Chapters/comment-based-help/snippets.ps1

Return "This is a snippets file not a script to run."

# completed...
Function Get-TMComputerStatus {
 <#
.SYNOPSIS
Get computer status information.
.DESCRIPTION
This command retrieves system information from one or more remote computers
using Get-CimInstance. It will write a summary object to the pipeline for
each computer. You also have the option to log errors to a text file.
.PARAMETER Computername
The name of the computer to query.
.PARAMETER ErrorLog
The path to the error text file. This is not implemented yet.
.PARAMETER ErrorAppend
Append errors to the error file. This is not implemented yet.
.EXAMPLE
PS C:\> Get-TMComputerstatus -computername SRV1
#>

[cmdletbinding()]
Param(
    [Parameter(ValueFromPipeline, Mandatory)]
    [ValidateNotNullorEmpty()]
    [ValidatePattern("^\w+$")]
    [Alias("CN", "Machine", "Name")]
    [string[]]$Computername,
    [string]$ErrorLog,
    [switch]$ErrorAppend
)

BEGIN {
    Write-Information "Command = $($myinvocation.mycommand)" -Tags Meta
    Write-Information "PSVersion = $($PSVersionTable.PSVersion)" -Tags Meta
    Write-Information "User = $env:userdomain\$env:username" -tags Meta
    Write-Information "Computer = $env:computername" -tags Meta
    Write-Information "PSHost = $($host.name)" -Tags Meta
    Write-Information "Test Date = $(Get-Date)" -tags Meta
    Write-Verbose "Starting $($myinvocation.mycommand)"
}

PROCESS {
    foreach ($computer in $Computername) {
        Write-Verbose "Querying $($computer.toUpper())"
        $params = @{
            Classname    = "Win32_OperatingSystem"
            Computername = $computer
        }
        $OS = Get-CimInstance @params
        $params.ClassName = "Win32_Processor"
        $cpu = Get-CimInstance @params

        $params.className = "Win32_logicalDisk"
        $vol = Get-CimInstance @params -filter "DeviceID='c:'"

        [pscustomobject]@{
          Computername = $os.CSName
          TotalMem     = $os.TotalVisibleMemorySize
          FreeMem      = $os.FreePhysicalMemory
          Processes    = $os.NumberOfProcesses
          PctFreeMem   = ($os.FreePhysicalMemory/$os.TotalVisibleMemorySize)*100
          Uptime       = (Get-Date) - $os.lastBootUpTime
          CPULoad      = $cpu.LoadPercentage
          PctFreeC     = ($vol.FreeSpace/$vol.size)*100
        }
    } #foreach $computer
}
END {
    Write-Verbose "Starting $($myinvocation.mycommand)"
}
} #Get-TMComputerStatus


# prettier version
 <#
.SYNOPSIS
Get computer status information.
 
.DESCRIPTION
This command retrieves system information from one or more remote computers
using Get-CimInstance. It will write a summary object to the pipeline for
each computer. You also have the option to log errors to a text file.
 
.PARAMETER Computername
The name of the computer to query. This parameter has aliases of
CN, Machine and Name.
 
.PARAMETER ErrorLog
The path to the error text file. This is not implemented yet.
 
.PARAMETER ErrorAppend
Append errors to the error file. This is not implemented yet.
 
.EXAMPLE
PS C:\> Get-TMComputerStatus -computername SRV1
 
Computername : SRV1
TotalMem : 33080040
FreeMem : 27384236
Processes : 218
PctFreeMem : 82.7817499616083
Uptime : 11.06:23:52.7176115
CPULoad : 2
PctFreeC : 54.8730920184876
 
Get the status of a single computer
 
.EXAMPLE
PS C:\> Get-Content c:\work\computers.txt | Get-TMComputerStatus |
Export-CliXML c:\work\data.xml
 
Pipe each computer name from the computers.txt text file to this
command. Results are immediately exported to an XML file using
Export-CliXML.
#>


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<#
.INPUTS
System.String
 
.NOTES
version : 1.0.0
last updated: 1 June, 2020
 
.LINK
https://powershell.org/forums/
.LINK
Get-CimInstance
 
#>