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Powershell (EXE/XML Advanced Sensor) issue

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Hi all,

I created a powershell script which monitors deduplication stats and the script runs fine for all servers except one. This happens to be the PRTG server itself. If I run the script manually in powershell with all necessary parameters it works flawlessly. Debug output is not very helpful unfortunately.

The Script itself:

param(
	[string]$ComputerName   = '',
	[string]$Username       = '',
    [string]$Password       = ''
)

function This-GenerateCredentials()
{
    $SecPasswd  = ConvertTo-SecureString $Password -AsPlainText -Force
    $Credentials= New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential ($Username, $secpasswd)
    return $Credentials
}  

$results = Invoke-Command -ComputerName $ComputerName -ScriptBlock { Get-DedupVolume | Select-Object Volume, SavingsRate | Sort-Object Volume } -Credential (This-GenerateCredentials)

$xmlOutput = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><prtg>'

foreach ($result in $results) {
    $xmlOutput = $xmlOutput + "<result><channel>$($result.Volume)</channel><value>$($result.SavingsRate)</value></result>"
}

$xmlOutput = $xmlOutput + "</prtg>"

Out-File -FilePath 'C:\temp\debug.xml' -InputObject $xmlOutput

Write-Host $xmlOutput

The generated debug output when run from PRTG:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><prtg></prtg>

Any help is highly appreciated...

Kind Regards Matthias

deduplication error exexml powershell

Created on May 15, 2018 1:49:23 PM

Last change on May 16, 2018 4:19:34 AM by Sven Roggenhofer [Paessler Technical Support]



8 Replies

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Hey,

what is the error message in PRTG?

Also, did you check "Security Context" for the sensor?

Lukas

Created on May 16, 2018 7:26:11 AM



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It's setup as follows (just like the other working DeDup sensors): DeDup Sensor settings

Created on May 16, 2018 8:00:59 PM



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Did you already try to replace %host with the FQDN of the host? Because when adding it to the local probe device in PRTG, %host will be resolved with 127.0.0.1, which doesn't work with Invoke-Command, as they always require a FQDN for kerberos authentication :)

Kind regards,
Stephan Linke, Tech Support Team

Created on May 17, 2018 7:09:31 AM by Stephan Linke [Paessler Support]



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If sensor result debug (Result of Sensor 3115.Data.txt) is correct then the script is getting called with all the correct parameters. What I'm wondering about is that I don't seem to get an exception of any kind, just an empty xml with no result values...

Data['exeparams'].asString := '-ComputerName 'defalvirt01.shire.loc' -Username 'SHIRE\svc_servacc' -Password '***'';

Created on May 17, 2018 12:14:20 PM



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Then the $results var is just empty and Invoke-Command doesn't seem to work. You might want to add if/else to catch querying localhost:

if($ComputerName -eq [System.Net.Dns]::GetHostByName(($env:computerName)))
{
  $results = (Get-DedupVolume | Select-Object Volume, SavingsRate | Sort-Object Volume } -Credential (This-GenerateCredentials))
}
else
{
  $results = (Invoke-Command -ComputerName $ComputerName -ScriptBlock { Get-DedupVolume | Select-Object Volume, SavingsRate | Sort-Object Volume } -Credential (This-GenerateCredentials))
}

Created on May 17, 2018 12:33:17 PM by Stephan Linke [Paessler Support]



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Tried that in one version of the script already, but tried again anyways:

if($ComputerName.ToLower() -eq [System.Net.Dns]::GetHostByName(($env:computerName)).ToLower()) { $results = (Get-DedupVolume | Select-Object Volume, SavingsRate | Sort-Object Volume ) } else { $results = (Invoke-Command -ComputerName $ComputerName -ScriptBlock { Get-DedupVolume | Select-Object Volume, SavingsRate | Sort-Object Volume } -Credential (This-GenerateCredentials)) }

Same result as before. Also checked with a debug file output, which parameters are passed from PRTG - it's the FQDN and not localhost or 127.0.0.1.

Created on May 17, 2018 12:53:36 PM



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Does it actually enter the first or second condition?

Kind regards,
Stephan Linke, Tech Support Team

Created on May 18, 2018 8:26:56 AM by Stephan Linke [Paessler Support]



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Finally got it working... one of the problems was that Deduplication cmdlets are not availaible for 32bit Powershell. So in the end it's the much simpler script with only Invoke-Command and using the Probe credentials when connecting to the local server.

Created on May 28, 2018 10:39:01 AM




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