If using WMI is within scope, then there is also the Win32_PingStatus class.
Example usage with PowerShell:
PS U:\> Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_PingStatus -Filter 'Address="localhost"'
| Format-Table -AutoSize
Source Destination IPV4Address IPV6Address Bytes Time(ms)
------ ----------- ----------- ----------- ----- --------
BERNEREWIN localhost 127.0.0.1 ::1 32 0
See also:
Pinging With WMI
http://www.powertheshell.com/pinging-with-wmi/
I don't know much about WMIC, but here's an example command from another
website:
U:\>wmic path Win32_PingStatus where "Address='localhost'" get statuscode
/format:value
StatusCode=0
Useful commands for Windows administrators
http://www.robvanderwoude.com/ntadmincommands.php
--
Edward Berner
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Hilderbrand, Doug
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2015 5:54 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Dirty batch for up servers
Here is a pair of short scripts I use for automating some tasks I do. It pings
and then does an action only if the ping succeeds. And it properly fails on the
"destination host unreachable" ping result.
You use it by including a command on the same line. i.e.:
ifpingsok.bat myserver echo something
or ifpingsok myotherserver copy something somewhere
or for /f %i in (filefullofservernames.txt) do ifpingsok %i
RunSomeImportantCommand
It has worked for me except for extremely complex commands.
Oops, almost forgot to include stderr.bat. Maybe I need to rework this in
PowerShell, but it works and I use it almost daily.
::::::::::::::
:: ifpingsok.bat
@echo off
setlocal
set pingsOKtemp=c:\temp\pingsOK.%random%.tmp
if {%1}=={} exit /b 5
if {%2}=={} exit /b 5
ping -4 -n 2 %1 | findstr Reply > %pingsOKtemp%
findstr bytes %pingsOKtemp% > nul
set exitcode=%errorlevel%
for /f "tokens=1,*" %%i in ('echo %*') do set stuff2do=%%j
if not %exitcode%==0 call StdErr.bat "%1 doesn't ping" & goto :endfail
%stuff2do%
:endok
del /q %pingsOKtemp%
endlocal
exit /b 0
:endfail
del /q %pingsOKtemp%
endlocal
exit /b 1
::::::::::::::
:: stderr.bat
@echo off
setlocal
if exist "%TEMP%\StdErr.vbs" goto out
@echo dim err>"%TEMP%\StdErr.vbs"
@echo Set objshell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")>>"%TEMP%\StdErr.vbs"
@echo Set objArgs = WScript.Arguments>>"%TEMP%\StdErr.vbs"
@echo err=objArgs(0)>>"%TEMP%\StdErr.vbs"
@echo WScript.StdErr.Writeline err>>"%TEMP%\StdErr.vbs"
:out
if {%1}=={} goto outNone
cscript //nologo "%TEMP%\StdErr.vbs" %1
endlocal
goto :EOF
:outNone
cscript //nologo "%TEMP%\StdErr.vbs" "No Parameter Provided."
endlocal
Doug Hilderbrand | Systems Administrator Sr., Information Technology | Crane
Aerospace & Electronics
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Micheal Espinola Jr
Sent: Thursday, November 6, 2014 2:04 PM
To: ntsysadm
Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Dirty batch for up servers
As an example of what you can scrape, you could do the following within the
parenthesis:
FOR /F "tokens=6 delims== " %%I IN ('findstr /I /C:"Average = "
%TEMP%\SpeedTest.txt') DO SET SpdTst=%%I
This capture the average ping round-trip time, and would allow you to
potentially flag latency problems, even if all the pings are successful.
--
Espi
On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 12:38 PM, David McSpadden <[email protected]> wrote:
Thanks guys.
This helps.
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Micheal Espinola Jr
Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2014 3:07 PM
To: ntsysadm
Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Dirty batch for up servers
In its simplest form:
PING #.#.#.#>%TEMP%\SpeedTest.txt
IF "%ERRORLEVEL%" NEQ "0" ()
Echoing to a text file gives you the opportunity to scrape for any verbose
output if you need to. Within the parenthesis, you can do whatever you want
based on a ping failure.
--
Espi
On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 8:13 AM, David McSpadden <[email protected]> wrote:
I want to run a windows batch the just does a ping.
If the ping returns good data do nothing but if the ping fails set an error
code I can look for and address it outside the batch.
Anyone have or can point me to a . b a t script that does this already??
Thanks
