Custom Inventory Help needed

[Alex Campos]

Hi guys
I'm working on custom inventory to collect the status of a Windows Services on a server. For example, I want to know if the status of the Windows Update services on a server. I would like to get a custom inventory to get this data, so I wrote this, but it's running sucessfully but the data is not showing up on the custom data class of the server. Any idea? also opened to do it on a easier way if there is. one.





Here is the script: 

$nse = new-object -comobject Altiris.AeXNSEvent
$nse.priority = 1
$nse.To = "{1592B913-72F3-4C36-91D2-D4EDA21D2F96}"
#************************DO NOT EDIT********************************

#Modify this varaible with the custom data class guid
$objDCInstance = $nse.AddDataClass("{9a77ee87-eadf-4d18-a07b-04e31063c4aa}")

$objDataClass = $nse.AddDataBlock($objDCInstance)

$status = get-service wuauserv

$objDataRow = $objDataClass.AddRow()
$objDataRow.SetField(0, $status)

#Send the data
$nse.sendqueued()

[JOE.PS1]

Alex, 

You do not need to do a custom inventory for this.  Windows services are already included as an item within Inventory solution.  Check this location on one of your machines. 

Settings Notification Server Resource and Data Class Settings Data Classes Inventory Operating System Service Windows

If you've not gathered this inventory you can trigger it via "Hardware and OS" inventory

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[Igor Perevozchikov]

Agree with JOE.PS1 that there is no need to use custom inventory, just create own custom report to get this existing info from database.

You try this custom report which gets data from Inventory Solution "Inv_OS_Service_Windows" data class

Use attached "Windows Update_ service status from Inventoried computers.xml" and import it in "Reports" folder from SMP Console

Also another information about Windows Update service can be checked from "Inv_AeX_AC_NT_Services" data class, where data is updated after each basic inventory sending from managed client computers

Use attached "Windows Update_ service information from basic inventory.xml" and import it in "Reports" folder from SMP Console

Best regards,
IP.

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Windows Update_ service information from basic inventory.xml   14 KB 1 version

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Windows Update_ service information from basic inventory.xml   14 KB 1 version

Windows Update_ service status from Inventoried computers...xml   15 KB 1 version

[Chris Farrell]

For your original script, you can comment out the nse.sendqueued() and add echo $nse to troubleshoot your powershell script. For yours, it looks like an ivalid data type for the the line with $objDataRow.SetField(0, $status).

Here is a VBScript to get it going if you want to go the custom inventory route. Note for local testing, the command at the end displays a portion of the collected data (MsgBox nse.xml). Be sure to comment that out or delete it prior to adding to your script task. And uncomment nse.send.

'*****************************************************************************
'* This vbscript gets status info from a specified service
'*****************************************************************************
set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set wshShell = WScript.CreateObject( "WScript.Shell" )
strComputerName = wshShell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings( "%COMPUTERNAME%" )
dim nse
set nse = WScript.CreateObject ("Altiris.AeXNSEvent")
' Set the header data of the NSE. Please don't modify this GUID
nse.To = "{1592B913-72F3-4C36-91D2-D4EDA21D2F96}"
nse.Priority = 1
dim objDCInstance
' CHANGE this GUID to match the custom data class GUID from the Notification Server Console
set objDCInstance = nse.AddDataClass ("{1be7b399-3643-4915-89da-c4d07570ffaf}")
dim objDataClass
set objDataClass = nse.AddDataBlock (objDCInstance)
dim objDataRow
set objDataRow = objDataClass.AddRow

Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\.\root\cimv2")
Set colRunningServices = objWMIService.ExecQuery("select * from Win32_Service where Name = 'wuauserv'")
found = 0
For Each objService in colRunningServices
objDataRow.SetField 0, CStr(strComputerName)
objDataRow.SetField 1, objService.Name
objDataRow.SetField 2, objService.State
objDataRow.SetField 3, objService.StartMode
objDataRow.SetField 4, cstr(Now)
found = 1
Next
if found = 0 then
objDataRow.SetField 0, CStr(strComputerName)
objDataRow.SetField 1, "Service not found"
objDataRow.SetField 2, "N/A"
objDataRow.SetField 3, "N/A"
objDataRow.SetField 4, cstr(Now)
end if
'nse.Send
MsgBox nse.Xml