SP2010: SPFarm.Local is null or Web Application could not be found

http://blogs.msdn.com/ekraus/archive/2009/11/13/sp2010-spfarm-local-is-null-or-web-application-could-not-be-found.aspx

Power Shell

http://sharepointdotnetwiki.iblogger.org/2009/12/powershell/