Parse data using Powershell and convert to Json - powershell

Question

Background.
i have IBM CDC Replication engine and i need to check subscriptions status by using Zabbix.
Im calling subs status by cmd.exe /C "C:\Program Files\IBM\InfoSphere Data Replication\Management Console\bin\chcclp.exe" -f c:\CDC_Check.txt where CDC_Check.txt is script for that chcclp CLI
//Check the status of all subscriptions
//Source datastore: ***
//Target datastore: ***
chcclp session set to cdc;
// Turn on verbose output.
set verbose;
// Setting variables.
set variable name "ACCESS_HOSTNAME" value "";
set variable name "ACCESS_PORT" value "";
set variable name "ACCESS_USERNAME" value "";
set variable name "ACCESS_PASSWORD" value "";
set variable name "SOURCE_DATASTORE" value "";
set variable name "TARGET_DATASTORE" value "";
// Connecting to Access Server.
connect server
hostname "%ACCESS_HOSTNAME%"
port "%ACCESS_PORT%"
username "%ACCESS_USERNAME%"
password "%ACCESS_PASSWORD%";
// Connecting to the source and target datastores.
connect datastore name "%SOURCE_DATASTORE%";
connect datastore name "%TARGET_DATASTORE%";
// Setting the datastore context.
select datastore name "%SOURCE_DATASTORE%" context source;
select datastore name "%TARGET_DATASTORE%" context target;
// List replication state and latency of all subscriptions.
monitor replication;
// Disconnecting from datastores and Access Server.
disconnect datastore name "%SOURCE_DATASTORE%";
disconnect datastore name "%TARGET_DATASTORE%";
// Disconnect from Access Server and terminate the script.
disconnect server;
exit;
and im receiving following result:
Im trying to parse Subscription + Status and move it to Json for next integration with zabbix.
Im very new in PS so i still have no normal progress.
I understand idea that i need to capture anything that going under SUBSCRIPTIONS and STATE and write it to Json.

Answer 1

The first step would be to redirect the output of the app so you can read it in for parsing.
cmd.exe /C "C:\Program Files\IBM\InfoSphere Data Replication\Management Console\bin\chcclp.exe" -f c:\CDC_Check.txt > C:\temp\file.log
Then you can use the get Get-Content cmdlet to get it in your console session
$fileContent = Get-Content -Path "C:\temp\file.log"
Once it's in an array you can parse it like so.
$i=0
$fileContent | %{
$i++
if($_ | Select-String -Pattern "SUBSCRIPTION STATE" -CaseSensitive){
$headerIndex = $i
}
}
$headerIndex += 2 #start of report data to capture
This loop continues until it finds the blank line in the output
$hashObj= #{}
for ($x = $headerIndex; $fileContent[$x].length -gt 1 ;$x++){
$hashObj.Add("$($fileContent[$x].Substring(0,19).Trim(' '))","$($fileContent[$x].Substring(20,19).Trim(' '))")
}
#converts your hashtable to json object
$jsonObj = $hashObj | convertto-json
Not entirely sure how you need the json formatted but this will be what to expect your output to be similar to
{
"S_ACC_D": "Mirror Continuous",
"S_ACC_E": "Mirror Continuous",
"S_ACC_A": "Mirror Continuous",
"S_ACC_B": "Mirror Continuous",
"S_ACC_C": "Mirror Continuous"
}