Help Needed for Output Error for Powershell Monitor

ayersza

Need help with getting output from a Powershell monitor that measures email RTT. We are having issues in our environment with the pre-built email RTT monitors in SAM, so I wrote this out of necessity.

The script get's accurate information back, but whenever I test the script I get the error Get Output Failed. The Output is there, I just am bumping my head against a wall figuring out what is wrong with the output. 

Here is the script:

$From = "email1@domain.com"
$To = "email2@domain.org"
$Subject = "Email Round Trip Time Test"
$Body = "This email is a test to measure the round trip time."

$SMTPServer = "smtp.domain.com"
$SMTPUsername = "email1@domain.com"
$SMTPPassword = "password"

$SMTPClient = New-Object System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient($SMTPServer, 587)
$SMTPClient.EnableSsl = $true
$SMTPClient.Credentials = New-Object System.Net.NetworkCredential($SMTPUsername, $SMTPPassword)

[System.Net.ServicePointManager]::ServerCertificateValidationCallback = {$true}

$StartTime = Get-Date

try {
$SMTPClient.Send($From, $To, $Subject, $Body)
$EndTime = Get-Date
$RoundTripTime = ($EndTime - $StartTime).TotalMilliseconds
return $RoundTripTime
}
catch {
return -1
}

It returns this output with this example of an error 

Get Output Failed: Output: ==============================================
1843.7587

Screenshot of error:

I am sure that it is something simple I am missing, but what would be recommended to get the output from the script? 

adam.beedell

I dont think that's measuring roundtrip time, as much as "how long it takes to send this email" - nothing "round"

That said the issue you're facing is not having the data returned formatted in the way solarwinds wants in order to understand it.

Check the example scripts or any of the how-to's. You want a Exit code (not return), a Statistic and an optional-but-highly-recommended Message, the latter two with a write-host.