I've been banging my head on this for a few days now, and I just can't figure out the best way to do it. I've got a script where I collect a bunch of data and output it to an html file (using PSWriteHTML Module, which is where the New-HTMLTable at the end comes from).
I've piecemealed the script together over time so I can gather the data from multiple servers at once, and for the most part, it all works great. As I've added data to the script to collect new info, there's a few parts that I just can't get to work right remotely. I know the piecemeal approach has left me with some redundant code, but I'm just trying to make it all work right before I re-write it again to clean it up, so my apologies for its current state.
The following code works great when I run the script from a server in a Windows Cluster, but I want things to work from any server, not necessarily a Cluster Node.
Here's orig code for this section:
try
{
$ClusterIPInfo = Invoke-command -computer $Computer {
Get-Cluster | Get-ClusterResource | %{
$_ | select Name,
#{ Name = "Address"; Expression = { $_ | Get-ClusterParameter -Name Address -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | select -ExpandProperty Value } },
#{ Name = "SubnetMask"; Expression = { $_ | Get-ClusterParameter -Name SubnetMask -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | select -ExpandProperty Value } }
}
} | Select -Property * -ExcludeProperty PSComputerName, RunSpaceID, PSShowComputerName
$ClusterResourceInfo = Invoke-command -computer $Computer {
Get-ClusterResource | Select Cluster, Name, State, ResourceType, OwnerGroup, OwnerNode, ID, IsCoreResource, IsNetworkClassResource, IsStorageClassResource | Sort-Object -Property OwnerGroup, Name
} | Select -Property * -ExcludeProperty PSComputerName, RunSpaceID, PSShowComputerName
$ResourceInfo = #()
foreach ($rec in $ClusterResourceInfo)
{
$Owner = (Get-ClusterResource | Sort-Object -Property OwnerGroup, Name | Get-ClusterOwnerNode | %{
$_ | select #{ Name = "Name"; Expression = { $_.ClusterObject } },
#{ Name = "PossibleOwners"; Expression = { $_.OwnerNodes } }
} | Where { $_.Name -eq $rec.Name }).PossibleOwners
$Dependency = (Get-ClusterResource | Sort-Object -Property OwnerGroup, Name | Get-ClusterResourceDependency | %{
$_ | select #{ Name = "Name"; Expression = { $_.Resource } },
#{ Name = "Dependency"; Expression = { $_ | Select-Object -ExpandProperty "DependencyExpression" } }
} | Where { $_.Name -eq $rec.Name }).Dependency
$address = ($ClusterIPInfo | Where { $_.Name -eq $rec.Name }).Address
$subnetmask = ($ClusterIPInfo | Where { $_.Name -eq $rec.Name }).SubnetMask
$recObj = New-Object PSObject
$recObj | Add-Member NoteProperty -Name "Cluster" -Value $rec.Cluster
$recObj | Add-Member NoteProperty -Name "Name" -Value $rec.Name
$recObj | Add-Member NoteProperty -Name "State" -Value $rec.State
$recObj | Add-Member NoteProperty -Name "Resource Type" -Value $rec.ResourceType
$recObj | Add-Member NoteProperty -Name "Owner Group" -Value $rec.OwnerGroup
$recObj | Add-Member NoteProperty -Name "Owner Node" -Value $rec.OwnerNode
$recObj | Add-Member NoteProperty -Name "Possible Owners" -Value $Owner
$recObj | Add-Member NoteProperty -Name "Dependency" -Value $Dependency
$recObj | Add-Member NoteProperty -Name "IP Address" -Value $address
$recObj | Add-Member NoteProperty -Name "Subnet Mask" -Value $subnetmask
$recObj | Add-Member NoteProperty -Name "Is Core Resource" -Value $rec.IsCoreResource
$recObj | Add-Member NoteProperty -Name "Is Network Resource" -Value $rec.IsNetworkClassResource
$recObj | Add-Member NoteProperty -Name "Is Storage Resource" -Value $rec.IsStorageClassResource
$ResourceInfo += $recObj
}
New-HTMLTable -DataTable $ResourceInfo -HideFooter -HideButtons -DisableSearch
The parts that don't work correctly remotely are the Dependency and PossibleOwners. I know the reason it doesn't work is because when the server running the script isn't a Cluster Node, it doesn't recognize the command under the Foreach loop Get-ClusterResource. But I just can't figure out how to make those pass correctly from within the Foreach loop, but still use the info from $ClusterResourceInfo.
I've re-written this a hundred different ways, i.e. make a single Invoke-command with basically one big Get-Cluster variable (couldn't get it to capture the Dependency/PossOwners, always $null), splitting up the Dependency and PossOwners to their own separate Invoke-Command (best I can get it to do is display System.Object[], or when I did get it to display, it captured ALL of the Dependencies for all objects and displayed on every line instead of splitting it up correctly).
I've tried every possible way I can think of or found online, but just can't get it to work correctly remotely.
Here's how the orig code above outputs (which is what I want, but I just want to fix it so it works remotely):
I am desperately hoping for some brilliance or guidance to set me on the right track. I tried so many ways, but just never quite got it where it needs to be, so any help is most appreciated and welcome. Thanks.
Couple of things i can suggest.
The "Get-ClusterResource" cmdlet fails because it is not installed on the server.
You may try to load the Failover cluster module using Import-Module, and if it fails (on a non-cluster Node), you can add the Failover Cluster Module for Windows PowerShell Feature, using the following PowerShell cmd:
Add-WindowsFeature RSAT-Clustering-PowerShell
You may try connecting to to the remote cluster node where the resource is hosted, using WMI ?
You have enough info about the resource to be able to write a filtered WMI query.
So the piecemeal approach is what got me in trouble. In trying to merge things together, I kept breaking it (mainly because I think had doubled up the %{}). So instead of merging, I just replicated the parts that were already working as intended.
Ultimately this code worked fine:
$ClusterInfo = Invoke-command -computer $Computer {
Get-Cluster | Get-ClusterResource | %{
$_ | select Name,
#{ Name = "Address"; Expression = { $_ | Get-ClusterParameter -Name Address -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | select -ExpandProperty Value } },
#{ Name = "SubnetMask"; Expression = { $_ | Get-ClusterParameter -Name SubnetMask -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | select -ExpandProperty Value } },
#{ Name = "PossibleOwners"; Expression = { $_ | Get-ClusterOwnerNode | select OwnerNodes | select -ExpandProperty OwnerNodes } },
#{ Name = "Dependency"; Expression = { $_ | Get-ClusterResourceDependency | select -ExpandProperty "DependencyExpression" } }
}
} | Select -Property * -ExcludeProperty PSComputerName, RunSpaceID, PSShowComputerName
$ClusterResourceInfo = Invoke-command -computer $Computer {
Get-ClusterResource | Select Cluster, Name, State, ResourceType, OwnerGroup, OwnerNode, IsCoreResource, IsNetworkClassResource, IsStorageClassResource | Sort-Object -Property OwnerGroup, Name
} | Select -Property * -ExcludeProperty PSComputerName, RunSpaceID, PSShowComputerName
$ResourceInfo = #()
foreach ($rec in $ClusterResourceInfo)
{
$Owner = ($ClusterInfo | Where { $_.Name -eq $rec.Name }).PossibleOwners
$Dependency = ($ClusterInfo | Where { $_.Name -eq $rec.Name }).Dependency
$address = ($ClusterInfo | Where { $_.Name -eq $rec.Name }).Address
$subnetmask = ($ClusterInfo | Where { $_.Name -eq $rec.Name }).SubnetMask
$recObj = New-Object PSObject
$recObj | Add-Member NoteProperty -Name "Cluster" -Value $rec.Cluster
$recObj | Add-Member NoteProperty -Name "Name" -Value $rec.Name
$recObj | Add-Member NoteProperty -Name "State" -Value $rec.State
$recObj | Add-Member NoteProperty -Name "Resource Type" -Value $rec.ResourceType
$recObj | Add-Member NoteProperty -Name "Owner Group" -Value $rec.OwnerGroup
$recObj | Add-Member NoteProperty -Name "Owner Node" -Value $rec.OwnerNode
$recObj | Add-Member NoteProperty -Name "Possible Owners" -Value $Owner
$recObj | Add-Member NoteProperty -Name "Dependency" -Value $Dependency
$recObj | Add-Member NoteProperty -Name "IP Address" -Value $address
$recObj | Add-Member NoteProperty -Name "Subnet Mask" -Value $subnetmask
$recObj | Add-Member NoteProperty -Name "Is Core Resource" -Value $rec.IsCoreResource
$recObj | Add-Member NoteProperty -Name "Is Network Resource" -Value $rec.IsNetworkClassResource
$recObj | Add-Member NoteProperty -Name "Is Storage Resource" -Value $rec.IsStorageClassResource
$ResourceInfo += $recObj
}
New-HTMLTable -DataTable $ResourceInfo -HideFooter -HideButtons -DisableSearch
The script below works out great for identifying licensing for each individual host across multiple vCenters. What I am trying to include is the tag for each host as well. When I run the command individually it works fine, however when I run it as part of the code it is not functioning correctly. I highlighted the section if anyone can please take a look thanks. The line of code with the issue is commented out within the script below.
I attempted pushing this into a variable outside and insideof the foreach loop but I am receiving either 0 output, or the same output across each object.
Below is the actual command I put inside the foreach loop which is not functional.
(Get-VMhost | where{$_.Category -like "*Host*"})
$sw = [Diagnostics.Stopwatch]::StartNew()
# Declare our list of vCenters
[array]$vclistall = "vcenter01"
# Ensure were not connected to any vcenters
if ($DefaultVIServer.Count -gt 0) {
Disconnect-VIServer * -Confirm:$false -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -WarningAction SilentlyContinue -Force:$true > $null
}
[array]$report = $null
foreach ($ScriptVCInstance in $vclistall) {
$connection = Connect-VIServer $ScriptVCInstance -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
if ($connection) {
Write-Host "Collecting License Assets on vCenter $($ScriptVCInstance)"
# Get the license manager assets
$LicenseManager = Get-view LicenseManager
$LicenseAssignmentManager = Get-View $LicenseManager.LicenseAssignmentManager
$licenses = $LicenseAssignmentManager.GetType().GetMethod("QueryAssignedLicenses").Invoke($LicenseAssignmentManager, #($null))
#Format the asset into an object
foreach ($license in $Licenses) {
$object = New-Object -TypeName PSObject
$object | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name "vCenter" -Value $($connection.name)
$object | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name "Entity" -Value $($license.EntityDisplayName)
$object | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name "Display Name" -Value $($license.Properties | where{$_.Key -eq 'ProductName'} | select -ExpandProperty Value)
$object | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name "Product Version" -Calue $($License.Properties | where{$_.Key -eq 'FileVersion'} | select -ExpandProperty Value)
$object | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name "License" -Value $($license.AssignedLicense.LicenseKey)
$object | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name "License Name" -Value $($license.AssignedLicense.Name)
$object | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name "Cost Unit" -Value $($license.Properties | where{$_.Key -eq 'CostUnit'} | select -ExpandProperty Value)
$object | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name "Used License" -Value $($license.Properties | where{$_.Key -eq 'EntityCost'} | select -ExpandProperty Value)
$object | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name "Total Licenses" -Value $($license.AssignedLicense.Total)
# Issue--> $object | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name "Tag" -Value $(Get-VMhost | where{$_.Category -like "*Host*"})
$report += $object
if ($DefaultVIServer.Count -gt 0) {
Disconnect-VIServer * -Confirm:$false -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -WarningAction SilentlyContinue -Force:$true > $null
}
} #end foreach $license
} else { # Else for if $connection
Write-warning "Not connected to vCenter $($ScriptVCInstance)"
} # endif $connection
} # End foreach $ScriptVCInstance
# write-out as a CSV file
Write-host "Exporting CSV $($env:USERPROFILE)\Licensed-Assets.csv"
$report | Sort-object "vCenter","License","Entity" | Export-csv "$($env:USERPROFILE)\Licensed-Assets.csv" -NoTypeInformation -UseCulture
$sw.Stop()
$sw.Elapsed
I need to pull all forwarding rules for an exchange online environment, and output them to a csv. this sounds simple, but I have an additional caveat. there are 23,000 mailboxes in the org.
I was able to write the script I needed, it outputted the data, but it timed out.
then I was able to break out only certain mailboxes that were critical (11,000) but I was still timing out in powershell.
so finally, I found an article that detailed breaking up a script into blocks of 1,000, and running numerous sessions. and runs! it runs without timing out.
but it doesn't output to the csv anymore.
since my script has gone through several iterations, I'm pretty sure that my problem is the way I'm storing, or outputting the array, but for all my staring at this, I cant figure it out. short of asking the doc for a prescription of Adderall, I figured id ask here. below is the offending script.
the aliaslist.csv that it mentions is just a csv with a list of aliases for 11,000 mailboxes. if you would like to run your own tests, you can adjust $pagesize down and paste a few mailboxes into a csv called aliaslist, stored in c:\temp
Function New-O365ExchangeSession()
{
param(
[parameter(mandatory=$true)]
$365master)
#close any old remote session
Get-PSSession | Remove-PSSession -Confirm:$false
#start a new office 365 remote session
$365session = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri "https://outlook.office365.com/powershell-liveid/" -Credential $365master -Authentication Basic -AllowRedirection
$office365 = Import-PSSession $365session
}
#set input variables
$path = "C:\temp"
$InputFile = aliaslist.csv"
$UserEmail = "admin#domain.com"
#set variables for csv usage
$Offset = 0;
$PageSize = 1000;
$MbxMax = (Import-Csv "$path/$InputFile").count
#Loop in the list and retrieve the device’s information
$file = “c:\temp\office365-$((get-date).tostring(“yyyy-MM-dd”)).csv”
$365master = get-credential $UserEmail
New-O365ExchangeSession $365master
# call the office365 remote connection function
do{
$mbxlist=#(import-csv "$path/$InputFile"|select-object -skip $Offset -First $PageSize)
"Process entry $($Offset) to $($Offset+$PageSize)"
#end csv input count reference
ForEach($mbx in $MbxList)
{
#Write to Host
"start Processing $($mbx.alias)"
#end Write to host,
#Check rules
$rules = Get-InboxRule -mailbox $_.alias | ? {$_.RedirectTo -ne $null -or $_.ForwardTo -ne $null -or $_.ForwardAsAttachmentTo -ne $null}
If ($rules -ne $null)
{
$rules | % {
#check for forwardAsAttachments
If ($_.ForwardAsAttachmentTo -ne $null)
{
$obj = New-Object system.object
$obj | Add-Member -name "NetID" -Value $_.alias -MemberType NoteProperty
$obj | Add-Member -name "ForwardType" -Value "Forward As Attachment Rule" -MemberType NoteProperty
$obj | Add-Member -name "ForwardAddress" -Value $_.forwardAsAttachmentTo -MemberType NoteProperty
$obj | Add-Member -name "Enabled" -Value $_.Enabled -MemberType NoteProperty
$obj | Add-Member -name "Description" -Value $f -MemberType NoteProperty
If (Test-Path $file)
{
$mbx.alias + ”,” + ($obj | ConvertTo-Csv)[2] | Out-File $file –Append
}
Else
{
$obj | Export-Csv $file -Encoding ASCII -notypeinformation
}
}
$obj = $null
#check for redirects
If ($_.redirectto -ne $null)
{
$obj = New-Object system.object
$obj | Add-Member -name "NetID" -Value $_.alias -MemberType NoteProperty
$obj | Add-Member -name "ForwardType" -Value "Redirct Rule" -MemberType NoteProperty
$obj | Add-Member -name "ForwardAddress" -Value $_.redirectto -MemberType NoteProperty
$obj | Add-Member -name "Enabled" -Value $_.Enabled -MemberType NoteProperty
$obj | Add-Member -name "Description" -Value $c -MemberType NoteProperty
If (Test-Path $file)
{
$mbx.alias + ”,” + ($obj | ConvertTo-Csv)[2] | Out-File $file –Append
}
Else
{
$obj | Export-Csv $file -Encoding ASCII -notypeinformation
}
}
$obj = $null
#check for forwards
If ($_.ForwardTo -ne $null)
{
$obj = New-Object system.object
$obj | Add-Member -name "NetID" -Value $_.alias -MemberType NoteProperty
$obj | Add-Member -name "ForwardType" -Value "Forward Rule" -MemberType NoteProperty
$obj | Add-Member -name "ForwardAddress" -Value $_.forwardto -MemberType NoteProperty
$obj | Add-Member -name "Enabled" -Value $_.Enabled -MemberType NoteProperty
$obj | Add-Member -name "Description" -Value $f -MemberType NoteProperty
If (Test-Path $file)
{
($obj | ConvertTo-Csv)[2] | Out-File $file –Append
}
Else
{
$obj | Export-Csv $file -Encoding ASCII -notypeinformation
}
}
$obj = $null
}
}
}
#increment the start point for the next chunk
$Offset+=$PageSize
#Call the office365 remote session function to close the current one and open a new session
New-O365ExchangeSession $365master
} while($Offset -lt $MbxMax)
I have the following script which I use to collect the installed applications on various servers:
$results = #()
$list = Get-Content serverlist.txt
foreach ($computer in $list) {
echo "Processing $($computer)"
if (Test-Connection -Cn $computer -BufferSize 16 -Count 1 -ea 0 -quiet ) {
echo "Getting installed apps from $($computer) ..."
$UninstallKey="SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Uninstall"
echo "Opening remote registry ..."
$reg=[microsoft.win32.registrykey]::OpenRemoteBaseKey('LocalMachine',$computer)
echo "Getting registry keys ..."
if ($reg) {
$regkey=$reg.OpenSubKey($UninstallKey)
if ($regkey) {
$subkeys=$regkey.GetSubKeyNames()
echo "Building result object ..."
foreach($key in $subkeys){
$thisKey=$UninstallKey+"\\"+$key
$thisSubKey=$reg.OpenSubKey($thisKey)
$obj = New-Object PSObject
$obj | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name "ComputerName" -Value $computer
$obj | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name "DisplayName" -Value $($thisSubKey.GetValue("DisplayName"))
$obj | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name "DisplayVersion" -Value $($thisSubKey.GetValue("DisplayVersion"))
$obj | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name "InstallLocation" -Value $($thisSubKey.GetValue("InstallLocation"))
$obj | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name "Publisher" -Value $($thisSubKey.GetValue("Publisher"))
$results += $obj
}
}
}
} else {
echo "$($computer) is DOWN!"
$obj = New-Object PSObject
$obj | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name "ComputerName" -Value $computer
$obj | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name "DisplayName" -Value "Down"
$obj | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name "DisplayVersion" -Value "Down"
$obj | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name "InstallLocation" -Value "Down"
$obj | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name "Publisher" -Value "Down"
$results += $obj
}
}
$results | Where-Object { $_.DisplayName } | select ComputerName, DisplayName, DisplayVersion, InstallLocation, Publisher | Export-Csv D:\Temp\InstalledApps.csv
This works fine on all of the domain member servers. The issue comes when I try to get this to work on two non-domain Windows 2008R2 Standard servers. One server works fine and the other server does not. On the server that does not work, I get the following error:
Exception calling "OpenSubKey" with "1" argument(s): "Requested registry access is not allowed."
I cannot figure out why this would work for one server and not the other. I am running the script from a non-elevated Powershell on a Windows 7 x64 machine.
UPDATE:
I used Process Monitor to track what the Remote Registry service was doing on both machines. On the machine where things work OK, I see 4 reads of HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecurePipeServers\winreg and then it starts pulling the information I want from HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall. On the machine where things are not working, Remote Registry does the same 4 reads of the winreg key but then it starts reading HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecurePipeServers\winreg\AllowedPaths and HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecurePipeServers\winreg\AllowedExactPaths. I did some investigation and Remote Registry checks the permissions on the winreg key before proceeding. I compared the good machine and bad machine and the registry keys and permissions are all exactly the same and are the default ones installed.
I did not find an actual cause or solution to this issue but I did find a workaround. Adding the uninstall registry keys to the AllowedPaths entry allowed me to do what I want. Not sure why one server requires this and the other doesn't but I can move ahead this way.
Can someone help me understand why the $_ works differently for the Add-Member function than it seems to for other PowerShell functions? There must be some nuance that I am missing here.
Using the sample CSV file below, the first 3 examples work fine. The fourth, which seems pretty straightforward, does not. The error Powershell returns is:
The variable '$_' cannot be retrieved because it has not been set.
Is this "normal" or have I miscoded something?
Thanks in advance.
Test.csv
Column1,Column2, Column3
Rock,1,abc
Paper,2,efg
Scissors,3,hij
$obj = Import-CSV "C:\test.csv"
(1) $obj | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name IdNumber -value "ROCK" -PassThru| Format-Table
(2) $obj | ForEach-Object { $_ | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name IdNumber -value $_.Column1 ; $_} | Format-Table
(3) $obj | ForEach-Object { Add-Member -InputObject $_ -MemberType NoteProperty -Name IdNumber -value $_.Column1 ; $_ } | Format-Table
(4) $obj | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name IdNumber -value $_.Column1 -PassThru| Format-Table
When you do this:
$obj | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name IdNumber -value $_.Column1 -PassThru
You are accessing $_ outside of a pipeline bound context e.g. inside a foreach-object expression or within a scriptblock value specified for a pipeline bound parameter. The Value parameter is not pipeline bound. If it were you would be able to do this:
$obj | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name IdNumber -value {$_.Column1} -PassThru
As it stands, the easiest way to do what you want is:
$obj | ForEach-Object { Add-Member -Inp $_ NoteProperty -Name IdNumber -Value $_.Column1 -PassThru } | Format-Table