Get a Specific Enterprise Search Service Instance
Scenario/Problem: You need to obtain an Enterprise Search Service instance reference.
Solution: Use the Get-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceInstance cmdlet to assign a variable the results using the -Identity parameter.
Providing the identity of the Enterprise Search Service instance with the Get-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceInstance cmdlet retrieves a specific search service instance. Use this to assign the results to an object for use in other cmdlets, as shown in Listing 13.3.
Listing 13.3. Assigning a Variable to a Specific Search Service Application
$ssInstance = Get-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceInstance-Identity 91d00542-76cf-417b-aafb-dbfae76a1814
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