Summary

This script reports the Manufacturer (Make), Model, and TotalPhysicalMemory size of a list of remote computers. It optionally outputs a log and a CSV file of the data.

Note: an updated version of this module which implements asynchronicity, at the expense of PowerShell 5.1 compatibility, is available here: Get-MachineInfo.

Usage

1. Download Get-Model.psm1 to the appropriate subdirectory of your PowerShell modules directory.
2. Run it using the examples and parameter documentation below.

Examples

• Get-Model "espl-114-01"
• Get-Model "espl-114-01","espl-114-02","tb-207-01"
• Get-Model "espl-114-*"
• Get-Model "espl-114-*","tb-207-01","tb-306-*"

Example output:

C:\> Import-Module .\Get-Model.psm1
C:\> Get-Model "tb-306-0*" -Log -Csv

[2020-09-20_14-35-51] Name,Error,Make,Model,Memory
[2020-09-20_14-35-51] TB-306-01,,Dell Inc.,Precision T1700,8134MB
[2020-09-20_14-35-51] TB-306-02,,Dell Inc.,Precision T1700,8134MB
[2020-09-20_14-35-51] TB-306-03,,Dell Inc.,Precision T1700,8134MB
[2020-09-20_14-35-51] TB-306-04,,Dell Inc.,Precision T1700,8100MB
[2020-09-20_14-35-51] TB-306-05,,Dell Inc.,Precision T1700,8100MB
[2020-09-20_14-36-12] TB-306-06,True,,,
[2020-09-20_14-36-13] TB-306-07,,Dell Inc.,Precision T1700,8134MB
[2020-09-20_14-36-13] TB-306-08,,Dell Inc.,Precision T1700,8134MB
[2020-09-20_14-36-13] TB-306-09,,Dell Inc.,Precision T1700,8134MB

Name      Error Make      Model                   Memory
----      ----- ----      -----                   ------
TB-306-01       Dell Inc. Precision T1700         8134MB
TB-306-02       Dell Inc. Precision T1700         8134MB
TB-306-03       Dell Inc. Precision T1700         8134MB
TB-306-04       Dell Inc. Precision T1700         8100MB
TB-306-05       Dell Inc. Precision T1700         8100MB
TB-306-06 True
TB-306-07       Dell Inc. Precision T1700         8134MB
TB-306-08       Dell Inc. Precision T1700         8134MB
TB-306-09       Dell Inc. Precision T1700         8134MB

[2020-09-20_14-37-51] -Csv was specified. Outputting gathered data to "c:\engrit\logs\Get-Model_2020-09-20_14-35-51.csv"...
[2020-09-20_14-37-51] Done.

[2020-09-20_14-37-51] EOF

C:\>

Parameters

-ComputerName [string[]]

Required string array.
The list of computer names and/or computer name query strings to poll.
Use an asterisk (*) as a wildcard.
The parameter name may be omitted if the value is given as the first or only parameter.

-OUDN [string]

Optional string.
The distinguished name of the OU to limit the computername search to.
Default is "OU=Desktops,OU=Engineering,OU=Urbana,DC=ad,DC=uillinois,DC=edu".

-Log

Optional switch.
Whether or not to log output to a log file.
Log filename will be Get-Model_yyyy-MM-dd_HH-mm-ss.log.
Log will be created in the directory specified by the -LogDir parameter.

-Csv

Optional switch.
Whether or not to log retrieved data to a CSV file.
CSV filename will be Get-Model_yyyy-MM-dd_HH-mm-ss.csv.
CSV will be created in the directory specified by the -LogDir parameter.

-LogDir [string]

Optional string.
The directory in which to create log and/or CSV files, if any are created.
Default is "c:\engrit\logs".

Notes

• Machines for which data could not be retrieved will have an Error value of TRUE and will have null data otherwise.
• Machines for which data was retrieved will have a null Error value.
• By mseng3. See my other projects here: https://github.com/mmseng/code-compendium.