Get-PingMonitor.ps1
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Script
[CmdletBinding()]
Param (
[int32]$Count = 5,
[Parameter(ValueFromPipeline = $true)]
[String[]]$ComputerName,
[string]$LogPath = "c:\pinglog\pinglog.csv"
)
$Ping = @()
#Test if path exists, if not, create it
If (-not (Test-Path (Split-Path $LogPath) -PathType Container)) {
Write-Verbose "Folder doesn't exist $(Split-Path $LogPath), creating..."
New-Item (Split-Path $LogPath) -ItemType Directory | Out-Null
}
#Test if log file exists, if not seed it with a header row
If (-not (Test-Path $LogPath)) {
Write-Verbose "Log file doesn't exist: $($LogPath), creating..."
Add-Content -Value '"TimeStamp","Source","Destination","IPV4Address","Status","ResponseTime"' -Path $LogPath
}
#Log collection loop
Write-Verbose "Beginning Ping monitoring of $ComputerName for $Count tries:"
While ($Count -gt 0) {
$Ping = Get-WmiObject Win32_PingStatus -Filter "Address = '$ComputerName'" | Select-Object @{Label = "TimeStamp"; Expression = { Get-Date } }, @{Label = "Source"; Expression = { $_.__Server } }, @{Label = "Destination"; Expression = { $_.Address } }, IPv4Address, @{Label = "Status"; Expression = { If ($_.StatusCode -ne 0) { "Failed" } Else { "" } } }, ResponseTime
$Result = $Ping | Select-Object TimeStamp, Source, Destination, IPv4Address, Status, ResponseTime | ConvertTo-Csv -NoTypeInformation
$Result[1] | Add-Content -Path $LogPath
Write-verbose ($Ping | Select-Object TimeStamp, Source, Destination, IPv4Address, Status, ResponseTime | Format-Table -AutoSize | Out-String)
$Count --
Start-Sleep -Seconds 1
}
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