powershell exchange 2003 : wmi-object does not pull all mailbox stores? - powershell

I have the following code pulling from my exchange server 2003.
connect-qadservice -service 'localhost'
foreach ($server in $exchangeservers)
{
$AllUsers += get-wmiobject -class Exchange_Mailbox -namespace Root\MicrosoftExchangeV2 -computername $server| select servername,storagegroupname, storename,mailboxdisplayname,totalitems,size, DeletedMessageSizeExtended, legacyDN, datediscoveredabsentInDS
}
$exchngver = "2003"
foreach ($user in $AllUsers)
{
$obj = new-object psObject
$office = get-qaduser -Identity $user.legacyDN | select office, description
}
disconnect-qadservice
and it doesn't grab all the mailbox stores on the server. Any idea why or what might be causing this?
thanks in advance
NOTE: IT seems to grab all the mailbox stores except for 1 in the 2nd storage group. I have no idea why this is... The funny thing is my vbscript grabs all the mailbox stores using the same namespace and class just fine.

So to start simple, does it come back correct before you unroll & start using the quest stuff?
Do you get the right number from:
(get-wmiobject -class Exchange_Mailbox -namespace Root\MicrosoftExchangeV2 -computername srv02).count

Have you checked permissions on the Stores/SGs?

Couple of things (not sure they are the cause (#1)):
you are looping over $exchangeservers but don't use $server in -computerName (there's a fixed "srv02" server name).
I would move the connect-qadservice -service 'localhost' out of the foreach servers loop (You call it for each server in exchangeservers).
You are calling get-qaduser twice ($tmp and $office) to get the user office and description, you can do it in one call ($tmo is redundant):

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Search all servers for service account

There has to be a better way
$server = (Get-ADComputer -Filter * -Properties *).name
foreach ($s in $server)
{
Get-WmiObject Win32_Service -filter 'STARTNAME LIKE "%serviceaccount%"' -computername $s
}
I want to search all servers on the domain for a service account. The above kind of does what I'm looking for but it doesnt return what server the services account was found on. Thanks in advance.
here's what i meant about using Get-Member to find the object properties that would give you the info you want. [grin]
this could be sped up considerably by giving the G-WO call a list of systems. i wasn't ready to code that just now. lazy ... [blush]
what it does ...
sets the account to look for
i only have the LocalSystem and NetworkService accounts listed on my services. [grin]
sets the computer list to search
you will likely use Get-ADComputer. make sure to either use the property name in the loop OR to make your query return only the actual name value.
i only have one system, so my list is 3 different ways to get to the same computer.
loops thru the systems
call G-WO to get the service[s] that use the target account
builds a [PSCustomObect] with the wanted properties
sends that to the $Result collection
shows that on screen
the code ...
$TargetAccount = 'LocalSystem'
$ComputerList = #(
'LocalHost'
'127.0.0.1'
$env:COMPUTERNAME
)
$Result = foreach ($CL_Item in $ComputerList)
{
# i didn't want a gazillion services, so this uses array notation to grab the 1st item
# if you want all the items, remove the trailing "[0]"
$GWMI_Result = #(Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Service -Filter "STARTNAME LIKE '%$TargetAccount%'" -ComputerName $CL_Item)[0]
[PSCustomObject]#{
ComputerName = $GWMI_Result.SystemName
AccountName = $GWMI_Result.StartName
ServiceName = $GWMI_Result.Name
}
}
$Result
output ...
ComputerName AccountName ServiceName
------------ ----------- -----------
MySysName LocalSystem AMD External Events Utility
MySysName LocalSystem AMD External Events Utility
MySysName LocalSystem AMD External Events Utility

Get Service from remote machines in a domain

Trying to get list of all machines in a Domain with a certain service
tried via all posts in here, helped per one machine, but if i use a text file with multiple machines, it failes
$computers = Get-Content c:\script\computers.txt
$service = "*crystal*"
foreach ($computer in $computers) {
$servicestatus = Get-Service -ComputerName $computer -Name $service
}
$Data = $servicestatus | Select-Object Name,Machinename | Format-Table -AutoSize
Write($Data) | Out-File c:\script\output.txt -Append
Expected list of machines with service in table, instead got error:
This operation might require other privileges
same script, but with a direct machine name, works like a charm.
Any clue what is wrong?
Why not use:
Invoke-Command -ComputerName $computers -ScriptBlock {Get-Service -Name *crystal*}
Eventually you may store the result from invoke into a variable and work with it.
The benefit of using Invoke-Command, insted of foreach is that Invoke works in parallel, while foreach is serial ...
Hope it helps!
Best regards,
Ivan

Get-WMIObject include computer name

I'm trying out a script to go grab installed software on servers remotely. Problem is I want it to output certain attribs including the computer name but I can't seem to figure out how to get the name inserted.
Here is what I have so far...
$servers = Get-QADComputer -SearchRoot "OU=servers,OU=mydomain:-),DC=COM" | Select Name
...which works fine of course. Then...
$servers | % {Get-WMIObject -Class Win32Reg_AddREmovePrograms} | select Displayname,Version,InstallDate,PSComputerName
... which provides the full list of software installed on all servers in that OU but the PSComputerName becomes MY COMPUTER (the computer I run the query from - not the computername of the system being queried). The goal is to have the servername the software is installed on on each line item of software. I've asked professor Google and don't seem to see anything helpful (or anything that I understand anyway).
Hope this makes sense. semi-amateur PS script writer so hopefully this is easy for you guys. Thanks in advance for your help
Your command:
Get-WMIObject -Class Win32Reg_AddREmovePrograms
Does not specify computer to query, so it just query computer command being executed on. Thus PSComputerName display MY COMPUTER, as MY COMPUTER is computer being queried. You have to specify -ComputerName parameter to Get-WMIObject cmdlet to query specific computer. And -ComputerName parameter accept array of computer names, so you can put array of computer names to it instead of using ForEach-Object cmdlet and query one computer at time.
Since the object returned from the WMI call doesn't contain the computer you made the request on, you need to include it yourself from include your ForEach-Object (%) block. You could use Add-Member to add it yourself, then do your Select-Object outside like you're doing now:
$servers | % {
Get-WMIObject -Class Win32Reg_AddREmovePrograms -ComputerName $_ |
Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name ComputerName -Value $_ -PassThru
} | select Displayname,Version,InstallDate,ComputerName
Another way is to move the Select-Object to inside the block and do it within there, by creating a new property on the fly with a hashtable:
$servers | % {
Get-WMIObject -Class Win32Reg_AddREmovePrograms -computername $_ |
Select-Object Displayname,Version,InstallDate,#{Name='ComputerName';Expression={$_}}
}

Get-WmiObject : The RPC server is unavailable. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070 6BA

I have what should be a simple script that will connect to all the servers in a domain and build a table of all the services running on each server. However, when I try to automate the script to grab all the servers in a foreach loop I get an RPC error. If the $name variable is replaced with the server DNS name everything works as expected. I've checked the firewall and DCOM services on my system (win7) and the servers (2000 - 2008R2) and these are all enabled or disabled appropriately. So, I'm thinking something in the script is broke. I'm still learning powershell, so any tips are appreciated.
Here is the script so far.
$servernames = get-adobject -Filter 'ObjectClass -eq "Computer" ' -Searchbase "OU=Servers,DC=E,DC=BENEFIS,DC=ORG"
foreach ($name in $servernames) {
Get-WMIObject win32_service -computername $name -Property SystemName,Name,StartName,StartMode |
Format-table SystemName, Name, Startname >c:\serverservices.txt }
Each object you get back have a name property so you need to pass its value to the ComputerName parameter. In addition, to get computer object use the Get-ADComputer cmdlet, you also need to specify the Append switch when you export to the file otherwise content will be overwritten and what you'll see finally is the output of the last computer only.
$servernames = Get-ADComputer -SearchBase "OU=Servers,DC=E,DC=BENEFIS,DC=ORG" -Filter *
foreach ($name in $servernames)
{
Get-WMIObject win32_service -computername $name.Name -Property SystemName,Name,StartName,StartMode |
Format-table SystemName, Name, Startname | Out-File c:\serverservices.txt -Append
}

Powershell - Pumping Locally Installed Applications into Listbox

So I'm trying to get all the locally installed applications and put them into a listbox. However, I'm having some problems. Whenever I use the below code:
$prog = (get-wmiobject win32_product -computer $current_hostname.text -property Name).Name
foreach($program in $prog)
{
$program_list_current.items.add($program)
}
Whats returned in the listbox is the applications plus some other text/string at the beginning of each app. In some cases, where '-property Name' is replaced with ' | select Name', nothing is returned at all.
I'm using the above syntax because the below code works (which gets the AD groups for a machine and puts each group into a listbox):
$processnames_t = (Get-ADComputer -Identity $current_hostname.text -Property MemberOf).MemberOf
foreach ($processname in $processnames_t)
{
[void]$AD_list_current.Items.Add($processname)
}
Any ideas as to why it works for the AD groups but not the installed apps? Maybe something to do with the nature of get-wmiobject?
Thanks
I couldn't really repro the issue you are seeing. But, for the program names, you can replace
$prog = (get-wmiobject win32_product -computer $current_hostname.text -property Name).Name
with
$prog = get-wmiobject win32_product -computer $current_hostname.text | Select -Exp Name
Select Name alone won't work as it returns the object and not a string. In this case, to use it as a listbox item, you need the string.