# Server Inventory **URL:** \ **Category:** PowerShell Help\ **Created:** [May 6, 2022, 6:20pm UTC](https://forums.powershell.org/t/server-inventory/19260 "2022-05-06T18:20:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jackfalveyiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9f8e36/32.png) [@jackfalveyiv](https://forums.powershell.org/u/jackfalveyiv)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 6:20pm UTC](https://forums.powershell.org/t/server-inventory/19260/1 "2022-05-06T18:20:43Z")
I’ve been tasked with creating a server inventory script. I’ve been working on this for a while, and am close to the finish line, but I’m stumbling to get across it. I need to get ClusterName, HostName, VMName, Prod/Dev, Windows Edition, Windows Version, total Physical Processors, total Physical Cores and total Virtual Cores. I have the bulk of this, but I am struggling on where to create the PSCustomObject and add-members to it. Here’s my code: ‘’’ # Script-ServerInventory.ps1 $InfoObject = New-Object PSObject $VMs = Get-VM \* foreach ($vm in $vms){ # ClusterName $Cluster = (Get-Cluster -VM $VM).Name ``` # Host Server name $VMHost = (Get-VMHost -VM $VM).Name # VMName $servername = $vm.name # Server Role (Physical, Virtual, Host) # Prod/Dev if ($servername -like "p*"){ $servertype = 'Prod' }elseif($servername -like "r*"){ $servertype = 'Prod' }else{ $servertype = 'Dev' } # HA on Y/N # Edition (Std, Ent, Datacenter) $WindowsEdition = Invoke-Command -ComputerName $vm -ScriptBlock {(Get-WindowsEdition -Online).Edition} # Version $WindowsVersion = $VM.Guest.OSFullName # Physical Processors, Physical Cores, Virtual Cores $ErrorActionPreference = 'SilentlyContinue' $Error.Clear() $ProcessorConfig = Get-WmiObject -class Win32_Processor -computername $servername -namespace root\CIMV2 | Select PSComputerName, Name, NumberOfCores, NumberOfLogicalProcessors If ($Error.Count -gt 0) { $ProcessorConfig = New-Object psobject $ProcessorConfig | Add-Member -type NoteProperty -name ComputerName ('$Computer-failed to connect') $ProcessorConfig | Add-Member -type NoteProperty -name Name -value 'Unable to get ProcessorInfo' $ProcessorConfig | Add-Member -type NoteProperty -name NumberOfCores -value $null $ProcessorConfig | Add-Member -type NoteProperty -name NumberOfLogicalProcessors -value $null Write-Debug Failed to connect to $servername; } $ErrorActionPreference = 'Continue' $ProcessorConfig | FT * -AutoSize $PhysicalProcessors = $ProcessorConfig.Name $PhysicalCores = $ProcessorConfig.NumberOfCores $VirtualCores = $ProcessorConfig.NumberOfLogicalProcessors Add-Member -InputObject $InfoObject -MemberType NoteProperty -Name "Cluster" -Value $Cluster Add-Member -InputObject $InfoObject -MemberType NoteProperty -Name "ServerName" -Value $servername Add-Member -InputObject $InfoObject -MemberType NoteProperty -Name "Host" -Value -Force $VMHost Add-Member -InputObject $InfoObject -MemberType NoteProperty -Name "Environment" -Value -Force $servertype Add-Member -InputObject $InfoObject -MemberType NoteProperty -Name "Edition" -Value -Force $WindowsEdition Add-Member -InputObject $InfoObject -MemberType NoteProperty -Name "Version" -Value -Force $WindowsVersion Add-Member -InputObject $InfoObject -MemberType NoteProperty -Name "PhysicalProcessors" -Value -Force $PhysicalProcessors.Count Add-Member -InputObject $InfoObject -MemberType NoteProperty -Name "PhysicalCores" -Value -Force $PhysicalCores.Count Add-Member -InputObject $InfoObject -MemberType NoteProperty -Name "VirtualCores" -Value -Force $VirtualCores.Count $InfoObject } $InfoObject | Export-Csv -Path C:\temp\VMInventory.csv -Append -NoTypeInformation -Verbose ``` ‘’’ I’m trying to get as much information from Get-VM as I can here due to the fact that we have several domains that these VMs are connected to. I keep getting "Missing an argument for -Value. Specify a parameter of type ‘System.Object’ and try again. " Any guidance would be appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![Olaf](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.powershell.org/olaf/32/992_2.png) [@Olaf](https://forums.powershell.org/u/Olaf)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 8:01pm UTC](https://forums.powershell.org/t/server-inventory/19260/2 "2022-05-06T20:01:40Z")
jackfalveyiv, Welcome back to the forum. 👋🏽 > [@jackfalveyiv](#): > > I’ve been working on this for a while, and am close to the finish line, but I’m stumbling to get across it Why don’t you make your life easier and use the work others already did and shared it with the world? You don’t have to re-invent the wheel again and again. There are more than enough examples for something like this _out there_. 😉 For example here: [4sysops.com/archives/how-to-build-a-powershell-inventory-script-for-windows-servers/](http://4sysops.com/archives/how-to-build-a-powershell-inventory-script-for-windows-servers/) Here’s a function I wrote years ago for a customer. You may use a few lines as inspiration. It works locally and remote. ```auto function Get-WMIPCInfo { [CmdletBinding()] param( $ComputerName = $ENV:ComputerName ) if (Test-Connection $ComputerName -Quiet -Count 1) { Write-Debug -Message "$ComputerName reachable" $so = New-CimSessionOption -Protocol DCOM $WMIData = New-CimSession -CN $ComputerName -SessionOption $so $BIOS = Get-CimInstance -Class CIM_BIOSElement -CimSession $WMIData | Select-Object -Property * $OS = Get-CimInstance -Class CIM_OperatingSystem -CimSession $WMIData | Select-Object -Property * $ServiceBranch = (([wmiclass]"\\$($ComputerName)\root\default:stdRegProv").GetStringValue(2147483650, 'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion', 'ReleaseID')).svalue $DISK = Get-CimInstance -Class CIM_LogicalDisk -CimSession $WMIData | Where-Object { $_.DeviceID -eq "C:" } | Select-Object -Property * $Computer = Get-CimInstance -Class CIM_ComputerSystem -CimSession $WMIData | Select-Object -Property * $IPConfig = Get-CimInstance -Class Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration -CimSession $WMIData | Where-Object { $_.DefaultIPGateway -match "((25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)(\.|$)){4}" } | Select-Object -Property * $UserQuery = ( C:\Windows\System32\quser.exe /server:$ComputerName 2> null) if ($UserQuery) { $UserQuery[1].Trim() -match "^(\S+)\s+.*((\d{2}\.){2}\d{4}\s+\d{2}:\d{2})" | Out-Null $LoggedOnUser = $Matches[1] $LogonTime = Get-Date -Date $Matches[2] } Remove-CimSession $WMIData Write-Debug -Message "`$BIOS: $BIOS" Write-Debug -Message "`$OS: $OS" Write-Debug -Message "`$DISK: $DISK" Write-Debug -Message "`$Computer: $Computer" Write-Debug -Message "`$IPConfig: $IPConfig" Write-Debug -Message "`$LoggedOnUser: $LoggedOnUser" $CIMOutput = [PSCustomObject]@{ ComputerName = $BIOS.PSComputerName; Model = $Computer.Model; BIOSName = $BIOS.Name; SMBIOSVersion = $BIOS.SMBIOSBIOSVersion; BIOSVersion = $BIOS.BIOSVersion; ReleaseDate = $BIOS.ReleaseDate; SerialNumber = $BIOS.SerialNumber; OSCaption = $OS.Caption; OSVersion = $OS.Version; ServiceBranch = $ServiceBranch; InstallDate = $OS.InstallDate; LastBootUpTime = $OS.LastBootUpTime; PhysicalRAM = [math]::round((($Computer.TotalPhysicalMemory) / 1GB), 2); DiskSize = [math]::round(($DISK.Size / 1GB), 2); DiskFreeSpace = [math]::round(($DISK.FreeSpace / 1GB), 2); IPV4Address = $IPConfig.IPAddress[0]; DefaultGateway = $IPConfig.DefaultIPGateway[0]; DNSDomain = $IPConfig.DNSDomain; DHCPEnabled = $IPConfig.DHCPEnabled; LoggedOnUser = $LoggedOnUser LogonTime = $LogonTime } $CIMOutput } else { Write-Warning "`tDer Rechner '$($ComputerName)' ist nicht erreichbar`n" -ForegroundColor Yellow } } ``` ---
**Author:** ![dotnVo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4af34b/32.png) [@dotnVo](https://forums.powershell.org/u/dotnVo)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 8:18pm UTC](https://forums.powershell.org/t/server-inventory/19260/3 "2024-05-16T20:18:00Z")