Piping script line in a powershell script
Hi,
I would like piping informations in a powershell script and getting this:
If (-NOT ([Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal][Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()).IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole] "Administrator"))
$arguments = "& '" + $myinvocation.mycommand.definition + "'"
Start-Process powershell -Verb runAs -ArgumentList $arguments
Break
[string]$scriptDirectory = Split-Path -Path $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition -Parent # Emplacement du script
powershell.exe -executionpolicy bypass -File $scriptDirectory\Vcredist2005_Frv1.ps1 install
=====================================
======================================
My script is looking this:
$var_InterventionManuelle ="c:\temp"
$var_FichierLancementManuelle = "install_Man.ps1"
$var_EmplacementFichierLancementManuelle ="c:\temp\install_Man.ps1"
New-Item -path $var_InterventionManuelle -Name $var_FichierLancementManuelle -type file
Add-Content -path $var_EmplacementFichierLancementManuelle -Value "`nIf (-NOT ([Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal][Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()).IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole] "Administrator"))"
Add-Content -path $var_EmplacementFichierLancementManuelle -Value "`n{"
Add-Content -path $var_EmplacementFichierLancementManuelle -Value "`n$arguments = ""&" '" + $myinvocation.mycommand.definition + "'""
Add-Content -path $var_EmplacementFichierLancementManuelle -Value "`nStart-Process powershell -Verb runAs -ArgumentList $arguments"
Add-Content -path $var_EmplacementFichierLancementManuelle -Value "`nBreak"
Add-Content -path $var_EmplacementFichierLancementManuelle -Value "`n}"
Add-Content -path $var_EmplacementFichierLancementManuelle -Value "`n[string]$scriptDirectory = Split-Path -Path $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition -Parent"
Add-Content -path $var_EmplacementFichierLancementManuelle -Value "`npowershell.exe -executionpolicy bypass -File $scriptDirectory\$var_Scriptactuel install"
It is failing on the first add-content. Where am I wrong? Is it an easier way to do this?
Thanks,
François
Hi,
If all you're trying to do is write all of that to a file, you can do something like this:
$text = @'
If (-NOT ([Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal][Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()).IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole] "Administrator"))
$arguments = "& '" + $myinvocation.mycommand.definition + "'"
Start-Process powershell -Verb runAs -ArgumentList $arguments
Break
[string]$scriptDirectory = Split-Path -Path $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition -Parent # Emplacement du script
powershell.exe -executionpolicy bypass -File $scriptDirectory\Vcredist2005_Frv1.ps1 install
$text | Out-File .\script.ps1
Here's some information about here-strings:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee692792.aspx
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http://blogs.msdn.com/b/adpowershell/archive/2010/02/26/find-out-when-your-password-expires.aspx
: (password decryption)
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserverpowershell/thread/f90bed75-475e-4f5f-94eb-60197efda6c6/
: (determine per user fine grained password settings)
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee617255.aspx
.LINK
http://www.ehloworld.com/318
.INPUTS
None. You cannot pipe objects to this script
.PARAMETER Demo
Runs the script in demo mode. No emails are sent to the user(s), and onscreen output includes those who are expiring soon.
.PARAMETER Preview
Sends a sample email to the user specified. Usefull for testing how the reminder email looks.
.PARAMETER PreviewUser
User name of user to send the preview email message to.
.PARAMETER Install
Create the scheduled task to run the script daily. It does NOT create the required Exchange receive connector.
.EXAMPLE
.\New-PasswordReminder.ps1
Description
Searches Active Directory for users who have passwords expiring soon, and emails them a reminder with instructions on how to change their password.
.EXAMPLE
.\New-PasswordReminder.ps1 -demo
Description
Searches Active Directory for users who have passwords expiring soon, and lists those users on the screen, along with days till expiration and policy setting
.EXAMPLE
.\New-PasswordReminder.ps1 -Preview -PreviewUser [username]
Description
Sends the HTML formatted email of the user specified via -PreviewUser. This is used to see what the HTML email will look like to the users.
.EXAMPLE
.\New-PasswordReminder.ps1 -install
Description
Creates the scheduled task for the script to run everyday at 6am. It will prompt for the password for the currently logged on user. It does NOT create the required Exchange receive connector.
#>
#Requires -Version 2.0
[cmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess = $true)]
param(
[parameter(ValueFromPipeline = $false, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName = $true, Mandatory = $false)]
[switch]$Demo,
[parameter(ValueFromPipeline = $false, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName = $true, Mandatory = $false)]
[switch]$Preview,
[parameter(ValueFromPipeline = $false, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName = $true, Mandatory = $false)]
[switch]$Install,
[parameter(ValueFromPipeline = $false, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName = $true, Mandatory = $false)]
[string]$PreviewUser
Write-Verbose "Setting variables"
[string]$Company = "Contoso Ltd"
[string]$OwaUrl = "https://mail.contoso.com"
[string]$PSEmailServer = "10.9.0.11"
[string]$EmailFrom = "Help Desk <[email protected]>"
[string]$HelpDeskPhone = "(586) 555-1010"
[string]$HelpDeskURL = "https://intranet.contoso.com/"
[string]$TranscriptFilename = $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name + " " + $env:ComputerName + " {0:yyyy-MM-dd hh-mmtt}.log" -f (Get-Date)
[int]$global:UsersNotified = 0
[int]$DaysToWarn = 14
[string]$ImagePath = "http://www.contoso.com/images/new-passwordreminder.ps1"
[string]$ScriptName = $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name
[string]$ScriptPathAndName = $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition
[string]$ou
[string]$DateFormat = "d"
if ($PreviewUser){
$Preview = $true
Write-Verbose "Defining functions"
function Set-ModuleStatus {
[cmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess = $true)]
param (
[parameter(ValueFromPipeline = $true, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName = $true, Mandatory = $true, HelpMessage = "No module name specified!")]
[string]$name
if(!(Get-Module -name "$name")) {
if(Get-Module -ListAvailable | ? {$_.name -eq "$name"}) {
Import-Module -Name "$name"
# module was imported
return $true
} else {
# module was not available (Windows feature isn't installed)
return $false
}else {
# module was already imported
return $true
} # end function Set-ModuleStatus
function Remove-ScriptVariables {
[cmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess = $true)]
param($path)
$result = Get-Content $path |
ForEach { if ( $_ -match '(\$.*?)\s*=') {
$matches[1] | ? { $_ -notlike '*.*' -and $_ -notmatch 'result' -and $_ -notmatch 'env:'}
ForEach ($v in ($result | Sort-Object | Get-Unique)){
Remove-Variable ($v.replace("$","")) -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
} # end function Get-ScriptVariables
function Install {
[cmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess = $true)]
param()
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc725744(WS.10).aspx
$error.clear()
Write-Host "Creating scheduled task `"$ScriptName`"..."
$TaskPassword = Read-Host "Please enter the password for $env:UserDomain\$env:UserName" -AsSecureString
$TaskPassword = [System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::PtrToStringAuto([System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::SecureStringToBSTR($TaskPassword))
# need to fix the issue with spaces in the path
schtasks /create /tn $ScriptName /tr "$env:windir\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe -psconsolefile '$env:ExchangeInstallPath\Bin\exshell.psc1' -command $ScriptPathAndName" /sc Daily /st 06:00 /ru $env:UserDomain\$env:UserName /rp
$TaskPassword | Out-Null
if (!($error)){
Write-Host "done!" -ForegroundColor green
}else{
Write-Host "failed!" -ForegroundColor red
exit
} # end function Install
function Get-ADUserPasswordExpirationDate {
[cmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess = $true)]
Param (
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true, Position = 0, ValueFromPipeline = $true, HelpMessage = "Identity of the Account")]
[Object]$accountIdentity
PROCESS {
Write-Verbose "Getting the user info for $accountIdentity"
$accountObj = Get-ADUser $accountIdentity -properties PasswordExpired, PasswordNeverExpires, PasswordLastSet, name, mail
# Make sure the password is not expired, and the account is not set to never expire
Write-Verbose "verifying that the password is not expired, and the user is not set to PasswordNeverExpires"
if (((!($accountObj.PasswordExpired)) -and (!($accountObj.PasswordNeverExpires))) -or ($PreviewUser)) {
Write-Verbose "Verifying if the date the password was last set is available"
$passwordSetDate = $accountObj.PasswordLastSet
if ($passwordSetDate -ne $null) {
$maxPasswordAgeTimeSpan = $null
# see if we're at Windows2008 domain functional level, which supports granular password policies
Write-Verbose "Determining domain functional level"
if ($global:dfl -ge 4) { # 2008 Domain functional level
$accountFGPP = Get-ADUserResultantPasswordPolicy $accountObj
if ($accountFGPP -ne $null) {
$maxPasswordAgeTimeSpan = $accountFGPP.MaxPasswordAge
} else {
$maxPasswordAgeTimeSpan = (Get-ADDefaultDomainPasswordPolicy).MaxPasswordAge
} else { # 2003 or ealier Domain Functional Level
$maxPasswordAgeTimeSpan = (Get-ADDefaultDomainPasswordPolicy).MaxPasswordAge
if ($maxPasswordAgeTimeSpan -eq $null -or $maxPasswordAgeTimeSpan.TotalMilliseconds -ne 0) {
$DaysTillExpire = [math]::round(((New-TimeSpan -Start (Get-Date) -End ($passwordSetDate + $maxPasswordAgeTimeSpan)).TotalDays),0)
if ($preview){$DaysTillExpire = 1}
if ($DaysTillExpire -le $DaysToWarn){
Write-Verbose "User should receive email"
$PolicyDays = [math]::round((($maxPasswordAgeTimeSpan).TotalDays),0)
if ($demo) {Write-Host ("{0,-25}{1,-8}{2,-12}" -f $accountObj.Name, $DaysTillExpire, $PolicyDays)}
# start assembling email to user here
$EmailName = $accountObj.Name
$DateofExpiration = (Get-Date).AddDays($DaysTillExpire)
$DateofExpiration = (Get-Date($DateofExpiration) -f $DateFormat)
Write-Verbose "Assembling email message"
[string]$emailbody = @"
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
</head>
<body>
<table id="email" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="655" align="center">
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top"><img src="$ImagePath/spacer.gif" alt="Description: $ImagePath/spacer.gif" width="46" height="28" align="absMiddle">
if ($HelpDeskURL){
$emailbody += @"
<font style="font-size: 10px; color: #000000; line-height: 16px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">If this e-mail does not appear properly, please <a href="$HelpDeskURL" style="font-weight:
bold; font-size: 10px; color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: underline">click here</a>.</font>
$emailbody += @"
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
if ($HelpDeskURL){
$emailbody += @"
<td height="121" align="left" valign="bottom"><a href="$HelpDeskURL"><img src="$ImagePath/header.gif" border="0" alt="Description: $ImagePath/header.gif"
width="655" height="121"></a></td>
}else{
$emailbody += @"
<td height="121" align="left" valign="bottom"><img src="$ImagePath/header.gif" border="0" alt="Description: $ImagePath/header.gif" width="655" height="121"></td>
$emailbody += @"
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<table id="body" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td width="1" align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#a8a9ad"><img src="$ImagePath/spacer50.gif" alt="Description: $ImagePath/spacer50.gif" width="1"
height="50"></td>
<td><img src="$ImagePath/spacer.gif" alt="Description: $ImagePath/spacer.gif" width="46" height="106"></td>
<td id="text" width="572" align="left" valign="top" style="font-size: 12px; color: #000000; line-height: 17px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
if ($DaysTillExpire -le 1){
$emailbody += @"
<div align='center'>
<table border='0' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' style='width:510px; background-color: white; border: 0px;'>
<tr>
<td align='right'><img width='36' height='28' src='$ImagePath/image001b.gif' alt='Description: $ImagePath/image001b.gif'></td>
<td style="font-family: verdana; background: #E12C10; text-align: center; padding: 0px; font-size: 9.0pt; color: white">ALERT: You must change your password today or you will be locked out!</td>
<td align='left'><img border='0' width='14' height='28' src='$ImagePath/image005b.gif' alt='Description: $ImagePath/image005b.gif'></td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
$emailbody += @"
<p style="font-weight: bold">Hello, $EmailName,</p>
<p>It's change time again! Your $company password expires in <span style="background-color: red; color: white; font-weight: bold;"> $DaysTillExpire </span> day(s), on $DateofExpiration.</p>
<p>Please use one of the methods below to update your password:</p>
<ol>
<li>$company office computers and Terminal Server users: You may update your password on your computer by pressing Ctrl-Alt-Delete and selecting 'Change Password' from the available options. If you use a $company laptop in addition
to a desktop PC, be sure and read #3 below.</li>
<li>Remote Outlook Client, Mac, and/or Outlook Web App users: If you only access our email system, please use the following method to easily change your password:</li>
<ul>
<li>Log into <a href="$owaurl">Outlook Web App</a> using Internet Explorer (PC) or Safari or Firefox (Mac).</li>
<li>Click on the Options button in the upper right corner of the page.</li>
<li>Select the "Change Password" link to change your password.</li>
<li>Enter your current password, then your new password twice, and click Save</li>
<li><span style="font-weight: bold">NOTE:</span> You will now need to use your new password when logging into Outlook Web App, Outlook 2010, SharePoint, Windows Mobile (ActiveSync) devices, etc. Blackberry
Enterprise Users (BES) will not need to update their password. Blackberry Internet Service (BIS) users will be required to use their new password on their device.</li>
</ul>
<li>$company issued laptops: If you have been issued a $company laptop, you must be in a corporate office and directly connected to the company network to change your password. If you also use a desktop PC in the office, you must
remember to always update your domain password on the laptop first. Your desktop will automatically use the new password.</li>
<ul>
<li>Log in on laptop</li>
<li>Press Ctrl-Alt-Delete and select 'Change Password' from the available options.</li>
<li>Make sure your workstation (if you have one) has been logged off any previous sessions so as to not cause conflict with your new password.</li>
</ul>
</ol>
<p>Think you've got a complex password? Run it through the <a href="The">http://www.passwordmeter.com/">The Password Meter</a></p>
<p>Think your password couldn't easily be hacked? See how long it would take: <a href="How">http://howsecureismypassword.net/">How Secure Is My Password</a></p>
<p>Remember, if you do not change your password before it expires on $DateofExpiration, you will be locked out of all $company Computer Systems until an Administrator unlocks your account.</p>
<p>If you are traveling or will not be able to bring your laptop into the office before your password expires, please call the number below for additional instructions.</p>
<p>You will continue to receive these emails daily until the password is changed or expires.</p>
<p>Thank you,<br />
The $company Help Desk<br />
$HelpDeskPhone</p>
if ($accountFGPP -eq $null){
$emailbody += @"
<table style="background-color: #dedede; border: 1px solid black">
<tr>
<td style="font-size: 12px; color: #000000; line-height: 17px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>$company Password Policy</b>
<ul>
<li>Your password must have a minimum of a $MinPasswordLength characters.</li>
<li>You may not use a previous password.</li>
<li>Your password must not contain parts of your first, last, or logon name.</li>
<li>Your password must be changed every $PolicyDays days.</li>
if ($PasswordComplexity){
Write-Verbose "Password complexity"
$emailbody += @"
<li>Your password requires a minimum of two of the following three categories:</li>
<ul>
<li>1 upper case character (A-Z)</li>
<li>1 lower case character (a-z)</li>
<li>1 numeric character (0-9)</li>
</ul>
$emailbody += @"
<li>You may not reuse any of your last $PasswordHistory passwords</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
$emailbody += @"
</td>
<td width="49" align="left" valign="top"><img src="$ImagePath/spacer50.gif" alt="" width="49" height="50"></td>
<td width="1" align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#a8a9ad"><img src="$ImagePath/spacer50.gif" alt="Description: $ImagePath/spacer50.gif" width="1"
height="50"></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table id="footer" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="655">
<tr>
<td><img src="$ImagePath/footer.gif" alt="Description: $ImagePath/footer.gif" width="655" height="81"></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="655" align="center">
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top"><img src="$ImagePath/spacer.gif" alt="Description: $ImagePath/spacer.gif" width="36" height="1"></td>
<td align="middle" valign="top"><font face="Verdana" size="1" color="#000000"><p>This email was sent by an automated process.
if ($HelpDeskURL){
$emailbody += @"
If you would like to comment on it, please visit <a href="$HelpDeskURL"><font color="#ff0000"><u>click here</u></font></a>
$emailbody += @"
</p><p style="color: #009900;"><font face="Webdings" size="4">P</font> Please consider the environment before printing this email.</p></font>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><img src="$ImagePath/spacer.gif" alt="Description: $ImagePath/spacer.gif" width="36" height="1"></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
if (!($demo)){
$emailto = $accountObj.mail
if ($emailto){
Write-Verbose "Sending demo message to $emailto"
Send-MailMessage -To $emailto -Subject "Your password expires in $DaysTillExpire day(s)" -Body $emailbody -From $EmailFrom -Priority High -BodyAsHtml
$global:UsersNotified++
}else{
Write-Verbose "Can not email this user. Email address is blank"
} # end function Get-ADUserPasswordExpirationDate
if ($install){
Write-Verbose "Install mode"
Install
Write-Verbose "Checking for ActiveDirectory module"
if ((Set-ModuleStatus ActiveDirectory) -eq $false){
$error.clear()
Write-Host "Installing the Active Directory module..." -ForegroundColor yellow
Set-ModuleStatus ServerManager
Add-WindowsFeature RSAT-AD-PowerShell
if ($error){
Write-Host "Active Directory module could not be installed. Exiting..." -ForegroundColor red;
if ($transcript){Stop-Transcript}
exit
Write-Verbose "Getting Domain functional level"
$global:dfl = (Get-AdDomain).DomainMode
# Get-ADUser -filter * -properties PasswordLastSet,EmailAddress,GivenName -SearchBase "OU=Users,DC=domain,DC=test" |foreach {
if (!($PreviewUser)){
if ($ou){
Write-Verbose "Filtering users to $ou"
$users = Get-AdUser -filter * -SearchScope subtree -SearchBase $ou -ResultSetSize $null
}else{
$users = Get-AdUser -filter * -ResultSetSize $null
}else{
Write-Verbose "Preview mode"
$users = Get-AdUser $PreviewUser
if ($demo){
Write-Verbose "Demo mode"
# $WhatIfPreference = $true
Write-Host "`n"
Write-Host ("{0,-25}{1,-8}{2,-12}" -f "User", "Expires", "Policy") -ForegroundColor cyan
Write-Host ("{0,-25}{1,-8}{2,-12}" -f "========================", "=======", "===========") -ForegroundColor cyan
Write-Verbose "Setting event log configuration"
$evt = new-object System.Diagnostics.EventLog("Application")
$evt.Source = $ScriptName
$infoevent = [System.Diagnostics.EventLogEntryType]::Information
$EventLogText = "Beginning processing"
$evt.WriteEntry($EventLogText,$infoevent,70)
Write-Verbose "Getting password policy configuration"
$DefaultDomainPasswordPolicy = Get-ADDefaultDomainPasswordPolicy
[int]$MinPasswordLength = $DefaultDomainPasswordPolicy.MinPasswordLength
# this needs to look for FGPP, and then default to this if it doesn't exist
[bool]$PasswordComplexity = $DefaultDomainPasswordPolicy.ComplexityEnabled
[int]$PasswordHistory = $DefaultDomainPasswordPolicy.PasswordHistoryCount
ForEach ($user in $users){
Get-ADUserPasswordExpirationDate $user.samaccountname
Write-Verbose "Writing summary event log entry"
$EventLogText = "Finished processing $global:UsersNotified account(s). `n`nFor more information about this script, run Get-Help .\$ScriptName. See the blog post at
http://www.ehloworld.com/318."
$evt.WriteEntry($EventLogText,$infoevent,70)
# $WhatIfPreference = $false
# Remove-ScriptVariables -path $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name
Remove-ScriptVariables -path $ScriptPathAndNameHi petro_jemes,
Just a little claritification, you need to add the value to the variable "[string]$ou", and also change the language in the variable "$emailbody" in the function "Get-ADUserPasswordExpirationDate".
I hope this helps. -
Powershell script monitor with encrypted password
I have created a powershell script based monitor in my management pack and everything is ok but I can't get my credentials work inside the script. I want to open pssession to another computer with my credentials. I have triple checked that my pssession is
working because I can access it from powershell console.
This works perfectly at local server from PSconsole:
$EncryptedPassword ="01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb01000000534b2....etc...etc..."
$pw = convertto-securestring -String $EncryptedPassword
$cred = new-object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -argumentlist "MyDOMAIN\MyACCOUNT",$pw
$s = New-PSSession -ComputerName "MyServer" -Port MyPort -Credential $cred
But when I run the same lines inside my management pack the convertto-securestring
does nothing, it just wont convert the encrypted password to secure string!
I have tried this plain text method and it works
inside my management pack, but I don't want to use it because you can see the password in plain text:
ConvertTo-SecureString -String "myPlainTextPassword" -AsPlainText -Force
This is the $error variable, so it's basically says that I don't have anything in the password secure string variable because the convertion did not work for some reason:
The argument is null. Provide a valid value for the argument, and then try running the command again. Cannot process argument transformation on parameter 'Credential'. PromptForCredential Exception calling ".ctor" with "2" argument(s):
"Cannot process argument because the value of argument "password" is null. Change the value of argument "password" to a non-null value." The system cannot find the file specified. Exception calling "SecureStringToBSTR"
with "1" argument(s): "Value cannot be null. Parameter name: s" The system cannot find the file specified. Exception calling "SecureStringToBSTR" with "1" argument(s): "Value cannot be null. Parameter name: s"
The system cannot find the file specified.
So is there some known issue with SCOM Agent / management pack when you are dealing with convertto-securestring
function with encrypted passwords?
I used these methods to encrypt the password: Technet article about encryptionI got it to work!
<TypeDefinitions>
<EntityTypes>
<ClassTypes>
<ClassType ID="MyClass" Accessibility="Public" Abstract="false" Base="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.LocalApplication" Hosted="true" Singleton="false" Extension="false"
/>
</ClassTypes>
</EntityTypes>
<SecureReferences>
<SecureReference ID="MyRunAsAccountProfile" Accessibility="Public" Context="System!System.Entity" />
</SecureReferences>
<ScriptBody>param (
[string]$Username,
[string]$Password
$API = new-object -comObject "MOM.ScriptAPI"
$PropertyBag = $API.CreatePropertyBag()
$cred = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -Argumentlist @($Username,(ConvertTo-SecureString -String $Password -AsPlainText -Force))
$s = New-PSSession -ComputerName "myserver" -Credential $cred
Invoke-Command -Session $s -ScriptBlock { $service = Get-Service -Name Spooler}
$invcom = Invoke-Command -Session $s -ScriptBlock { $service.status}
Remove-PSSession -Id $s.Id
if ($invcom.Value -ne "Running") {
$PropertyBag.AddValue("State","ERROR")
$outputLongLine = "Spooler Service is not running on target server!"
$PropertyBag.AddValue("Description", $outputLongLine)
else {
$PropertyBag.AddValue("State","OK")
$outputLongLine = "Spooler is Running on target server."
$PropertyBag.AddValue("Description", $outputLongLine)
$PropertyBag</ScriptBody>
<Parameters>
<Parameter>
<Name>Username</Name>
<Value>$RunAs[Name="MyRunAsAccountProfile"]/Domain$\$RunAs[Name="MyRunAsAccountProfile"]/UserName$</Value>
</Parameter>
<Parameter>
<Name>Password</Name>
<Value>$RunAs[Name="MyRunAsAccountProfile"]/Password$</Value>
</Parameter> -
Trying to deploy a batch or powershell script unsuccessful
I've deployed a .cmd file out that contains a WMI script to uninstall all instances of an application called "VirtViewer". The script looks like this:
taskkill /F /IM remote-viewer.exe /T
wmic product where "name like 'VirtViewer%%'" call uninstall /nointeractive
exit /B %EXIT_CODE%
Previously, I had used MSI product codes for the uninstall, and got the same result. My original problem, is that there are currently 9 different versions of this app out there, so i am ripping them all out and replacing with 1 version. Installing over an
old version does not overwrite the older one, it instead installs a new instance.
Reading through the execmgr.log on the client, everything looks as it should.
The end result, is that nothing happens. I had originally set the program to run as hidden, but then changed it to normal but still do not see it run. The application is right where i left it, untouched. If i run the script locally it works fine, but not
when deployed. Am i missing something??
<![LOG[Service startup.]LOG]!><time="16:09:31.647+300" date="01-12-2015" component="execmgr" context="" type="1" thread="248" file="execmgr.cpp:135">
<![LOG[A user has logged on.]LOG]!><time="16:09:43.507+300" date="01-12-2015" component="execmgr" context="" type="1" thread="4256" file="execreqmgr.cpp:4911">
<![LOG[Requesting content from CAS for package VNT00018 version 21]LOG]!><time="16:11:13.649+300" date="01-12-2015" component="execmgr" context="" type="1" thread="124" file="contentaccesshelper.cpp:246">
<![LOG[Policy arrived for parent package VNT00018 program Uninstall Script]LOG]!><time="16:11:13.649+300" date="01-12-2015" component="execmgr" context="" type="1" thread="2528" file="execreqmgr.cpp:6893">
<![LOG[Raising client SDK event for class CCM_Program, instance CCM_Program.PackageID="VNT00018",ProgramID="Uninstall Script", actionType 6l, value NULL, user NULL, session 4294967295l, level 0l, verbosity 30l]LOG]!><time="16:11:13.665+300" date="01-12-2015" component="execmgr" context="" type="1" thread="2528" file="event.cpp:405">
<![LOG[Successfully created a content request handle {B2BA42EE-5988-47F4-BF44-ADAAC975994B} for the package VNT00018 version 21]LOG]!><time="16:11:13.665+300" date="01-12-2015" component="execmgr" context="" type="1" thread="124" file="contentaccesshelper.cpp:331">
<![LOG[Program Uninstall Script change to state STATE_ADVANCED_DOWNLOAD content available]LOG]!><time="16:11:13.665+300" date="01-12-2015" component="execmgr" context="" type="2" thread="124" file="executionrequest.cpp:3663">
<![LOG[Execution Request for advert VNT20014 package VNT00018 program Uninstall Script state change from NotExist to AdvancedDownload]LOG]!><time="16:11:13.665+300" date="01-12-2015" component="execmgr" context="" type="1" thread="124" file="executionrequest.cpp:501">
<![LOG[Raising client SDK event for class CCM_Program, instance CCM_Program.PackageID="VNT00018",ProgramID="Uninstall Script", actionType 1l, value , user NULL, session 4294967295l, level 0l, verbosity 30l]LOG]!><time="16:11:13.665+300" date="01-12-2015" component="execmgr" context="" type="1" thread="124" file="event.cpp:405">
<![LOG[Raising event:
[SMS_CodePage(437), SMS_LocaleID(1033)]
instance of SoftDistProgramOfferReceivedEvent
AdvertisementId = "VNT20014";
ClientID = "GUID:E306FF26-C884-4E36-9C03-C19523A17F40";
DateTime = "20150112211113.665000+000";
MachineName = "VM-WIN7-MIKE";
ProcessID = 1788;
SiteCode = "VNT";
ThreadID = 2528;
]LOG]!><time="16:11:13.665+300" date="01-12-2015" component="execmgr" context="" type="1" thread="2528" file="event.cpp:715">
<![LOG[Mandatory execution requested for program Uninstall Script and advertisement VNT20014]LOG]!><time="16:11:13.680+300" date="01-12-2015" component="execmgr" context="" type="1" thread="2564" file="execreqmgr.cpp:3527">
<![LOG[Creating mandatory request for advert VNT20014, program Uninstall Script, package VNT00018]LOG]!><time="16:11:13.680+300" date="01-12-2015" component="execmgr" context="" type="1" thread="2564" file="execreqmgr.cpp:3653">
<![LOG[An existing MTC token was not supplied, using ExecutionRequest's Id as MTC token and this execution request is the owner of resultant MTC task.]LOG]!><time="16:11:13.696+300" date="01-12-2015" component="execmgr" context="" type="1" thread="2564" file="executionrequest.cpp:8942">
<![LOG[Request a MTC task for execution request of package VNT00018, program Uninstall Script with request id: {D52026A7-5735-402B-868C-EF9791656512}]LOG]!><time="16:11:13.696+300" date="01-12-2015" component="execmgr" context="" type="1" thread="2564" file="executionrequest.cpp:8966">
<![LOG[Execution Request for advert VNT20014 package VNT00018 program Uninstall Script state change from WaitingDependency to Ready]LOG]!><time="16:11:13.712+300" date="01-12-2015" component="execmgr" context="" type="1" thread="2564" file="executionrequest.cpp:501">
<![LOG[MTC task with id {D52026A7-5735-402B-868C-EF9791656512}, changed state from 0 to 4]LOG]!><time="16:11:13.712+300" date="01-12-2015" component="execmgr" context="" type="1" thread="2164" file="execreqmgr.cpp:6288">
<![LOG[Raising client SDK event for class CCM_Program, instance CCM_Program.PackageID="VNT00018",ProgramID="Uninstall Script", actionType 1l, value , user NULL, session 4294967295l, level 0l, verbosity 30l]LOG]!><time="16:11:13.712+300" date="01-12-2015" component="execmgr" context="" type="1" thread="2564" file="event.cpp:405">
<![LOG[MTC signaled SWD execution request with program id: Uninstall Script, package id: VNT00018 for execution.]LOG]!><time="16:11:13.743+300" date="01-12-2015" component="execmgr" context="" type="1" thread="2164" file="execreqmgr.cpp:6406">
<![LOG[Sending ack to MTC for task with id: {D52026A7-5735-402B-868C-EF9791656512}]LOG]!><time="16:11:13.743+300" date="01-12-2015" component="execmgr" context="" type="1" thread="2164" file="executionrequest.cpp:9005">
<![LOG[Executing program VirtViewerUninstall.cmd in Admin context]LOG]!><time="16:11:13.743+300" date="01-12-2015" component="execmgr" context="" type="1" thread="2164" file="executionrequest.cpp:3239">
<![LOG[Execution Request for advert VNT20014 package VNT00018 program Uninstall Script state change from Ready to NotifyExecution]LOG]!><time="16:11:13.743+300" date="01-12-2015" component="execmgr" context="" type="1" thread="2164" file="executionrequest.cpp:501">
<![LOG[Raising client SDK event for class CCM_Program, instance CCM_Program.PackageID="VNT00018",ProgramID="Uninstall Script", actionType 1l, value , user NULL, session 4294967295l, level 0l, verbosity 30l]LOG]!><time="16:11:13.759+300" date="01-12-2015" component="execmgr" context="" type="1" thread="2164" file="event.cpp:405">
<![LOG[Checking content location C:\Windows\ccmcache\1c for use]LOG]!><time="16:11:13.774+300" date="01-12-2015" component="execmgr" context="" type="1" thread="2164" file="executioncontext.cpp:1663">
<![LOG[Successfully selected content location C:\Windows\ccmcache\1c]LOG]!><time="16:11:13.774+300" date="01-12-2015" component="execmgr" context="" type="1" thread="2164" file="executioncontext.cpp:1719">
<![LOG[Executing program as a script]LOG]!><time="16:11:13.774+300" date="01-12-2015" component="execmgr" context="" type="1" thread="2164" file="executionengine.cpp:82">
<![LOG[Successfully prepared command line "C:\Windows\ccmcache\1c\VirtViewerUninstall.cmd"]LOG]!><time="16:11:13.774+300" date="01-12-2015" component="execmgr" context="" type="1" thread="2164" file="scriptexecution.cpp:650">
<![LOG[Command line = "C:\Windows\ccmcache\1c\VirtViewerUninstall.cmd", Working Directory = C:\Windows\ccmcache\1c\]LOG]!><time="16:11:13.774+300" date="01-12-2015" component="execmgr" context="" type="1" thread="2164" file="scriptexecution.cpp:352">
<![LOG[Running "C:\Windows\ccmcache\1c\VirtViewerUninstall.cmd" with 32bitLauncher]LOG]!><time="16:11:13.774+300" date="01-12-2015" component="execmgr" context="" type="1" thread="2164" file="scriptexecution.cpp:370">
<![LOG[Created Process for the passed command line]LOG]!><time="16:11:13.852+300" date="01-12-2015" component="execmgr" context="" type="1" thread="2164" file="scriptexecution.cpp:513">
<![LOG[Raising event:
[SMS_CodePage(437), SMS_LocaleID(1033)]
instance of SoftDistProgramStartedEvent
AdvertisementId = "VNT20014";
ClientID = "GUID:E306FF26-C884-4E36-9C03-C19523A17F40";
CommandLine = "\"C:\\Windows\\ccmcache\\1c\\VirtViewerUninstall.cmd\"";
DateTime = "20150112211113.852000+000";
MachineName = "VM-WIN7-MIKE";
PackageName = "VNT00018";
ProcessID = 1788;
ProgramName = "Uninstall Script";
SiteCode = "VNT";
ThreadID = 2164;
UserContext = "NT AUTHORITY\\SYSTEM";
WorkingDirectory = "C:\\Windows\\ccmcache\\1c\\";
]LOG]!><time="16:11:13.852+300" date="01-12-2015" component="execmgr" context="" type="1" thread="2164" file="event.cpp:715">
<![LOG[Raised Program Started Event for Ad:VNT20014, Package:VNT00018, Program: Uninstall Script]LOG]!><time="16:11:13.852+300" date="01-12-2015" component="execmgr" context="" type="1" thread="2164" file="executioncontext.cpp:459">
<![LOG[Raising client SDK event for class CCM_Program, instance CCM_Program.PackageID="VNT00018",ProgramID="Uninstall Script", actionType 1l, value NULL, user NULL, session 4294967295l, level 0l, verbosity 30l]LOG]!><time="16:11:13.852+300" date="01-12-2015" component="execmgr" context="" type="1" thread="2164" file="event.cpp:405">
<![LOG[Raising client SDK event for class CCM_Program, instance CCM_Program.PackageID="VNT00018",ProgramID="Uninstall Script", actionType 1l, value , user NULL, session 4294967295l, level 0l, verbosity 30l]LOG]!><time="16:11:13.868+300" date="01-12-2015" component="execmgr" context="" type="1" thread="2164" file="event.cpp:405">
<![LOG[MTC task with id {D52026A7-5735-402B-868C-EF9791656512}, changed state from 4 to 5]LOG]!><time="16:11:13.884+300" date="01-12-2015" component="execmgr" context="" type="1" thread="2164" file="execreqmgr.cpp:6288">
<![LOG[Program exit code 0]LOG]!><time="16:11:17.571+300" date="01-12-2015" component="execmgr" context="" type="1" thread="4128" file="scriptexecution.cpp:676">
<![LOG[Looking for MIF file to get program status]LOG]!><time="16:11:17.571+300" date="01-12-2015" component="execmgr" context="" type="1" thread="4128" file="executionstatus.cpp:282">
<![LOG[Script for Package:VNT00018, Program: Uninstall Script succeeded with exit code 0]LOG]!><time="16:11:17.571+300" date="01-12-2015" component="execmgr" context="" type="1" thread="4128" file="executionstatus.cpp:262">
<![LOG[Raising event:
[SMS_CodePage(437), SMS_LocaleID(1033)]
instance of SoftDistProgramCompletedSuccessfullyEvent
AdvertisementId = "VNT20014";
ClientID = "GUID:E306FF26-C884-4E36-9C03-C19523A17F40";
DateTime = "20150112211117.571000+000";
MachineName = "VM-WIN7-MIKE";
PackageName = "VNT00018";
ProcessID = 1788;
ProgramName = "Uninstall Script";
SiteCode = "VNT";
ThreadID = 4128;
UserContext = "NT AUTHORITY\\SYSTEM";
]LOG]!><time="16:11:17.587+300" date="01-12-2015" component="execmgr" context="" type="1" thread="4128" file="event.cpp:715">
<![LOG[Raised Program Success Event for Ad:VNT20014, Package:VNT00018, Program: Uninstall Script]LOG]!><time="16:11:17.587+300" date="01-12-2015" component="execmgr" context="" type="1" thread="4128" file="executioncontext.cpp:483">
<![LOG[Execution is complete for program Uninstall Script. The exit code is 0, the execution status is Success]LOG]!><time="16:11:17.587+300" date="01-12-2015" component="execmgr" context="" type="1" thread="2564" file="execreqmgr.cpp:4165">
<![LOG[Raising client SDK event for class CCM_Program, instance CCM_Program.PackageID="VNT00018",ProgramID="Uninstall Script", actionType 10l, value Result:TRUE ,SDKCallerId:, user NULL, session 4294967295l, level 0l, verbosity 30l]LOG]!><time="16:11:17.602+300" date="01-12-2015" component="execmgr" context="" type="1" thread="2564" file="event.cpp:405">
<![LOG[Requesting MTC to delete task with id: {D52026A7-5735-402B-868C-EF9791656512}]LOG]!><time="16:11:17.618+300" date="01-12-2015" component="execmgr" context="" type="1" thread="2564" file="executionrequest.cpp:9036">
<![LOG[MTC task with id: {D52026A7-5735-402B-868C-EF9791656512} deleted successfully.]LOG]!><time="16:11:17.618+300" date="01-12-2015" component="execmgr" context="" type="1" thread="2564" file="executionrequest.cpp:9065">
<![LOG[Raising client SDK event for class CCM_Program, instance CCM_Program.PackageID="VNT00018",ProgramID="Uninstall Script", actionType 1l, value , user NULL, session 4294967295l, level 0l, verbosity 30l]LOG]!><time="16:11:17.618+300" date="01-12-2015" component="execmgr" context="" type="1" thread="2564" file="event.cpp:405">I just tried using powershell to accomplish the same task, and got the same result. Script ran fine, but nothing resulted. 0 errors in the execmgr.log on the client.
Program options:
Command Line: Powershell.exe -executionpolicy Bypass -file .\VirtUninstall.ps1
the powershell script looks like this:
$app = Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Product | Where-Object {$_.Name -match "VirtViewer*"}
$app.Uninstall()
exit /B
Again, the script runs great when launched locally, but not wehen deployed -
Looking for a Powershell Script which can put the scom servers in maintenance mode
Looking for a Powershell Script which can put the scom servers in maintenance mode so that SCOM should not send an alert during planned task.
Rahul1. Provide list of servers line-by-line in C:\ServerList.txt, make sure you provide limited no. of servers, do not exceed 20 - 25 per batch
2. Save the script with suitable name (test.ps1)
3. Open PowerShell cmd prompt
4. Script accepts 3 params - TimeInMinutes, Reason and Comment
**** Please note, this script will work for SCOM 2012 R2
param([int32]$TimeMin, [string]$Reason, [string]$Comment)
try
$api = new-object -comObject 'MOM.ScriptAPI'
Import-Module operationsmanager
New-SCOMManagementGroupConnection
$Servers = Get-Content "C:\ServerList.txt"
$Time = (Get-Date).Addminutes($TimeMin)
Foreach ($Server in $Servers)
#Get Computer instance
$ComputerClass = Get-SCOMClass -Name Microsoft.Windows.Computer
$ComputerClassInstance = Get-SCOMClassInstance -Class $ComputerClass | Where {$_.DisplayName -eq $Server}
If ($ComputerClassInstance -ne $Null)
$HealthServiceWatcherClass = Get-SCOMClass -name:Microsoft.SystemCenter.HealthServiceWatcher
#Get Health Service Watcher Class instance of the server
$HSWClass = Get-SCOMClass -Name Microsoft.SystemCenter.HealthServiceWatcher
$HSWClassIns = Get-SCOMClassInstance -Class $HSWClass | Where {$_.DisplayName -eq $Server}
#Starting the maintenance mode
Start-SCOMMaintenanceMode -Instance $HSWClassIns -EndTime $Time -Reason $Reason -Comment $Comment
Start-SCOMMaintenanceMode -Instance $ComputerClassInstance -EndTime $Time -Reason $Reason -Comment $Comment
Write-Host "Health Service Watcher and Agent server "$Server " kept in maintenance mode" -foregroundcolor "green"
$api.LogScriptEvent('MaintenanceModeScript.ps1', 200, 0, "$Server kept in maintenance mode for $TimeMin minutes")
Else
Write-Host $Server" not found " -foregroundcolor "red"
$api.LogScriptEvent('MaintenanceModeScript.ps1', 201, 1, "$Server could not be found in domain")
Catch [system.exception]
$api.LogScriptEvent('MaintenanceModeScript.ps1', 201, 1, $_.Exception.Message)
Faizan -
How to Compare 2 CSV file and store the result to 3rd csv file using PowerShell script?
I want to do the below task using powershell script only.
I have 2 csv files and I want to compare those two files and I want to store the comparision result to 3rd csv file. Please look at the follwingsnap:
This image is csv file only.
Could you please any one help me.
Thanks in advance.
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Best Online JournalNot certain this is what you're after, but this :
#import the contents of both csv files
$dbexcel=import-csv c:\dbexcel.csv
$liveexcel=import-csv C:\liveexcel.csv
#prepare the output csv and create the headers
$outputexcel="c:\outputexcel.csv"
$outputline="Name,Connection Status,Version,DbExcel,LiveExcel"
$outputline | out-file $outputexcel
#Loop through each record based on the number of records (assuming equal number in both files)
for ($i=0; $i -le $dbexcel.Length-1;$i++)
# Assign the yes / null values to equal the word equivalent
if ($dbexcel.isavail[$i] -eq "yes") {$dbavail="Available"} else {$dbavail="Unavailable"}
if ($liveexcel.isavail[$i] -eq "yes") {$liveavail="Available"} else {$liveavail="Unavailable"}
#create the live of csv content from the two input csv files
$outputline=$dbexcel.name[$i] + "," + $liveexcel.'connection status'[$i] + "," + $dbexcel.version[$i] + "," + $dbavail + "," + $liveavail
#output that line to the csv file
$outputline | out-file $outputexcel -Append
should do what you're looking for, or give you enough to edit it to your exact need.
I've assumed that the dbexcel.csv and liveexcel.csv files live in the root of c:\ for this, that they include the header information, and that the outputexcel.csv file will be saved to the same place (including headers). -
Get-Item: Cannot find path ' ' because it does not exist. While running Powershell script.
I am trying to run a PowerShell script to upload files into a SharePoint site in an Azure environment...the script works fine on my local machine, but every time I run it in Azure (remotely), I get errors. Here is what my simple script looks like...
if ( (Get-PSSnapin -Name Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) -eq $null )
Write-Host "Loading Sharepoint Module "
[System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("Microsoft.SharePoint")
Add-PSSnapin -Name Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell
if ( (Get-PSSnapin -Name Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell) -eq $null )
Write-Host "Failed to load sharepoint snap-in. Could not proceed further, Aborting ..."
Exit
#Script settings
$webUrl = "http://sampleWebUrl"
$docLibraryName = "My Documents"
$docLibraryUrlName = "My%20Documents"
$localFolderPath = get-childitem "C:\Upload\Test Upload\My Documents\" -recurse
$contentType = "ContenttType1"
#Open web and library
$web = Get-SPWeb $webUrl
write-host "Web:" $web
$docLibrary = $web.Lists[$docLibraryName]
write-host "docLibrary:" $docLibrary
$files = ([System.IO.DirectoryInfo] (Get-Item $localFolderPath)).GetFiles()
write-host "files:" $files
If ($contentType = "ContenttType1")
#Open file
$fileStream = ([System.IO.FileInfo] (Get-Item $file.FullName)).OpenRead()
# Gather the file name
$FileName = $File.Name
#remove file extension
$NewName = [IO.Path]::GetFileNameWithoutExtension($FileName)
#split the file name by the "-" character
$FileNameArray = $NewName.split("_")
$check = $FileNameArray.Length
#Add file
$folder = $web.getfolder($docLibrary.rootFolder.URL)
write-host "Copying file " $file.Name " to " $folder.ServerRelativeUrl "..."
$spFile = $folder.Files.Add($folder.Url + "/" + $file.Name, [System.IO.Stream]$fileStream, $true)
$spItem = $spFile.Item
write-host "Success"
write-host "SP File:" $spFile
write-host "SP Item" $spItem
#populate columns
$spItem["Column1"] = $FileNameArray[0]
$spItem["Column2"] = $FileNameArray[1]
$spItem.Update()
$fileStream.Close();
Again, I can run this on my local machine and it works just fine, but when I attempt to run it on the Azure environment I get this error...
Get-Item : Cannot find path 'C:\powershellscripts\12653_B7045.PDF' because it does not exist.
At C:\PowerShellScripts\Upload-FilesIntoSharePointTester.ps1:32 char:42
+ $files = ([System.IO.DirectoryInfo] (Get-Item $localFolderPath)).GetFiles()
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (C:\powershellscripts\12653_B7045.PDF:String) [Get-Item], ItemNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetItemCommand
What strikes me first is the fact that the file its looking for is in the "C:\Upload\Test Upload\My Documents\" directory, but the error keeps saying "C:\powershellscripts\" which is where my script resides and not the files I want to
upload into SharePoint. When I step through the code, all the variables are holding the correct values. The $localFolderPath shows the name of files that I am attempting to upload, so it recognizes them. But once I step through this particular line of code,
the error occurs...
$files = ([System.IO.DirectoryInfo] (Get-Item $localFolderPath)).GetFiles()
Is this an error caused because I am remoting into the Azure environment? Has anyone dealt with this issue before? I would really appreciate the help. Thanks
Update: quick thing I noticed is that these two lines of code are returning null values. Again, is this handled differently in Azure or remotely? I ask cause this is the way I know how to do this, locally.
$docLibrary = $web.Lists[$docLibraryName]
$files = ([System.IO.DirectoryInfo] (Get-Item $localFolderPath)).GetFiles()"...square brackets are wildcard characters in Windows PowerShell..."
When you use cd without a parameter it uses the -Path parameter. In this case you'll have to escape the square brackets so they are not considered wildcards. Each of the commands in the first example does the exact same thing.
cd 'Learn PowerShell `[Do Whatever`]'
cd -Path 'Learn PowerShell `[Do Whatever`]'
cd (or Set-Location) also has a literal path parameter (-LiteralPath) that does not require using an escape character (`) before each of the brackets. Hope this helps.
cd -LiteralPath 'Learn PowerShell [Do Whatever]' -
Powershell script to get the low disk space on the servers...
Hi,
We have many SQL & Sharepoint servers running on windows server. I need some Powershell script to get the low disk space on those servers and it should send an mail alert saying "Disc d:\ have less than threshold 15% free space".
Awaiting for response.
Thanks
Anilyou should be able to use this powershell script which you can run as a scheduled task.
just change the details at the start of the script to point the script to the right location to create log files. you will need to have a plain text file containing a list of server names or ip addresses that you want to check drive space on.
# Change the following variables based on your environment
#specify the path to the file you want to generate containing drive space information
$html_file_dir = "\\server\share\DriveSpace"
#specify the path and file name of the text file containing the list of servers names you want to check drive space on - each server name on a seperate line in plain text file
$server_file = "\\server\share\servers.txt"
#speicfy the from address for the email
$from_address = "[email protected]"
#specify the to address for the email
$to_address = "[email protected]"
#specify the smtp server to use to send the email
$email_gateway = "smtp.domain.com" # Can either be DNS name or IP address to SMTP server
# The seventh line from the bottom (line 167) is used if your smtp gateway requires authentication. If you require smtp authentication
# you must uncomment it and set the following variables.
$smtp_user = ""
$smtp_pass = ""
# Change the following variables for the style of the report.
$background_color = "rgb(140,166,193)" # can be in rgb format (rgb(0,0,0)) or hex format (#FFFFFF)
$server_name_font = "Arial"
$server_name_font_size = "20px"
$server_name_bg_color = "rgb(77,108,145)" # can be in rgb format (rgb(0,0,0)) or hex format (#FFFFFF)
$heading_font = "Arial"
$heading_font_size = "14px"
$heading_name_bg_color = "rgb(95,130,169)" # can be in rgb format (rgb(0,0,0)) or hex format (#FFFFFF)
$data_font = "Arial"
$data_font_size = "11px"
# Colors for space
$very_low_space = "rgb(255,0,0)" # very low space equals anything in the MB
$low_space = "rgb(251,251,0)" # low space is less then or equal to 10 GB
$medium_space = "rgb(249,124,0)" # medium space is less then or equal to 100 GB
#### NO CHANGES SHOULD BE MADE BELOW UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING
# Define some variables
$ErrorActionPreference = "SilentlyContinue"
$date = Get-Date -UFormat "%Y%m%d"
$html_file = New-Item -ItemType File -Path "$html_file_dir\DiskSpace_$date.html" -Force
# Create the file
$html_file
# Function to be used to convert bytes to MB or GB or TB
Function ConvertBytes {
param($size)
If ($size -lt 1MB) {
$drive_size = $size / 1KB
$drive_size = [Math]::Round($drive_size, 2)
[string]$drive_size + ' KB'
}elseif ($size -lt 1GB){
$drive_size = $size / 1MB
$drive_size = [Math]::Round($drive_size, 2)
[string]$drive_size + ' MB'
}ElseIf ($size -lt 1TB){
$drive_size = $size / 1GB
$drive_size = [Math]::Round($drive_size, 2)
[string]$drive_size + ' GB'
}Else{
$drive_size = $size / 1TB
$drive_size = [Math]::Round($drive_size, 2)
[string]$drive_size + ' TB'
# Create the header and footer contents of the html page for output
$html_header = '<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html lang="en-US" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<title>Server Drive Space</title>
<style type="text/css">
.serverName { text-align:center; font-family:"' + $server_name_font + '"; font-size:' + $server_name_font_size + `
'; font-weight:bold; background-color: ' + $server_name_bg_color + '; border: 1px solid black; width: 150px; }
.headings { text-align:center; font-family:"' + $heading_font + '"; font-size:' + $heading_font_size + `
'; font-weight:bold; background-color: ' + $heading_name_bg_color + '; border: 1px solid black; width: 150px; }
.data { font-family:"' + $data_font + '"; font-size:' + $data_font_size + '; border: 1px solid black; width: 150px; }
#dataTable { border: 1px solid black; border-collapse:collapse; }
body { background-color: ' + $background_color + '; }
#legend { border: 1px solid black; ; right:500px; top:10px; }
</style>
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
<!--
function zxcWWHS(){
if (document.all){
zxcCur=''hand'';
zxcWH=document.documentElement.clientHeight;
zxcWW=document.documentElement.clientWidth;
zxcWS=document.documentElement.scrollTop;
if (zxcWH==0){
zxcWS=document.body.scrollTop;
zxcWH=document.body.clientHeight;
zxcWW=document.body.clientWidth;
else if (document.getElementById){
zxcCur=''pointer'';
zxcWH=window.innerHeight-15;
zxcWW=window.innerWidth-15;
zxcWS=window.pageYOffset;
zxcWC=Math.round(zxcWW/2);
return [zxcWW,zxcWH,zxcWS];
window.onscroll=function(){
var img=document.getElementById(''legend'');
if (!document.all){ img.style.position=''fixed''; window.onscroll=null; return; }
if (!img.pos){ img.pos=img.offsetTop; }
img.style.top=(zxcWWHS()[2]+img.pos)+''px'';
//-->
</script>
</head>
<body>'
$html_footer = '</body>
</html>'
# Start to create the reports file
Add-Content $html_file $html_header
# Retrieve the contents of the server.txt file, this file should contain either the
# ip address or the host name of the machine on a single line. Loop through the file
# and get the drive information.
Get-Content $server_file |`
ForEach-Object {
# Get the hostname of the machine
$hostname = Get-WmiObject -Impersonation Impersonate -ComputerName $_ -Query "SELECT Name From Win32_ComputerSystem"
$name = $hostname.Name.ToUpper()
Add-Content $html_file ('<Table id="dataTable"><tr><td colspan="3" class="serverName">' + $name + '</td></tr>
<tr><td class="headings">Drive Letter</td><td class="headings">Total Size</td><td class="headings">Free Space</td></tr>')
# Get the drives of the server
$drives = Get-WmiObject Win32_LogicalDisk -Filter "drivetype=3" -ComputerName $_ -Impersonation Impersonate
# Now that I have all the drives, loop through and add to report
ForEach ($drive in $drives) {
$space_color = ""
$free_space = $drive.FreeSpace
$total_space = $drive.Size
$percentage_free = $free_space / $total_space
$percentage_free = $percentage_free * 100
If ($percentage_free -le 5) {
$space_color = $very_low_space
}elseif ($percentage_free -le 10) {
$space_color = $low_space
}elseif ($percentage_free -le 15) {
$space_color = $medium_space
Add-Content $html_file ('<tr><td class="data">' + $drive.deviceid + '</td><td class="data">' + (ConvertBytes $drive.size) + `
'</td><td class="data" bgcolor="' + $space_color + '">' + (ConvertBytes $drive.FreeSpace) + '</td></tr>')
# Close the table
Add-Content $html_file ('</table></br><div id="legend">
<Table><tr><td style="font-size:12px">Less then or equal to 5 % free space</td><td bgcolor="' + $very_low_space + '" width="10px"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="font-size:12px">Less then or equal to 10 % free space</td><td bgcolor="' + $low_space + '" width="10px"></td></tr>
<tr><td style="font-size:12px">Less then or equal to 15 % free space</td><td bgcolor="' + $medium_space + '" width="10px"></td></tr>
</table></div>')
# End the reports file
Add-Content $html_file $html_footer
# Email the file
$mail = New-Object System.Net.Mail.MailMessage
$att = new-object Net.Mail.Attachment($html_file)
$mail.From = $from_address
$mail.To.Add($to_address)
$mail.Subject = "Server Diskspace $date"
$mail.Body = "The diskspace report file is attached."
$mail.Attachments.Add($att)
$smtp = New-Object System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient($email_gateway)
#$smtp.Credentials = New-Object System.Net.NetworkCredential($smtp_user,$smtp_pass)
$smtp.Send($mail)
$att.Dispose()
# Delete the file
Remove-Item $html_file
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Denis Cooper
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http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2010/09/23/use-powershell-cmdlets-to-manage-sharepoint-document-libraries.aspx
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