Powershell: Ping Many Servers - Revision history

Rabbi Bob at 13:02, 25 January 2020

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Rabbi Bob at 13:02, 25 January 2020

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			* The title bar is the only really needed element here. Making the window small and with a little color change is just a thing to do.

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Rabbi Bob at 13:01, 25 January 2020

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	There are probably better ways to do this, but when I'm working on multiple servers I like to open a CMD and ping <host> so I have an eye on it when it comes back up. Many servers... many cmd... messy.<br><br>		There are probably better ways to do this, but when I'm working on multiple servers I like to open a CMD and ping <host> so I have an eye on it when it comes back up. Many servers... many cmd... messy.<br><br>

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			* maybe someday just check the local dir vs hard-coding it? Did you even really need that? Tired...

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	$name=""		$name=""

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	This one is messy, it's been a long night\early morning, but it functionally meets the goal.		This one is messy, it's been a long night\early morning, but it functionally meets the goal.

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There are probably better ways to do this, but when I'm working on multiple servers I like to open a CMD and ping <host> so I have an eye on it when it comes back up. Many servers... many cmd... messy.<br><br>
Instead, let's make a PowerShell script that takes in server name input from the user and spawns a PS window that is small and checking the server for up\down via Test-Connection.<br><br>
This one is messy, it's been a long night\early morning, but it functionally meets the goal.

=psping.ps1=
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$name=""

while ($name -ne 0)
{
$name = Read-Host 'Enter Computer Name or IP:'
cmd /c start powershell -noexit -command "c:\powershell\ping\step2.ps1 -server $name"
}
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=step2.ps1=
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param (
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][string]$server
)

function Set-ConsoleWindow
{
param(
[int]$Width,
[int]$Height
)

$WindowSize = $Host.UI.RawUI.WindowSize
$WindowSize.Width = [Math]::Min($Width, $Host.UI.RawUI.BufferSize.Width)
$WindowSize.Height = $Height

try{
$Host.UI.RawUI.WindowSize = $WindowSize
}
catch [System.Management.Automation.SetValueInvocationException] {
$Maxvalue = ($_.Exception.Message |Select-String "\d+").Matches[0].Value
$WindowSize.Height = $Maxvalue
$Host.UI.RawUI.WindowSize = $WindowSize
}
}

Set-ConsoleWindow 35 2

$Host.UI.RawUI.WindowTitle = "Server: $server | Checking..."

$SERVERWINDOW=$server

write-host "Checking $SERVERWINDOW"

$FOREVER=666

while ($FOREVER -eq 666)
{
If (Test-Connection $server -count 1 -delay 4 -quiet)
{
Write-Host '***' $SERVERWINDOW 'responded' -ForegroundColor Black
$Host.UI.RawUI.BackgroundColor = ($bckgrnd = 'Green')
$Host.UI.RawUI.WindowTitle = "UP: "+ $SERVERWINDOW
cls
}
else
{
Write-Host '!!!' $SERVERWINDOW 'no response' -ForegroundColor Black
$Host.UI.RawUI.WindowTitle = "DN: "+ $SERVERWINDOW
$Host.UI.RawUI.BackgroundColor = ($bckgrnd = 'Yellow')
cls
}
}

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