Need help with Powershell monitoring and returning information

jDerg99

I want to output results using Write-host "Message.SOMETHING" and write-host "Statistic.SOMETHING" inside of a foreach loop, but I find that it's very difficult to get it right.

Here's an except from the script:

############################################

$counter = 0

foreach ($item in $events_list) {

$message = "`n- Severity: $($item.severity)`n- Summary: '$($item.name)'`n- Explanation: $($item.cause)`n- Location: $($item.resource_name)`n"
$counter++
Write-Host "Message.NEWEVENT$($counter): $message"
#Write-Host "Statistic.NEWEVENT$($counter): $($events.Count)"

}

############################################

This give me Message outputs as I want (with several results below the pasted event), however it fails (from which I understand is because there's no corresponding statistic).

However, when I remove the Hash comment from the code above and enable the line "Write-Host "Statistic.NEWEVENT$($counter): $($events.Count)", I get the following results:

Can anyone tell me why I am getting N/A in the message.NEWEVENT when enabling the statistic?

Any help is appreciated!

sturdyerde

Each MESSAGE that you return has to be returned with an associated STATISTIC -- if I recall correctly, the message output is optional, but the statistic is required. The statistic is the portion actually being monitored and evaluated for alerting.