Wmic isn't PowerShell, it's a built in windows command. You will have to turn that string into a command so that it can use your $computer variable. Invoke-command or start-process should do the trick.
Daniel Ratliff From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lutz, Ken Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2013 6:03 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [mssms] RE: PowerShell script help Brandon, Thanks for the reply When I try to put the $Computer variable into the command it fails. $Computer = "XYZ" WMIC /namespace:\\$Computer\root\ccm\invagt path inventoryActionStatus where InventoryActionID="{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001}" DELETE /NOINTERACTIVE I'm having problems getting the command to work with the variable value. I want the variable so that I can next create a text file of machine names and send that to the script. What my objective is to have this script read the mif files that show up in the dataloader inbox badmifs folders and pars out the computer name and force a full inventory. The above is just the first part of my attempt to get this script working while leaning PowerShell at the same time. Part of my problem is that I don't have a programming or scripting background, so I have a lot to learn. Thanks, Ken ... From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]]<mailto:[mailto:[email protected]]> On Behalf Of Brandon Linton Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2013 2:38 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [mssms] RE: PowerShell script help Below is the wmic command to force a full HW Inventory. WMIC /namespace:\\root\ccm\invagt path inventoryActionStatus where InventoryActionID="{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001}" DELETE /NOINTERACTIVE Thanks, Brandon A. Linton | Sr. Consultant | [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> | Work 484.323.7205 From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lutz, Ken Sent: Thursday, June 6, 2013 5:21 PM To: SMS List Subject: [mssms] PowerShell script help I'm trying to learn PowerShell and this script is what I was hoping would be a good place to start. I want to be able to input a list of computers and then kick off a full Hardware or Software inventory (rather than a delta inventory). So far I have it kicking off a delta inventory. I don't see a way to do a full inventory. Here is what I have so far (this is just the inventory portion for testing): $Computer = "XYZ" [wmi]"\\$Computer\ROOT\ccm\invagt:InventoryActionStatus.InventoryActionID='{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001}'<file:///\\$Computer\ROOT\ccm\invagt:InventoryActionStatus.InventoryActionID='%7b00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001%7d'>" | remove-wmiobject ([wmiclass]"\\$Computer\Root\CCM:SMS_Client<file:///\\$Computer\Root\CCM:SMS_Client>").TriggerSchedule('{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001}') When I run this I get the following in the InventoryAgent.log file: [cid:[email protected]] Thanks, [cid:[email protected]] Ken Lutz Senior Systems Administrator Information Systems Department Spokane County 815 N. Jefferson Spokane, Washington 99260 The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain CONFIDENTIAL material. If you receive this material/information in error, please contact the sender and delete or destroy the material/information.
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