Given the following:
get-wmiobject win32_networkadapterconfiguration -ComputerName SERVER1,SERVER2|select pscomputername,__SERVER
Only values for __SERVER are returned. However, PSComputerName is an AliasProperty which points at __SERVER. So I expect it to return values as well (the same values as I have in __SERVER).
get-wmiobject win32_networkadapterconfiguration |gm pscomputername,__SERVER returns the following:
Name MemberType Definition
---- ---------- ----------
PSComputerName AliasProperty PSComputerName = __SERVER
__SERVER Property System.String __SERVER {get;set;}
I'm certain I've used PSComputername in the past, successfully. What am I missing here that's causing it to fail? It's happening with both PowerShell v2 & v3.
This has been asked before on some websites (see CB's comment)
and also:
Powershell PSComputerName is empty or blank when selected after invoke-command
but there is another issue I came across some time ago and never been mentioned (well not according to my Google search at that time nor now)
Are you trying to query a virtual machine?
because as far as I know and I tried, PsComputerName is absent when you query a VirtualMachine (VMware in my case).
I never found a solution for that or a workaround but I thought it will save you the time for looking one.
If you do find something though I will be more than happy to learn it :)
Related
I am trying to get network mapped drives using below commands.
Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_MappedLogicalDisk | %{$_.Name}
Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_MappedLogicalDisk | %{$_.ProviderName}
This works in some system however does not in other systems(may be powershell version issue) So I thought of using net use command. However, I am unable to fetch the values or not sure how to get the values displays when i type 'net use'
when I type net use I get status, Local, Remote and Network column. I tried to use the below command to get the field values.
net use | select local.
but I get blank or nothing
Used below command.
net use | select local.
Need to get Local and Remote values from net use command.
See this for parsing legacy console output ---
How to Convert Text Output of a Legacy Console Application to PowerShell Objects
Yet, along with what LotPings gave you already. Your query could be a duplicate of this ...
Equivalent of net use (to list computer's connections) in powershell?
... and it's accepted answer
# For the mapped logical drive you can use WMI class Win32_MappedLogicalDisk :
Get-WmiObject Win32_MappedLogicalDisk
# Here is another way with Win32_LogicalDisk :
PS C:\> Get-WmiObject -Query "Select * From Win32_LogicalDisk Where DriveType = 4"
DeviceID : V:
DriveType : 4
ProviderName : \\jpbdellf1\c$
FreeSpace :
Size :
VolumeName :
# Edited
# You are right, you can get what you need with Win32_NetworkConnection :
Get-WmiObject Win32_NetworkConnection
LocalName RemoteName ConnectionState Status
--------- ---------- --------------- ------
\\jpbasusf1\temp Connected OK
# On Seven or W2K8 be careful to call this with the same user that run the NET USE because it's a session information.
How about using get-psdrive (the root header actually matches the displayroot property)?
get-psdrive | where displayroot -like '\\*'
Name Used (GB) Free (GB) Provider Root
---- --------- --------- -------- ----
Y 91.84 7.82 FileSystem \\server....
Depending on the PowerShell versions available you might encounter similar problems with
Get-SmbMapping which wraps the CimClass: ROOT/Microsoft/Windows/SMB:MSFT_SmbMapping.
But has otherwise an output resembling net use.
To process the real net use output and convert to an object with properties,
you may use:
$SmbMapping = (net use) -like '* \\*' | ForEach-Object {
$Status,$Local,$Remote,$Null = $_ -split ' +',4
[PSCustomObject]#{
Status = $Status
Local = $Local
Remote = $Remote
}
}
This works at least in my German locale Win10.
(Not sure about different status messages in other locales.)
I am trying to use Get-PrintConfiguration on a networked printer but for some reason it returns this error
Get-PrintConfiguration : The specified printer was not found. At
line:1 char:1
+ Get-PrintConfiguration -PrinterName "Printer1"
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (MSFT_PrinterConfiguration:ROOT/StandardCi...erConfiguration)
[Get-PrintConfiguration], CimException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : HRESULT 0x80070709,Get-PrintConfiguration
Is there something I am missing? The Printer name is correct and im somewhat confident the syntax is correct.
Edit:
I just noticed the second line. If you're specifying a printer name by concatenating multiple strings, be sure to surround the concatenations with parenthese. Example:
Get-PrinterConfiguration -PrinterName ("Printer1" + "-PC1")
Hope some of this helps.
Original:
Only posting this as an answer since I don't have enough reputation to make a comment, but in order to get a proper answer, could you provide more details, please? Perhaps a code/script example?
This worked for me to get a network printer configuration
Get-Printer | Where-Object -Property 'Name' -EQ 'Sharp MX-4140N' | Get-PrintConfiguration
PrinterName ComputerName Collate Color DuplexingMode
----------- ------------ ------- ----- -------------
Sharp MX-4140N True True OneSided
Note: computer name blanked intentionally.
With PowerShell 3, I tried to get help on what properties are available for CPU; while using Get-Process. I just tried a shot in the dark, as below:
Help Get-Process -Property CPU
But, failed. Any help, please!
What are you looking for? Information about your processor? Get-Process list running processes(e.g. internet explorer) on your computer, not info about your processor-chips(CPU). Ex:
Get-Process
Output:
Handles NPM(K) PM(K) WS(K) VM(M) CPU(s) Id ProcessName
------- ------ ----- ----- ----- ------ -- -----------
284 25 7128 8748 103 1608 AppleMobileDeviceService
75 7 1136 1528 44 1588 armsvc
703 82 6612 7732 114 1,25 4212 AsusAudioCenter
Information about your processor can be found using:
Get-WmiObject Win32_Processor
Output:
Caption : Intel64 Family 6 Model 42 Stepping 7
DeviceID : CPU0
Manufacturer : GenuineIntel
MaxClockSpeed : 3400
Name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600 CPU # 3.40GHz
SocketDesignation : LGA1155
To get all properties about your CPU use Get-WmiObject Win32_Processor | fl *. To get a list of avaiable properties, use the Get-Member cmdlet to examine the object that Get-WmiObjectreturns:
Get-WmiObject Win32_Processor | Get-Member
Your shot in the dark missed. Also, since your description of what went wrong is nothing more than "But, failed.", I can only guess at what your problem might be. In order to better help you use help you need to help us by providing pertinent information about your problem such as error messages.
Firstly, Help (or the Get-Help cmdlet) does not have a -Property parameter. -Parameter might be what you looking for, however running Help Get-Process -Parameter CPU will reveal that the Get-Process cmdlet does not have a CPU parameter.
Secondly, Get-Process returns instances of the System.Diagnostics.Process class. The documentation or running Get-Process | Get-Member will show you what properties that class exposes. You can retrieve them by running something like...
Get-Process | Select-Object -Property (
'ProcessName',
'Id',
'ProcessorAffinity',
'UserProcessorTime',
'PrivilegedProcessorTime',
'TotalProcessorTime'
);
Finally, unlike previous versions PowerShell 3.0 does not install local help content. You need to run the Update-Help cmdlet to download and install help content. Alternatively, when running Get-Help you can pass the -Online parameter which will open the help content from MSDN in a web browser.
I want to find what the possible columns or elements are from the get-service command. I am mostly interested in finding the log on as value a service runs under, but it'd be nice to know how to find others when the need arises.
Use the Get-Member cmdlet - gm in short
Get-Service | gm
Coming to Log On As, I think Get-Service ( or rather the [ServiceController] type)
does not expose it. You can use WMI though:
gwmi win32_service | select name, startname
Alright, I've tried to figure this out, but figured it's time to ask the interwebs. I'm wondering if this is a bug or what.
I'm trying to start jobs against multiple computers to determine which database names reside on them.
My Computer1 system setup is: Powershell 2.0, Windows 2k3 Enterprise x64
On Computer1 I can run:
Start-Job -scriptblock {gwmi -query "select * from win32_computersystem" -ComputerName "Computer2"}
And the job will be stuck in a state of "Running" forever. But not if I run the same command outside the job's script block in the shell.
I've tried this exact setup here with a local admin's (vs my domain) credentials, but same result. It doesn't work for me for some reason.
I've tried building a custom WMI dotnet object that doesn't use gwmi, but I get the same result!
The -asjob parameter?:
This is not a solution.
When using this parameter, the powershell window crashes at around 2GB memory used on a 12GB system; Whereas I can use start-job all the way to 12GB without problems. I might as well run every query in serial fashion.
Also, memory is never reclaimed when using the -Asjob parameter on Gwmi, so no further jobs can continue; even after running "remove-job * -force" or "[GC]::Collect()", the memory consumption for powershell.exe stubbornly remains the same (again, unlike start-job).
Since SQL instance names vary, the wmi class names vary. So I need to run multiple query commands against multiple classes. While is technically doable, its more complex and, given the above memory requirements, limited to 2gb. I'm hoping someone will just know how to make start-job work like it should.
So about the only thing I haven't tried is maybe I have to specify the authority parameter?
I use Invoke-Command -asJob for this :
PS C:\> Invoke-Command -ComputerName "WM2008R2ENT" -ScriptBlock {gwmi -query "select * from win32_computesystem"} -AsJob
Id Name State HasMoreData Location Command
-- ---- ----- ----------- -------- -------
1 Job1 Running True wm2008r2ent gwmi -query "select * ...
PS C:\> Get-Job
Id Name State HasMoreData Location Command
-- ---- ----- ----------- -------- -------
1 Job1 Completed True wm2008r2ent gwmi -query "select * ...
PS C:\Développements> Receive-Job 1
Domain : dom.fr
Manufacturer : VMware, Inc.
Model : VMware Virtual Platform
Name : WM2008R2ENT
PrimaryOwnerName : Utilisateur Windows
TotalPhysicalMemory : 683139072
PSComputerName : wm2008r2ent
You can replace the machine name by a list of machines. Don't try to code again '-Computername in the CmdLets you are using in the script block.
(Edited)
I try you command line and it works for me from a client Windows Seven (64 Bits) to a W2K3 (32 bits)
My client is NOT in the domain of the server and I use domain admin credentials.
Have you made the test from a 32Bit Powershell or a 64 Bits Powershell ?
Do you try to stop WMI service on remote machine and clean the WMI database, it's sometime suitable when you made too much tests on a WMI server (with events for example).