{"id":2809,"date":"2013-02-22T08:51:58","date_gmt":"2013-02-22T13:51:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jdhitsolutions.com\/blog\/?p=2809"},"modified":"2013-02-22T08:51:58","modified_gmt":"2013-02-22T13:51:58","slug":"powershell-morning-report-with-credentials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jdhitsolutions.com\/blog\/powershell\/2809\/powershell-morning-report-with-credentials\/","title":{"rendered":"PowerShell Morning Report with Credentials"},"content":{"rendered":"

I had an email about trying to use my Morning Report script to connect to machines that required alternate credentials. For example, you might have non-domain systems in a DMZ. Fair enough. Since most of the report script uses WMI, it wasn't too hard to add a Credential parameter and modify the WMI code to use it. I tweaked the code a bit to use hashtables to splat parameters.<\/p>\n


\n#region define a parameter hashtable
\n$paramhash=@{
\nClassname=\"Win32_OperatingSystem\"
\nComputername=$Computername
\nErrorAction=\"Stop\"
\n}<\/p>\n

if ($credential) {
\n $paramhash.Add(\"Credential\",$Credential)
\n}
\nIf ($OK) {<\/p>\n

Try {
\n #get Operating system information from WMI
\n $os = Get-WmiObject @paramhash
\n...
\n<\/code><\/p>\n

I'm a little mixed on using splatting in the script. On one hand it makes it easier to wrap up parameters but the actual command might be a little confusing. Hopefully the comments make it clear.<\/p>\n

So that handled all the WMI parts. The event log section is using Get-Eventlog which doesn't have a -Credential parameter. I could have tried to rewrite the section using WMI, but that seemed like a lot of work. So I made the assumption that the computers you are querying are running PowerShell 2 or later with remoting enabled. That means I can use Invoke-Command to run Get-Eventlog ON the remote computer. As an additional benefit this seems to run a little faster, at least in my testing.<\/p>\n

The tricky part was passing all the parameter values to Get-EventLog and Invoke-Command. I ended up with some complicated nesting but it works.<\/p>\n


\n#Event log errors and warnings in the last $Hours hours
\n$last=(Get-Date).AddHours(-$Hours)
\n#define a hash table of parameters to splat to Get-Eventlog
\n$GetEventLogParam = @{
\nLogName=\"System\"
\nEntryType=\"Error\",\"Warning\"
\nAfter=$last}<\/p>\n

#System Log
\nWrite-Host \"...System Event Log Error\/Warning since $last\" -ForegroundColor Cyan
\n#hashtable of optional parameters for Invoke-Command
\n$InvokeCommandParam = @{
\n Computername=$Computername
\n ArgumentList=$GetEventLogParam
\n ScriptBlock = {Param ($params) Get-EventLog @params }
\n}<\/p>\n

if ($Credential) { $InvokeCommandParam.Add(\"Credential\",$Credential) }<\/p>\n

$syslog = Invoke-Command @InvokeCommandParam<\/p>\n

$syslogdata = $syslog | Select TimeGenerated,EventID,Source,Message<\/p>\n

#Application Log
\nWrite-Host \"...Application Event Log Error\/Warning since $last\" -ForegroundColor Cyan
\n#update the hashtable
\n$GetEventLogParam.LogName=\"Application\"<\/p>\n

#update invoke-command parameters
\n$InvokeCommandParam.ArgumentList = $GetEventLogParam<\/p>\n

$applog = Invoke-Command @InvokeCommandParam
\n$applogdata = $applog | Select TimeGenerated,EventID,Source,Message
\n<\/code><\/p>\n

Now you can run the script using -Credential, specifying either a saved credential object or the user name which will give you the Get-Credential prompt. I also made some slight tweaks to the embedded style and layout.<\/p>\n

\"morning<\/a><\/p>\n

If you missed the original and related posts, you might want to read:
\nhttp:\/\/jdhitsolutions.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/the-powershell-morning-report\/<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/jdhitsolutions.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/morning-report-revised\/<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/jdhitsolutions.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/event-log-morning-report\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Download the latest version of the MorningReport<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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