeuri) {
Write-Host"node exist, uri: $nodeuri"
Remove-SwisObject$swis$nodeUri
Write-Host"node has been removed"
}
