UCS HealthCheck v2.5

[robbeck]

UCS Communities Login ID: robbeck

Twitter handle (optional): TechBeck03

Have you read the Official Rules of the Contest and do you accept the terms and conditions     Yes  [X ]    No  [   ]

Are you a Cisco employee                                                                                                                          Yes  [ X]    No  [   ]

Does the script run on an emulator -                                                                                                          Yes [ X ]    No  [   ]

          If yes which version? 2.2(x) for full compatibility

v2.5 Edit:  Added a new check for the Firmware Auto Sync Policy (credit to Marcello Turano)

v2.4 Edit:  Added support for Ucs PowerTool 2.x and fixed timestamp

v2.3 Edit:  Fixed FC uplink SAN performance data and added single psu support

.DESCRIPTION

                Script for polling multiple UCS Domains and creating an html report

  of the domain inventory, configuration, and overall health

  .PREREQUISITES

  Powershell version 3.0 or higher

  Connection to the internet

  UCS PowerTool version 1.1.1 or higher

  VIDEO TUTORIAL

Video Link : 15145

  .SCRIPT USAGE NOTES

  Before generating the report select option 1) from the root menu

  and connect to target UCS Domains.  Cache domain credentials after

  connecting to speed up future script executions.

  You must have an active internet connection to view the report as it

  streams some javascript and css files to build report

  Use the UsedCache, RunReport, Silent, and Email switch options to automate

  script execution (especially if scheduling script as a task)

  Ex: .\UCS_Health_Check_v2.5.ps1 -UseCached -RunReport -Silent -Email user@domain.com

.REPORT USAGE NOTES

The generated html report supports multiple domains worth of data.  Use the Domain

dropdown at the top of the page to switch between UCS Domains.  Some of the table

entries can be clicked for a more detailed view.  There are help icons with tooltips to

help explain the capabilities of each table.

Include your script here:

[tcerling]

Items like this posted to Cisco Communities are available by simply downloading - no licensing.

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[rajasekd]

Hi Rob,

The script is working perfect manually, but when I try to automate I am getting the below error. can you please help. Thanks

ConvertTo-SecureString : The parameter is incorrect.

At C:\script\UCS_Health_Check_v2.5.ps1\UCS_Health_Check_v2.5.ps1:155 char:105

+ ... $credData[2] | ConvertTo-SecureString))

+                    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (:) [ConvertTo-SecureString], C

   ryptographicException

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ImportSecureString_InvalidArgument_Cryptographic

   Error,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ConvertToSecureStringCommand

Error connecting to UCS Domain at 192.168.112.101  Press C to continue or any ot

her key to exit:

[jwells2]

Hi Rob, Is there a trick to scheduling a task with thescript?

Anytime I use the PowerShell -File switch parameter it fails to read credentials from the cache, which makes it hard to schedule.

PowerShell -File .\UCS_Health_Check_v2.5.ps1 -UseCached

Error connecting to UCS Domain at XXXXXXX  Press C to continue or any other key to exit:

[jwells2]

I was able to correct my issue by adding the below to the top of the script.

Import-Module Cisco.IMC

Import-Module Cisco.Ucs.Core

Import-Module Cisco.UCS.DesiredStateConfiguration

Import-Module Cisco.UCSManager

Import-Module Cisco.UCS.Core

[SunilKumarPatel]

Hi Brandon Beck,

I am unable to schedule health check script with window , Can you please assist me to get steps ..

Thanks

Sunil

lbxsunil@gmail.com

[jwells2]

I was able to correct this issue by adding the below to the top of the script.

Import-Module Cisco.IMC

Import-Module Cisco.Ucs.Core

Import-Module Cisco.UCS.DesiredStateConfiguration

Import-Module Cisco.UCSManager

Import-Module Cisco.UCS.Core

[chebiyamprasad]

robbeck

Hi Rob,

This script is awesome!..

Great one, I have automated this as well

I am able to generate the report, but there is problem in sending emails .

Can you please help with the email function which throws the error as below.

Exception setting "From": "Value cannot be null.

Parameter name: value"

At C:\Scripts\UCS_Health_Check_v2.5.ps1:2305 char:3

+         $msg.From = $mailfrom

+         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [], SetValueInvocationException

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ExceptionWhenSetting

Exception calling "Send" with "1" argument(s): "The SMTP host was not specified."

At C:\Scripts\UCS_Health_Check_v2.5.ps1:2317 char:3

+         $smtp.Send($msg)

+         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvalidOperationException

Thanks!

[fstarnella]

You need to remove the # from the email settings section of the script.

[mourad.boubchir]

Can we Zip the HTML file before sendign this via email? I have a larg environement and my SMTP preventing me to send this report due to a size limitation.

can anyone assist?

[robdogaz]

How did you get it automated? I can run just fine from powershell console but when I schedule as a Task it says it runs for a few minutes the goes away.

[robdogaz]

\UCS_Health_Check_v2.5.ps1 -UseCached -RunReport -Silent -Email user@domain.com

Has anyone been able to run this as a Scheduled Task?

When I launch powershell and paste in .\UCS_Health_Check.ps1 -UseCached -RunReport -Silent

It runs just fine.

But when I run it from Task Scheduler it doesn't show an error but shows the task completed within a couple seconds and does nothing.

[jwells2]

Hi Robert, adding the below to the top of the script allowed me to schedule

the script.

Import-Module Cisco.IMC

Import-Module Cisco.Ucs.Core

Import-Module Cisco.UCS.DesiredStateConfiguration

Import-Module Cisco.UCSManager

Import-Module Cisco.UCS.Core

[robdogaz]

Do you have your task scheduled as powershell.exe and the parameter as -file "D:\Documents\Scripts\UCSCheck\UCS_Health_Check.ps1 -UseCached -RunReport -Silent"

[jwells2]

The only difference i see is that i didn't use quotes, rather shortnames

Program

C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe

Argument

-command C:\temp\UCS_HE~2.PS1 -UseCached -RunReport -Silent

[robdogaz]

Thanks man, I think that did it.