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Inventory accuracy
Last Post 21 May 2012 10:23 AM by Sreid. 4 Replies.
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03 May 2012 08:29 AM
    Hey Guys,

    Im new here and I am new to powershell.. I know there are many way's to skin a cat in PS so I am seeking advice on a simple task that I will need to perform often.

    Here is my feeble start on this,  I thought about using a wmi class to do this but it seemed to much for what I want to do. My goal is that I take this list exported from LanDesk and then I ping it and pipe the output to a file that I can refer to. The point of this is to align my AD and LanDesk along with my Kaspersky servers.. there are to many machine accounts that I cant account for and one server says one thing and one says another.
    Im not asking for anyone to write a script for me I just need a little guidance..

    $ip = import-csv 'c:\temp\ip.csv'

    $result = export-csv 'c:\temp\result.csv'

    "I know the syntax is wrong this is essentially what I want to do."

    test-connection ForEach-Object{$ip | Select-Object -property devicename} | format-wide 4 | export-csv $result
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    04 May 2012 07:44 AM
    I'm sorry, but I'm having a hard time understanding exactly what you are asking. you want to take a list of IPs and from that generate a list of device names?
    "Look Ma...no strings!"
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    04 May 2012 09:23 AM

    Sorry Id like to take a list that includes names and Ip addresses and verifiy that they in fact do exist on the network. Id like to use the ping method if possible and I will basically scan the list for a few weeks to determine if the devices are still around.

    Thanks for the help -Steve
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    04 May 2012 10:40 AM
    Ok, so this is untested, but it would hopefully give you something to work with:

    $ipList = Import-CSV 'c:\temp\ip.csv'
    $result = @()
    foreach($ip in $ipList){
    If(Test-Connection $ip -count 1 -quiet){
    $name = [System.Net.DNS]::GetHostByAddress($ip)
    $temp = New-Object -Type PSCustomObject -Property @{ip = $ip; name = $name}
    $result += $temp
    }
    $temp | Export-CSV c:\temp\result.csv
    "Look Ma...no strings!"
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    21 May 2012 10:23 AM
    Thanks Ill give that a try!
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