Get Server Share Information Using PowerShell
Get Server Share Information Using PowerShell
Requirement
We need to upgrade all our Windows 2003 server to Windows 2012 so we need to make inventory using PowerShell. The inventory should have below and we need it in two difference CSV
- Server Name
- Shared Path - Including Hidden
Help
Before building the script let's explore the commands and help. Let's use WMI Object to get Share information
| Help Get-WmiObject -Full Help Get-WmiObject -Parameter Class Help Get-WmiObject -Parameter Filter Help Get-WmiObject -Parameter Query Help about_Workflows |
Solution
The list has close to 800 servers. That's good to know before fetching information. Let's use Workflow foreach paralle to speed up the action.
| workflow GetShareInformation { param([string[]]$computers) foreach –parallel ($computer in $computers){ InlineScript { Get-WmiObject –Class Win32_Share –ComputerName $using:computer -Filter "type=0 AND name like '%[^$]'" | Select * } } } $machine = Get-Content C:\Temp\Servers.txt GetShareInformation -computers $machine | Select __Server , Path | Export-Csv C:\Temp\ShareInformation.csv -NoTypeInformation -Encoding UTF8 |
Screenshot
WMI Explorer
PowerShell Syntax Explorer
| ([WMIClass]"Win32_Share").GetText('MOF') |