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PowerShell-Exchange-DAG Problem

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Hi,

i´m trying to implement a powershell-based Exchange DAG-Sensor, output is in XML-Based format...

if i´m running the script directly on the prtg-server (powershell-window..) the output will look like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="Windows-1252" ?> 
<prtg> 
 <result> 
   <channel>MailboxDatabase 2013\EXC2013</channel> 
   <value>1</value> 
   <showChart>1</showChart> 
   <showTable>1</showTable> 
   <mode>Absolute</mode> 
</result> 
</prtg>

...if the script is triggered via the sensor the output is this (logs from "Result of Sensor XYZ" on the prtg-server...)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="Windows-1252" ?> 
<prtg> 
 <result> 
   <channel>MailboxDatabase 2013\EXC2013</channel> 
   <value>1</value> 
   <showChart>1</showChart> 
   <showTable>1</showTable> 
   <mode>Absolute</mode> 
</result> 
</prtg> 

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+ &'C:\Program Files (x86)\PRTG Network Monitor\custom sensors\EXEXML\prtg_dagm
onitor.ps1' exc2013.labcloud.local;& <<<< if %errorlevel% EQU 0 (exit $LastExit
Code)else (exit %errorlevel%)
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (if:String) [], CommandNotFoundE 
   xception
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

...looks like the powershell-script is running correctly...but the errorlevel-handling seems to be incorrect...

any ideas ?!? ..or ist there any config-option for the sensor to surpress the errorhandling completely ?!?

regards René

dag exchange powershell

Created on Sep 17, 2014 3:29:33 PM

Last change on Sep 18, 2014 8:34:38 PM by Stephan Linke [Paessler Support]



3 Replies

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Do you mind posting the entire script including the script sensor configuration in PRTG? :)

Created on Sep 18, 2014 8:35:18 PM by Stephan Linke [Paessler Support]



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0

..mhh..good idea :-) here´s my customized script (...the original is from http://www.frankysweb.de/exchange-2010-monitoring-via-prtg)

param(
[string]$servername)

#$servername = "exc2013.labcloud.local" 
$WarningPreference = "SilentlyContinue"
  
#————————————— 
$pssession = new-pssession -configurationname "Microsoft.Exchange" -connectionuri "http://$servername/Powershell" -Authentication Kerberos -WarningAction "SilentlyContinue"
$startsession = import-pssession -session $pssession -allowclobber -WarningAction SilentlyContinue | out-null 
  
$dbstatus = get-mailboxdatabasecopystatus 
$dbcount = (Get-MailboxDatabaseCopyStatus).count 
  
$prtg = ‘<?xml version="1.0" encoding="Windows-1252" ?> 
<prtg> 
‘ 
  
foreach ($db in $dbstatus) 
{ 
  $dbname = $db.Name 
  $dbstate = $db.Status 
  $dbvalue = "10" 
  if ($dbstate -match "Mounted") 
  { 
    $dbvalue = "1" 
   } 
    if ($dbstate -match "Dismounted") 
   { 
    $dbvalue = "2" 
   } 
    if ($dbstate -match "Healthy") 
   { 
    $dbvalue = "3" 
   } 
  
$prtg +=" <result> 
   <channel>$dbname</channel> 
   <value>$dbvalue</value> 
   <showChart>1</showChart> 
   <showTable>1</showTable> 
   <mode>Absolute</mode> 
</result> 
</prtg> 
" 
} 
remove-pssession -session $pssession | out-null
$prtg

...and my sensor config in PRTG:

SensorConfig

Created on Sep 18, 2014 8:59:51 PM



Votes:

0

Can't test it properly but it should work. You added </prtg> to the foreach of the results, breaking the XML structure :) Also I've cleaned up the if statements, consider using switch/case here: Paste at line 24, replacing everthing that follows

if ($dbstate -match "Mounted") { $dbvalue = "1" } 
if ($dbstate -match "Dismounted") { $dbvalue = "2" } 
if ($dbstate -match "Healthy") { $dbvalue = "3" } 
  
$prtg += "<result>  
   <channel>$dbname</channel> 
   <value>$dbvalue</value> 
   <showChart>1</showChart> 
   <showTable>1</showTable> 
   <mode>Absolute</mode> 
</result>" 
} 
remove-pssession -session $pssession | out-null
$prtg +="<text>Your text goes here</text>
</prtg>"

Created on Sep 19, 2014 10:19:25 AM by Stephan Linke [Paessler Support]




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