Give this a shot:
Get-ADDomainController -Filter * | ForEach-Object {Test-Connection $_.Name
-Count 1} | select Address, IPV4Address, IPV6Address
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Raymond Peng
Sent: Friday, May 6, 2016 5:02 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [powershell] pipe list of DCs, gather name, and ping, return list of
DC with corresponding IP
Hi All,
I'm new to PS and learning as I go. I want to gather a list of domain
controllers (instead of dsquery) and select just the names, run a ping test 1
count to return the IP address, have a list of the DC with the IP in an
organized way
So I gathered a list of DCs and names using the following:
Get-ADDomainController -Filter * | Select-Object -Property name |
test-connection
However when I try to pipe it to test-connection (ping) it errors
I know it errors because it doesn't except pipeline input but then
Is there a way to make it work onscreen with another command?
I think I could export it to a list with just the computernames, get-content,
and run test-connection -computername (get-content computers.txt)
But this failed as well
PS C:\Users\rpeng> $computers = Get-ADDomainController -Filter * |
Select-Object -Property name
PS C:\Users\rpeng> $computers
PS C:\Users\rpeng> Get-ADDomainController -Filter * | select name >
C:\data\computers.txt
PS C:\Users\rpeng> Get-Content C:\data\computers.txt
I feel I need to throw in a foreach command to run this properly
Any help is much appreciated, thanks!
name
----
WWDCWP01
NYDCWP01
TJDCWP01
WCDCWP01
MQDCWP01
KCCSDC01
KCDCWP02
PVDCWP01
SMDCWP02
NWDCWP01
TMDCWP03
KCDCWP01
SJDCWP01
IRDCWP01
PS C:\Users\rpeng> Test-Connection -ComputerName (Get-Content
C:\data\computers.txt) -Count 1
Test-Connection : Cannot validate argument on parameter 'ComputerName'. The
argument is null or empty. Provide an argument that is not null or empty, and
then try the
command again.
At line:1 char:31
+ ... -Connection -ComputerName (Get-Content C:\data\computers.txt) -Count ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Test-Connection],
ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId :
ParameterArgumentValidationError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.TestConnectionCommand
Thank you,
Ray
