Ping host from ip list with powershell

[antoniogemelli]

Hello, I would like to ping some or all host in vcenter in some specific time, Is possible to do by script?

[antoniogemelli]

I found this, but I didn't test yet

$Output= @()
$names = Get-content "hnames.txt"
foreach ($name in $names){
  if (Test-Connection -ComputerName $name -Count 1 -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue){
   $Output+= "$name,up"
   Write-Host "$Name,up"
  }
  else{
    $Output+= "$name,down"
    Write-Host "$Name,down"
  }
}

[LucD]

You will have to specify what kind of ping you want.

1. A regular ping, which you can do with the Test-Connection cmdlet
2. A 'vmkping', which you can do via Get-EsxCli and then $esxcli.network.diag.ping()

[antoniogemelli]

for vmkping ssh in the host should be enabled? 

[LucD]

No

[antoniogemelli]

Thanks for clarification LucD, I think Test-Connection cmdlet is in half for now, I will test this

[antoniogemelli]

Hi LucD

I proceeded with:

get-content C:\Users\gemela\Desktop\Ping\hnames.txt.txt| % {new-object psobject -property @{ComputerName=$_; Reachable=(test-connection -computername $_ -quiet -count 1)} } | Export-Csv C:\Users\gemela\Desktop\ping.txt

I would like to put some extra things,

Like csv output with hostname, Ip, up and down column with result (true or false) and if possible to set email in case of some ip is not reachable.

[LucD]

Try something like this

$report = foreach($name in Get-Content C:\Users\gemela\Desktop\Ping\hnames.txt){

    $result = Test-Connection -ComputerName $name -Quiet

    New-Object PSObject -Property @{

        ComputerName = $names

        IP = (Resolve-DnsName -Name $name).IPAddress

        Responding = $result

    }

    if(-not $result){

        Send-MailMessage -Subject 'Host $name does not reply' -To [e-mail] -From [e-mail] -SmtpServer mail.domain.com

    }

}

$report | Export-Csv .\report.csv -UseCulture

[antoniogemelli]

Thanks LucD, I will test it this week.