We are getting ready to merge our AD with another. We have about 300 computers that I'm trying to match up with who uses them so the accounts and home folders migrate correctly, and I'm trying to think of the most efficient way to get this information.
We have everyone in an inventory system (Filemaker) (and will be implementing SCCM once we migrate (thank god) ) but we had a few errors when we did our first test batch. Im looking for something I can push out through group policy (possibly?) that will give me the computer name, logged in account, and them email it to me.
So far this is what I have.
[System.Environment]::UserName
[System.Environment]::UserDomainName
[System.Environment]::MachineName
Out-File T:\TEST.txt
But the output is blank. Any idea what I'm doing wrong here? Also is there a way to have this run on multiple computers but write to the same file?
"$env:USERNAME,$env:USERDOMAIN,$env:COMPUTERNAME" | Out-File 'T:\test.txt'
will write the name and domain of the currently logged-in user as well as the hostname of the local computer to the file T:\test.txt.
Using a single file may cause conflicts due to concurrent write attempts, though. It's better to use one file per computer, like this:
"$env:USERDOMAIN\$env:USERNAME" | Out-File "T:\$env:COMPUTERNAME.txt"
Run it as a logon script (or from a logon script), e.g. like this:
powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File "\\%USERDNSDOMAIN\netlogon\your.ps1"
Get-ADComputer -Filter * -Property * | Select-Object Name | Out-File C:\outdir\machinelist.txt -NoTypeInformation -Encoding UTF8
will get you all machine names, unless you have them already. Either way, use your list of machines in
$MachineList = Get-Content -Path c:\outdir\machinelist.txt;
foreach ($Machine in $MachineList){
($Machine + ": " + #(Get-WmiObject -ComputerName $Machine -Namespace root\cimv2 -Class Win32_ComputerSystem)[0].UserName) | Out-File "C:\outdir\result.txt" -Append
}
If you change the destination directory to somewhere that all computers have access to, it can run on multiple computers. It won't email it to you but you can just grab it.
You'll need to pipe those properties into the file like..
[System.Environment]::UserName, [System.Environment]::UserDomainName, [System.Environment]::MachineName | Out-File T:\Test.txt
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Good morning,
Hopefully this will be a quick and easy one to answer.
I am trying to run a PS script and have it export to csv based on a list of IP addresses from a text file. At the moment, it will run but only produce one csv.
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$computers = get-content "pathway.txt"
$source = "\\$computer\c$"
foreach ($computer in $computers) {
Get-ChildItem -Path "\\$Source\c$" -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue |
Select-Object Name,Extension,FullName,CreationTime,LastAccessTime,LastWriteTime,Length |
Export-CSV -Path "C:\path\$computer.csv" -NoTypeInformation
}
Edit
The script is now creating the individual server files as needed and I did change the source .txt file to list the servers by HostName rather than IP. The issue now is that no data is populating in the .csv files. It will create them but nothing populates. I have tried different source file paths to see if maybe its due to folder permissions or just empty but nothing seems to populate in the files.
The $computer file lists a number of server IP addresses so the script should run against each IP and then write out to a separate csv file with the results, naming the csv file the individual IP address accordingly.
Does anyone see any errors in the script that I provided, that would prevent it from writing out to a separate csv with each run? I feel like it has something to do with the foreach loop but I cannot seem to isolate where I am going wrong.
Also, I cannot use any third-party software as this is a closed network with very strict FW rules so I am left with powershell (which is okay). And yes this will be a very long run for each of the servers but I am okay with that.
Edit
I did forget to mention that when I run the script, I get an error indicating that the export-csv path is too long which doesn't make any sense unless it is trying to write all of the IP addresses to a single name.
"Export-CSV : The specified path, file name, or both are too long. The fully qualified file name must be less than 260 characters, and the directory name must be less than 248 characters.
At line:14 char:1
TIA
Running the script against C: Drive of each computer is strongly not advisable that too with Recurse option. But for your understanding, this is how you should pass the values to the variables. I haven't tested this code.
$computer = get-content "pathway.txt"
foreach ($Source in $computer) {
Get-ChildItem -Path "\\$Source\c$" -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue |
Select-Object Name,Extension,FullName,CreationTime,LastAccessTime,LastWriteTime,Length | Export-Csv -Path "C:\Path\$source.csv" -NoTypeInformation
}
$computer will hold the whole content and foreach will loop the content and $source will get one IP at a time. I also suggest instead of IP's you can have hostname so that your output file have servername.csv for each server.
In hopes that this helps someone else. I have finally got the script to run and create the individual .csv files for each server hostname.
$servers = Get-Content "path"
Foreach ($server in $servers)
{
Get-ChildItem -Path "\\$server\c$" -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue |
Select-Object Name,Extension,FullName,CreationTime,LastAccessTime,LastWriteTime,Length |
Export-CSV -Path "path\$server.csv" -NoTypeInformation
}
I'm brand new to PS scripting, so bear with me :)
I'm trying to create a PS script that will write the Win10 activation code to a file then copy that file to a central repo to then manually activate.
I'm creating a PS script and trying to run
cscript.exe c:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs -dti >
$SourceDir\$env:computername.txt
$SourceDir = \\computer01\c$\temp
I need to run it from one computer, remotely connecting to every computer on the network, creating the computername.txt file then copying that file back to a central repository for all the files.
What I have so far:
$s1=New-PSSession -ComputerName computer01 -Credential $AdminCred
Test-Connection -ComputerName computer01
$id='\\computer01\windows\system32'
$SourceDir='\\computer01\c$\temp'
md $SourceDir
$GetActID=cscript.exe $id\slmgr.vbs -dti >
$SourceDir\$env:computername.txt
Invoke-Command -Session $s1 -ScriptBlock { $Using:GetActID }
Then I call a batch file that copies the computername.txt file from the computer01 over to a repository where they are going to sit.
I FINALLY got it working correctly except for the name of the file isn't naming it to the computer01, it's naming it with the hostname of the computer I'm running it from, therefore the filenames are identical. I had the naming piece working, but I had to change the way I was remoting into the computer and now it's not naming correctly.
Any idea on how I could get it to name the file to be related to the remote computer?
**I'm still working on the whole piece of the puzzle where it goes back to an excel sheet pulled from AD and pulls the host names from that sheet to connect to each machine, I believe I'll be adding a ForEach syntax in there somehow for that.
Although not sure how you are getting the list of "every computer on the network", chances are you are doing this using
# get a list of all AD computers (their names only)
$computers = (Get-ADComputer -Filter *).Name
Then I think you don't need to have every computer save the file on its own disk and later copy these files to a central share.
Instead, just capture the info in a variable and after the loop write the file to the central share as structured CSV file combining all computernames and install id's so you can open in Excel.
Using the array of computernames from above, iterate through them
$result = $computers | ForEach-Object {
# test if the computer can be reached
if (Test-Connection -ComputerName $_ -Count 1 -Quiet) {
$installId = Invoke-Command -ComputerName $_ -ScriptBlock {
cscript.exe //nologo "$env:SystemRoot\System32\slmgr.vbs" -dti
}
# $installId is returned as array !
# output an object with two properties
[PsCustomObject]#{
Computer = $_
InstallId = $installId[0] -replace '\D' # remove everything non-numeric
}
}
else {
Write-Warning "Computer $_ is not responding"
}
}
# now you can display the result on screen
$result | Format-Table -AutoSize
# or by means of the GridView if you prefer
$result | Out-GridView -Title 'Computer InstallIds'
# and save the results in your central share as structured CSV file
$result | Export-Csv -Path '\\server\share\restofpath\ComputerInstallIds.csv' -NoTypeInformation
You may have to append -Credential $adminCreds to the Invoke-Command call to make sure you have permissions to have each machine run that piece of code in the scriptblock. The easiest way of obtaining that credential is to start off with $adminCreds = Get-Credential -Message "Please enter administrator credentials"
We have a large effort underway for specific PC’s (approximately 10,000) that need to be renamed. They are in workgroup mode (not domain joined). Obviously if we can script this and do it remotely we should. I have been trying to better understand PowerShell and think it can actually be done pretty easily if I can get the code right. I need a very simple script that will:
Get the current IP address of the machine.
Compare that IP address to a CSV formatted list.
From the list, use the new Computer Name based on the IP Address and rename the computer.
The CSV would be very simple:
IPADDRESS,NEWCOMPNAME
192.168.0.1,NewPC1
192.168.0.2,NEWPC2
192.168.0.3,NEWPC3
This is the script I have so far but is not working:
$currentIpAddress = Test-Connection $env:COMPUTERNAME -count 1 | select Address, Ipv4Address
$csv = Import-Csv C:\test.csv
$newComputerName = $csv | where {$_.IPADDRESS -eq $currentIpAddress} | % NEWCOMPNAME
Rename-Computer -newname $newComputerName -Force -Restart
Thanks all for your comments and questions. I figured it out. Just to answer the questions and post the correct code for others, here goes. I am hitting Windows 8.1 x64 and Windows 10 x64. Powershell 4 and 5. If the computer name is not in the list, then the script fails (which is good) and does nothing. Also, we are running this as the local admin account, so the tests have proven successful so far.
The updated scripts are:
The CMD we are using:
If Not Exist C:\Temp MD C:\Temp
Copy /Y "%~dp0RenameComputerBasedOnIPList.csv" C:\temp\RenameComputerBasedOnIPList.csv
powershell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -File "%~dp0RenameComputerBasedOnIPList.ps1"
The PowerShell script that is running:
Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted
$currentIpAddress = Test-Connection $env:COMPUTERNAME -count 1 | select Address, Ipv4Address
$csv = Import-Csv C:\Temp\RenameComputerBasedOnIPList.csv
$newComputerName = $csv | where {$_.IPADDRESS -eq $currentIpAddress.IPV4Address} | % NEWCOMPNAME
Write-Host $currentIpAddress
Write-Host $csv
Write-Host $newComputerName
Rename-Computer -NewName $newComputerName -Force -Restart
The formatted list is like this named RenameComputerBasedOnIPList.csv.
IPADDRESS,NEWCOMPNAME
10.96.21.121,BADCOMPNAME
10.96.21.158,WIN10NAMECHANGE
192.168.0.2,BADCOMPNAME1
10.96.21.52,WIN81NAMECHANGE
Thanks again.
I have this script that I am trying to run, that I hope will back up DNS zones. I am attempting to export this information into a csv file using the export-csv powershell cmdlet. Finally, I use use the dnscmd.exe command to export zones information into a text file and store them in the defined location.
# Get Name of the server with env variable
$DNSSERVER=get-content env:computername
#—Define folder where to store backup —–#
$BkfFolder=”c:\windows\system32\dns\backup”
#—Define file name where to store Dns Settings
$StrFile=Join-Path $BkfFolder “input.csv”
#—-Check if folder exists. if exists, delete contents–#
if (-not(test-path $BkfFolder)) {
new-item $BkfFolder -Type Directory | Out-Null
} else {
Remove-Item $BkfFolder”\*” -recurse
}
#—- GET DNS SETTINGS USING WMI OBJECT ——–#
#– Line wrapped should be only one line –#
$List = get-WmiObject -ComputerName $DNSSERVER
-Namespace root\MicrosoftDNS -Class MicrosoftDNS_Zone
#—-Export information into input.csv file —#
#– Line wrapped should be only one line –#
$list | Select Name,ZoneType,AllowUpdate,#{Name=”MasterServers”;Expression={$_.MasterServers}},
DsIntegrated | Export-csv $strFile -NoTypeInformation
#— Call Dnscmd.exe to export dns zones
$list | foreach {
$path=”backup\”+$_.name
$cmd=”dnscmd {0} /ZoneExport {1} {2}” -f $DNSSERVER,$_.Name,$path
Invoke-Expression $cmd
}
# End of Script
#——————————————————————————————-#
When I run the script, I get the following message:
I am not exactly sure what this message is saying. I tried inputting my computer name, but that does not work either.
Any help is appreciated!
From line 2:
$DNSSERVER=get-content env:computername
should be:
$DNSSERVER = $Env:Computername
The error is in this line:
$List = get-WmiObject -ComputerName $DNSSERVER -Namespace root\MicrosoftDNS -Class MicrosoftDNS_Zone
Make sure that it's on the same line instead of separate lines, It is requesting the class for the gwmi command, but since it is in another line it's not taking it. Because the class does exist in here so the issue should be in that particular line.
Another point it is looking for the DNS class so only would work if the windows servers have DNS feature or role installed on it.
Getting an ambiguous identity error. I can search successfully to return the group that a user account is a member of, but when I try to search for the groups that a computer account is a member of there is the ambiguous identity error. I tried to use a -type or -identity switch, but either I did not have the syntax correct or it was just not applicable.
Where my targeted computer account is called SNA00760856, I have been working on using...
Get-QADGroup -Containsindirectmember SNA00760856
Any massaging that I can do to the command to get the groups that the computer SNA00760856 is a member of? Dropping in a user account in place of the computer account works like a charm.
I have also tried to qualify the computer name with the domain info.
Ie SNA00760856.mydivision.mydomain.com or mydivision\SNA00760856
Also tried to collect the membership of the computer using which I know is wrong after a closer reading of the switch info....
Get-QADobject -IndirectMemberOf SNA00760856
Results in ambiguous identity as well.
You can get the group memberships of a computer in AD through the ActiveDirectory module with Get-ADPrincipalGroupMembership. You'll need to search via the computers DistinguishedName, which can be achieved by leveraging Get-ADComputer:
Get-ADPrincipalGroupMembership (Get-ADComputer SNA00760856).DistinguishedName
That'll return all of the group objects SNA00760856 is a member of.
If you want to clean up the output, use this
Get-ADPrincipalGroupMembership (Get-ADComputer ComputerName) | select-object name
If you export to a list use
Get-AdPrincipalGroupMembership ( Get-ADComputer XXXXXXX ) | Out-File C:\XXX\XXX
I used something to pull down the AD Computer information and the Computer membership into one Text file.
This is using $Env:computerName to get the name of computer script is run on. If you want to select a different computer, change out the variable $HostName = to a computer name of your choice. Example $HostName = "Janes-Laptop01" .
The computer you run this script on must have the Active Directory module installed for this to work.
Import-module -Name ActiveDirectory
$HostName = $Env:computerName
$path = "c:\temp\Computer_AD_Membership_Info_$($HostName)_$(get-date -f yyyyMMdd-hhmm).txt"
Echo "`r`n ******* Computer OU Information. ******* `r`n" | Out-File -FilePath $path -Encoding utf8 -Force ;
Get-AdComputer -Identity $($HostName) -Properties * | Out-File -FilePath $path -Encoding utf8 -Append -Force ;
Echo "`r`n ******* AD Groups Computer Member of. ******* `r`n" | Out-File -FilePath $path -Encoding utf8 -Append -Force ;
Get-ADPrincipalGroupMembership (Get-ADComputer $($HostName)).DistinguishedName | Out-File -FilePath $path -Encoding utf8 -Append -Force ;