I want to make a small PS script that checks the status of a service logon account against a server list. What i need to do is, if a server is down, it shows a custom error message that tells me which server from the list is offline, instead of the default bulky red error message.
Here is what i came up with so far.
This is the RPC error powershell shows if something wrong with a server.
Get-WmiObject : The RPC server is unavailable. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x800706BA)
At V:\HRG01\MPE_HRG01_Information-Technology\Share\ITSS-Core\Icinga Monitor Software\Service Check\Get-Service Log On.ps1:1 char:1
+ Get-WmiObject win32_service -ComputerName (Get-Content -path ".\serverlist.txt") ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [Get-WmiObject], COMException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : GetWMICOMException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetWmiObjectCommand
PS Exception
PS c:\> $Error[0].Exception.GetType().FullName
System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException
I searched on the internet for a solution, and this is what i came up with at last, but of course not working.
$servers= Get-Content -path ".\serverlist.txt"
foreach ($server in $servers)
{
try {
Get-WmiObject win32_service -ComputerName $server |
Where-Object {$_.Name -eq "icinga2"} -ErrorAction Continue |
format-list -Property PSComputerName,Name,StartName
}
catch [System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException]
{
Write-Host "ERROR: $Server connection error"
}
}
Tee-Object .\Results.txt -Append
Read-Host -Prompt "Press Enter to exit"
I'd really appreciate your help
The error is on Get-WmiObject
not Where-Object
. And you have to set error action to stop to catch terminating error.
$servers= Get-Content -path ".\serverlist.txt"
foreach ($server in $servers)
{
try {
Get-WmiObject win32_service -ComputerName $server -ErrorAction Stop |
Where-Object {$_.Name -eq "icinga2"} |
format-list -Property PSComputerName,Name,StartName
}
catch [System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException]
{
Write-Host "ERROR: $Server connection error"
}
}
Tee-Object .\Results.txt -Append
Read-Host -Prompt "Press Enter to exit"
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