disk check PowerShell with report - powershell

I made a PowerShell script to write a report and highlight any disk under 20% of space but the script keeps failing because the size value is not right. Can you please help me?
$Computers = Get-Content -Path C:\Users\gbekari\unbackup\Servers.txt
$results = foreach ($Computer in $Computers){
Get-WmiObject Win32_Volume -Filter "DriveType='3'" -ComputerName $Computer | ForEach {
New-Object PSObject -Property #{
Computername = $computer
date = (Get-Date -format "dd.MM.yy HH:mm")
size = ([Math]::Round($_.Size /1GB,2))
freeSpace = ([Math]::Round($_.FreeSpace /1GB,2))
Status = if ([Math]::Round(100 * $db.FreeSpace / $db.Size) -gt 19 ) {'NONE'} else {'Warning'}
empty = "Diskcheck"
}
}
}
$results | ConvertTo-Csv -NoTypeInformation -Delimiter "|" | % {$_-replace'"',''} | Set-Content -Path C:\Users\gbekari\unbackup\Sers.txt

Lance U. Matthews is on point with his comment, you're trying to reference a property (Size) that does not exist in the Win32_Volume Class and you're referencing a variable that is not defined ($db).
As aside, if you're running PowerShell 3.0 or above, you can construct objects by casting [pscustomobject] instead of using New-Object, this way is more direct and efficient.
Get-WmiObject does not longer exist in newer versions of PowerShell and as stated in the docs:
Starting in PowerShell 3.0, this cmdlet has been superseded by Get-CimInstance
You can also query all computers in parallel, -ComputerName accepts an array of computers.
$Computers = Get-Content -Path C:\Users\gbekari\unbackup\Servers.txt
$results = Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_Volume -Filter "DriveType='3'" -ComputerName $Computers | ForEach-Object {
$status = if ([Math]::Round(100 * $_.FreeSpace / $_.Capacity) -gt 19 ) {
'NONE'
}
else {
'Warning'
}
[pscustomobject]#{
Date = Get-Date -format "dd.MM.yy HH:mm"
Size = [Math]::Round($_.Capacity / 1GB, 2)
FreeSpace = [Math]::Round($_.FreeSpace / 1GB, 2)
Status = $status
Empty = "Diskcheck"
}
}
($results | ConvertTo-Csv -NoTypeInformation -Delimiter "|") -replace '"', '' |
Set-Content -Path C:\Users\gbekari\unbackup\Sers.txt
If you don't mind having the computer names in a column named PSComputerName, leave the code as-is, if instead you want to change the column name you can use Select-Object:
($results | Select-Object #{N='ComputerName'; E={ $_.PSComputerName }}, * |
ConvertTo-Csv -NoTypeInformation -Delimiter "|") -replace '"', '' |
Set-Content -Path C:\Users\gbekari\unbackup\Sers.txt

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powershell returning Get-ADComputer : The object name has bad syntax

I want to get all of the computers in a specific OU and ping them, but Im having trouble with Get-ADComputer.
code:
# Enter CSV file location
$csv = "filepath.csv"
# Add the target OU in the SearchBase parameter
$Computers = Get-ADComputer -Filter * -SearchBase "OU=Servers,DC=mydomain,DC=com" | Select Name | Sort-Object Name
$Computers = $Computers.Name
$Headers = "ComputerName,IP Address"
$Headers | Out-File -FilePath $csv -Encoding UTF8
foreach ($computer in $Computers)
{
Write-host "Pinging $Computer"
$Test = Test-Connection -ComputerName $computer -Count 1 -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -ErrorVariable Err
if ($test -ne $null)
{
$IP = $Test.IPV4Address.IPAddressToString
$Output = "$Computer,$IP"
$Output | Out-File -FilePath $csv -Encoding UTF8 -Append
}
Else
{
$Output = "$Computer,$Err"
$output | Out-File -FilePath $csv -Encoding UTF8 -Append
}
cls
}
and im getting:
Get-ADComputer : The object name has bad syntax
At script.ps1:2 char 14
+ ... omputers = Get-ADComputer -Filter * -SearchBase "OU=Servers, ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Get-ADComputer], ADException
+FullyQualifiedErrorId : ActiveDirectoryServer:8335,Microsoft,ActiveDirectory,Management,Command.GetADComputer
ps. this code is taken from here. yes I know Im not supposed to do that but after getting this error
time after time I wanted to try a code that works.
Double check that the OU you're using as the search base is correct. This error occurs when it's off.
Apart from that, I recommend using the System.Net.NetworkInformation.Ping class. It's a lot faster than Test-Connection because you have more control over the ping timeout.
$ping = New-Object System.Net.NetworkInformation.Ping
$pingTimeutMS = 200
$computers = Get-ADComputer -Filter * -SearchBase "OU=Servers,DC=mydomain,DC=com"
$results = $computers | Sort-Object Name | ForEach-Object {
$ComputerName = $_.Name
Write-Host "Pinging $ComputerName..."
$test = $ping.Send($ComputerName, $pingTimeutMS)
[pscustomobject]#{
"Computer" = $ComputerName
"IP Address" = if ($test.Status -eq "Success") { $test.Address } else { $test.Status }
}
}
$results | Export-Csv "filepath.csv" -Delimiter ',' -NoTypeInformation -Encoding UTF8
Not appending the lines to the CSV piecemeal feels a bit less clunky, too.

having issues recording error in export-csv

I have powershell script to pull down hotfixID, installedon, lastbootuptime and freespace in C drive. (I googled around and changed couple of things I need.) when the Pc is not reachable it will
Write-Warning "$_ cannot be reached, skipping."
I also want to capture the computer name of the failed PC to my CSV. I tried
| Export-Csv C:\test\computerDetails.csv -NoTypeInformation
or append but seems like its not working. can someone please help? below is my whole script.
(Get-Content C:\test\serverlist.txt).Trim() | ForEach {
If (Test-Connection -ComputerName $_ -Count 1 -Quiet)
{
$update = Get-CimInstance Win32_QuickFixEngineering -ComputerName $_ | Sort-Object InstalledOn -Descending | Select-Object -First 1
$os = Get-CimInstance win32_operatingsystem -ComputerName $_
$disk = Get-WmiObject Win32_LogicalDisk -ComputerName $_ -Filter "DeviceID='C:'"
$props = #{
ComputerName = $_
HotFixID = $update.HotFixID
InstalledOn = $update.InstalledOn
lastbootuptime = $os.LastBootUpTime
FreeSpace_GB = $disk.FreeSpace / 1GB
}
New-Object PsObject -Property $props
}
Else {
Write-Warning "$_ cannot be reached, skipping." | Export-Csv C:\test\computerDetails.csv -NoTypeInformation
}
} | Sort ComputerName |
Select ComputerName,HotFixID,InstalledOn,lastbootuptime,FreeSpace_GB |
Export-Csv C:\test\computerDetails.csv -NoTypeInformation
Main problem with adding it to the CSV is that it is a string. If you treat the erroneous machines the same as successful ones, then you can throw them in the same CSV.
I have added an ArrayList there as the storage variable and then for each computer it creates a temp PSObject to store your results in, overwriting the variable each loop but not before dumping the variable into the ArrayList for export at the end.
$Errors = New-Object System.Collections.ArrayList
(Get-Content C:\test\serverlist.txt).Trim() | ForEach {
$Temp = New-Object -TypeName PSObject
If (Test-Connection -ComputerName $_ -Count 1 -Quiet) {
$update = Get-CimInstance Win32_QuickFixEngineering -ComputerName $_ | Sort-Object InstalledOn -Descending | Select-Object -First 1
$os = Get-CimInstance win32_operatingsystem -ComputerName $_
$disk = Get-WmiObject Win32_LogicalDisk -ComputerName $_ -Filter "DeviceID='C:'"
$props = [ordered]#{
ComputerName = $_
HotFixID = $update.HotFixID
InstalledOn = $update.InstalledOn
lastbootuptime = $os.LastBootUpTime
FreeSpace_GB = $disk.FreeSpace / 1GB
Error = "Success"
}
$Temp | Add-Member -NotePropertyMembers $props -TypeName temp
} Else {
$props = [ordered]#{
ComputerName = $_
Error = "Cannot be reached"
}
$Temp | Add-Member -NotePropertyMembers $props -TypeName temp
Write-Warning "$_ cannot be reached, skipping."
}
$Errors.Add($Temp) > $null
}
$Errors | Export-Csv C:\temp\computerDetails.csv -NoTypeInformation -Append

Out-File unnecessary characters

I have the script below which pings a list of machines, outputs the result to CSV and gets the lastlogontimestamp of the machine.
It works fine, except the lastlogontimestamp comes out like this:
CCC-APP01,172.22.100.15,#{lastLogonDate=07/25/2018 13:24:54}
How can I get rid of the extra characters: #{lastlogondate=...}?
$OutputCSV = "C:\TEMP\OUPingResults.csv"
$SearchLocation = "OU=AA,OU=Servers,DC=LocA,DC=XYZ,DC=com"
$Computers = Get-ADComputer -Filter * -SearchBase $SearchLocation |
Select Name |
Sort-Object Name
$Computers = $Computers.Name
$Headers = "ComputerName,IP Address,LastLogonTimeStamp"
$Headers | Out-File -FilePath $OutputCSV -Encoding UTF8
foreach ($computer in $Computers) {
Write-host "Pinging $Computer"
$Test = Test-Connection -ComputerName $computer -Count 1 -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -ErrorVariable Err
if ($test -ne $null) {
$IP = $Test.IPV4Address.IPAddressToString
$LastLogonTimeStamp = Get-ADComputer $Computer -Prop CN,lastLogonTimestamp |
Select #{n="lastLogonDate";e={[datetime]::FromFileTime($_.lastLogonTimestamp)}}
$Output = "$Computer,$IP,$LastLogonTimeStamp"
$Output | Out-File -FilePath $OutputCSV -Encoding UTF8 -Append
} else {
$Output = "$Computer,$Err"
$Output | Out-File -FilePath $OutputCSV -Encoding UTF8 -Append
}
}
The expression ... |Select-Object #{N='SomeName';E={"SomeValue"}} will produce an object that has a property named SomeName with the value "SomeValue".
What you see in the output is a string representation of this object.
If you want only the value, change the $LastLogonTimeStamp assignment to:
$LastLogonTimeStamp = [datetime]::FromFiletime((Get-ADComputer $Computer -Prop lastLogonTimestamp).lastLogonTimestamp)

Get WMI Data From Multiple Computers and Export to CSV

So having some good old fashion Powershell frustrations today. What I need to do is this:
Get a list of computers from a file
Query those computers for "CSName" and "InstallDate" from Win32_OperatingSystem
Convert InstallDate into a useable date format.
Export all that to a .Csv
I've tried so many different iterations of my script. I run into 2 major issues. One is that I can't export and append to .Csv even with Export-Csv -Append. It just takes the first value and does nothing with the rest. The 2nd is that I can't get the datetime converter to work when piping |.
Here's a few samples of what I've tried - none of which work.
This sample simply errors a lot. Doesn't seem to carry $_ over from the WMI query in the pipe. It looks like it is trying to use data from the first pipe, but I'm not sure.
Get-Content -Path .\Computernames.txt | Foreach-Object {
gwmi Win32_OperatingSystem -ComputerName $_) |
Select-Object $_.CSName, $_.ConvertToDateTime($OS.InstallDate).ToShortDateString()
} | Export-Csv -Path Filename -Force -Append -NoTypeInformation
}
This one simply exports the first value and gives up on the rest when exporting .Csv
$Computers = Get-Content -Path .\Computernames.txt
foreach ($Computer in $Computers) {
echo $Computer
$OS = gwmi Win32_OperatingSystem -ComputerName $Computer
$OS | Select-Object
$OS.CSName,$OS.ConvertToDateTime($OS.InstallDate).ToShortDateString() |
Export-Csv -Path $Log.FullName -Append
}
This one does get the data, but when I try to select anything, I get null values, but I can echo just fine.
$OS = gwmi Win32_OperatingSystem -ComputerName $Computers
$OS | Foreach-Object {
Select-Object $_.CSName,$_.ConvertToDateTime($OS.InstallDate).ToShortDateString() |
Export-Csv -Path $Log.FullName -Force -Append -NoTypeInformation
}
This feels like it should be ridiculously simple. I can do this in C# with almost no effort, but I just can't get PS to do what I want. Any help would be much appreciated!
Here you go,
$Array = #() ## Create Array to hold the Data
$Computers = Get-Content -Path .\Computernames.txt
foreach ($Computer in $Computers)
{
$Result = "" | Select CSName,InstallDate ## Create Object to hold the data
$OS = Get-WmiObject Win32_OperatingSystem -ComputerName $Computer
$Result.CSName = $OS.CSName ## Add CSName to line1
$Result.InstallDate = $OS.ConvertToDateTime($OS.InstallDate).ToShortDateString() ## Add InstallDate to line2
$Array += $Result ## Add the data to the array
}
$Array = Export-Csv c:\file.csv -NoTypeInformation

How to extract server information

Objective: How to extract server information?
For each server name listed in servers.txt, I would like to get the following information (in this format):
Server name, IP Address, OS name, Total Physical Memory, Processors, each drive letter and size, System Model
Comma separated and new line for each server.
Below is my PowerShell code. Can your guys give a hint on why this does not work? Also why I get an error with New-Object statement?
foreach ($ComputerName in (Get-Content -Path .\servers.txt)) {
$HashProps = #{
'tHostname' = Get-WmiObject Win32_Computersystem -ComputerName $ComputerName | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Name
'tIP' = [System.Net.Dns]::GetHostAddresses($computername)
'tOS' = Get-WmiObject -ComputerName $ComputerName -Class Win32_OperatingSystem | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Caption
'tMemory' = Get-WmiObject Win32_PhysicalMemory | Measure-Object -Property capacity -Sum | foreach { "$("{0:n2}" -f ( $_.Sum/1GB ) )" }
'tcpu' = Get-WmiObject Win32_processor | Select-Object name, numberofcores
'tDisks' = Get-WmiObject Win32_LogicalDisk | foreach { "$($_.DeviceID) $("{0:n2}" -f ( $_.Size/ 1GB ) )" }
'tsysmodel' = Get-Wmiobject Win32_computersystem | Select-Object model
}
New-Object -TypeName psObject -Property $HashProps |
ConvertTo-Csv -NoTypeInformation | Out-File -Append .\output.csv
}
I am open for a other approach, if this is easier.
Have you verified that each of those lines actually return what you want?
I just threw this into the ISE and it works fine:
$f = gwmi win32_computersystem | select name,model,totalphysicalmemory
$hash = #{
'name' = $f.name
'model' = $f.model
'memory' = $("{0:n2}" -f ( $f.totalphysicalmemory/1GB ) )
}
New-Object -TypeName psobject -Property $hash | ConvertTo-Csv -NoTypeInformation | Out-File -Append .\test.csv
Also, if you want the properties to appear in a specific order in the CSV, it will take some additional magic, otherwise they're put in alphabetically.
A little bit pimped, maybe this will help you:
$Servers = Foreach ($ComputerName in (Get-Content -Path .\Servers.txt)) {
$CS = Get-WmiObject Win32_ComputerSystem -ComputerName $ComputerName
$OS = Get-WmiObject Win32_OperatingSystem -ComputerName $ComputerName
$PM = Get-WmiObject Win32_PhysicalMemory -ComputerName $ComputerName
$PR = Get-WmiObject Win32_processor -ComputerName $ComputerName
$LD = Get-WmiObject Win32_LogicalDisk -ComputerName $ComputerName
$IP = [System.Net.Dns]::GetHostAddresses($ComputerName)
[PSCustomObject]#{
ServerName = $CS | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Name
IPAddress = $IP | Select-Object -ExpandProperty IPAddressToString
OS = $OS | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Caption
Memory = $PM | Measure-Object -Property Capacity -Sum | foreach { "$("{0:n2}" -f ( $_.Sum/1GB ) )" }
CPU = $PR | Select-Object Name, NumberOfCores
Disks = $LD | foreach { "$($_.DeviceID) $("{0:n2}" -f ( $_.Size/ 1GB ) )" }
Model = $CS | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Model
}
}
$File = Join-Path $env:TEMP 'Ouptut.csv'
$Servers | Export-Csv -Path $File -NoTypeInformation -Delimiter ';'
Start-Process $File