{"id":1369,"date":"2011-04-25T13:01:25","date_gmt":"2011-04-25T17:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jdhitsolutions.com\/blog\/?p=1369"},"modified":"2011-04-26T06:47:26","modified_gmt":"2011-04-26T10:47:26","slug":"scripting-games-2001-beginner-event-5-commentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jdhitsolutions.com\/blog\/powershell\/1369\/scripting-games-2001-beginner-event-5-commentary\/","title":{"rendered":"Scripting Games 2011 Beginner Event 5 Commentary"},"content":{"rendered":"

My commentary for Beginner Event 5 in the 2011 Scripting Games is now available<\/a>. One item that seems to be missing on the ScriptingGuys site is my complete solution so I thought I would share it here, plus a variation.<\/p>\n

My sample solution is perhaps a little over-wrought for a beginner level script, but I wanted to demonstrate what I felt were some inportant scripting techiniques.
\n[cc lang=\"PowerShell\"]
\n#Requires -version 2.0 <\/p>\n

#You need to collect the user name, computer name, domain name, and the operating system information
\n#from a number of computers. To make matters easier, you have decided to write the information to a
\n#text file. The text file needs to be saved as an ASCII file, and not as Unicode. You should include
\n#the date in which the information was gathered to determine reliability of the information.<\/p>\n

#Design points
\n#\tExtra points for a script that will work against a remote machine
\n#\tExtra points for a script that will accept a Text file, CSV or other type of input of remote computer names
\n#\tExtra points for adding useful help information and comments
\n#\tDesign points for clear easy to read code, and use of native Windows PowerShell cmdlets<\/p>\n

Param (
\n [string]$File=\"computers.txt\",
\n [string]$LogFile=\"ComputerReport.txt\",
\n [string]$ErrorLog=\"failed.txt\",
\n [Switch]$Append
\n )<\/p>\n

Set-StrictMode -Version 2<\/p>\n

#Verify list of computers exists
\nIf (Test-Path -Path $File)
\n{<\/p>\n

#if error log already exists, delete it so we get a new file
\n if (Test-Path -Path $ErrorLog)
\n {
\n Remove-Item -Path $ErrorLog
\n }
\n #retrieve computer names filtering out any blank lines
\n $Computers=Get-Content -Path $file | Where {$_}<\/p>\n

Write-Host \"Gathering computer information. Please wait...\" -ForegroundColor Cyan
\n #initialize an array to hold computer information
\n $data=@()<\/p>\n

#for each computer in the list
\n Foreach ($Computer in $Computers) {<\/p>\n

#trim off any spaces
\n $Computer=$Computer.Trim()<\/p>\n

#write the computername to the console as a status message
\n Write-Host $Computer.toUpper() -ForegroundColor Cyan<\/p>\n

#ping the computer using Test-Connection. I'm saving the results to a variable
\n #so that I can get the IP address. I set the ErrorAction preference to SilentlyContinue
\n #to suppress error messages
\n $ping=Test-Connection -ComputerName $Computer -Count 2 -ErrorAction \"SilentlyContinue\"
\n if ($ping)
\n {
\n #if the computer is pingable get WMI information
\n Try
\n {
\n #attempt to retrieve WMI information and if there is an error catch it
\n $OperatingSystem=Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_OperatingSystem -ComputerName $Computer -ErrorAction Stop
\n $ComputerSystem=Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_ComputerSystem -ComputerName $Computer -ErrorAction Stop<\/p>\n

#only process if WMI queries were sucessful
\n if ($OperatingSystem -AND $ComputerSystem)
\n {
\n #create a custom object using a property hash table
\n #I'm including ServicePack information since that might come in handy
\n $data+=New-Object -TypeName PSObject -Property @{
\n User=$ComputerSystem.UserName
\n Commputer=$OperatingSystem.CSName
\n IPAddress=$ping[0].ipv4address.ToString()
\n Domain=$ComputerSystem.Domain
\n OS=$OperatingSystem.Caption
\n ServicePack=$OperatingSystem.ServicePackMajorVersion
\n Model=$ComputerSystem.Model
\n Reported=(Get-Date)
\n }
\n }
\n else
\n {
\n #otherwise record the failure in a log file
\n $Computer.ToUpper() | Add-Content -Path $ErrorLog
\n }
\n } #close Try<\/p>\n

Catch
\n {
\n Write-Warning \"There was a problem retrieving information from $($Computer.ToUpper())\"
\n #write the exception message as a warning
\n Write-Warning $_.Exception.Message
\n #write the failed computername to a text file
\n $computer.ToUpper() | Add-Content -Path $ErrorLog
\n } #close Catch scriptblock
\n } #if pingable
\n else
\n {
\n #computer is not pingable
\n $Computer.ToUpper() | Add-Content -Path $ErrorLog
\n }
\n } #foreach<\/p>\n

#measure how many computers were queried and save the count property to a variable
\n $count=($data | measure-object).Count
\n Write-Host \"Successfully queried $Count computers.\" -ForegroundColor Cyan
\n #write the WMI information to a log file if $data has anything in it
\n if ($count -gt 0)
\n {
\n #if a file was specified then record information
\n if ($LogFile -AND $Append)
\n {
\n $data | Out-File -FilePath $LogFile -Encoding ASCII -Append
\n }
\n else
\n {
\n $data | Out-File -FilePath $LogFile -Encoding ASCII
\n }
\n } #if $count greater than 0<\/p>\n

Write-Host \"See $LogFile for details and $ErrorLog for failed computers.\" -ForegroundColor Cyan
\n} #if file exisits<\/p>\n

else
\n{
\n #Failed to verify text file of computers
\n Write-Warning \"Cannot find or verify $file.\"
\n}<\/p>\n

#end of script
\n[\/cc]<\/p>\n

I also wrote an \"advanced\" version with comment based help and one that accepts pipelined input. I've ommitted help section here but it is in the file you can download at the end.<\/p>\n

[cc lang=\"PowerShell\"]
\nFunction Get-ComputerInfo {<\/p>\n

[cmdletBinding()]<\/p>\n

Param (
\n [Parameter(Position=0,ValueFromPipeline=$True,ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$True)]
\n [ValidateNotNullorEmpty()]
\n [Alias(\"name\")]
\n [string[]]$Computername=$env:Computername,<\/p>\n

[Parameter(Position=1,Mandatory=$False,HelpMessage=\"Enter the full filename and path for your report.\")]
\n [string]$FilePath,<\/p>\n

[switch]$Append,<\/p>\n

[string]$ErrorLog=\"Failed.txt\"<\/p>\n

)<\/p>\n

Begin
\n{
\n Set-StrictMode -Version 2
\n Write-Verbose \"$(Get-Date) Starting script\"
\n Write-Host \"Gathering computer information. Please wait...\" -ForegroundColor Cyan
\n #initialize an array to hold computer information
\n $data=@()<\/p>\n

} #close Begin scriptblock<\/p>\n

Process
\n{
\n #process the array of computernames either piped in or passes as parameter values
\n Foreach ($computer in $computername) {
\n Try
\n {
\n Write-Verbose \"$(Get-Date) Getting information from $($Computer.toUpper())\"<\/p>\n

#write a progress message on the console if a file path was specified
\n #otherwise nothing is displayed which for a long running command migh
\n #lead the user to think something is wrong. When a file is not used each
\n #computer is written to the console
\n if ($Filepath)
\n {
\n Write-Host $Computer.toUpper() -ForegroundColor Cyan
\n }<\/p>\n

#attempt to retrieve WMI information and if there is an error catch it
\n $OperatingSystem=Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_OperatingSystem -ComputerName $Computer -ErrorAction Stop
\n $ComputerSystem=Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_ComputerSystem -ComputerName $Computer -ErrorAction Stop<\/p>\n

#only process if WMI queries were sucessful
\n if ($OperatingSystem -AND $ComputerSystem)
\n {
\n #create a custom object using a property hash table
\n #I'm including ServicePack information since that might come in handy
\n $object=New-Object -TypeName PSObject -Property @{
\n User=$ComputerSystem.UserName
\n Commputer=$OperatingSystem.CSName
\n Domain=$ComputerSystem.Domain
\n OS=$OperatingSystem.Caption
\n ServicePack=$OperatingSystem.ServicePackMajorVersion
\n Model=$ComputerSystem.Model
\n Reported=(Get-Date)
\n } <\/p>\n

if ($FilePath)
\n {
\n #add the object to the data array in case we want to save it to a file
\n $data+=$object
\n }
\n else
\n {
\n #Otherwise write the new object to the pipeline
\n Write-Output $object
\n }<\/p>\n

}
\n else
\n {
\n #display a warning if the WMI information is not present. This should never really
\n #be reached.
\n Write-Warning \"There was an unknown problem. Not all information was available.\"
\n }
\n } #close Try scriptblock<\/p>\n

Catch
\n {
\n Write-Warning \"There was a problem retrieving information from $($Computer.ToUpper())\"
\n #write the exception message as a warning
\n Write-Warning $_.Exception.Message
\n #write the failed computername to a text file
\n $computer.toUpper() | Add-Content -Path $ErrorLog
\n } #close Catch scriptblock
\n } #close Foreach
\n} #close Process script block<\/p>\n

End
\n{
\n #if a file was specified then record information
\n if ($FilePath -AND $Append)
\n {
\n Write-Verbose \"$(Get-Date) Appending to $filepath\"
\n $data | Out-File -FilePath $Filepath -Encoding ASCII -Append
\n }
\n elseif ($FilePath)
\n {
\n Write-Verbose \"$(Get-Date) Writing data to $filepath\"
\n $data | Out-File -FilePath $Filepath -Encoding ASCII
\n }
\n Write-Verbose \"$(Get-Date) Ending script\"
\n} #close End scriptblock<\/p>\n

} #end Function<\/p>\n

#end of script
\n[\/cc]<\/p>\n

Fundamentally, the code hasn't really changed except for the way I handle pipelined objects and the use of Write-Verbose to display status messages.<\/p>\n

Download Beg_5_2011.ps1<\/a> and Beg_5_2011_Variation.ps1<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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