Requesting assistance with adding volume via swispowershell

Hello All,

I would like some assistance with a powershell script I am writing using swisPowershell to add volume to a node.
I have already successfully added a new node, a new interface, custom settings for the node, and also I was able to add virtual memory, physical memory, and a fixed disk drive to the node. Here is my dilemma. When I search the server; I see the local C drive listed, but when I go directly into that node and select "List Resources", the Volumes\Local C:\ Drive is unchecked in this list. I am not sure why it's unchecked even though it's visible for the node.

That basically is the same thing I am running into as the user in that thread, but I don't understand what his final fix was for that.

Here is a sample of my code.

Everything executes properly without any errors, but as I mentioned when I look at the link "List Resources" under the server node --> The Volume Utilization setting "C:\ Label" is listed and unchecked. The other 2 volume Utilization options I created for Physical Memory and Virtual memory are listed and checked as they should be.
$Drives = Get-CimInstance -ComputerName $node -ClassName Win32_LogicalDisk -Property * | Where-Object { $_.VolumeSerialNumber -ne $NULL }

foreach ($Drive in $Drives)
{
$VolumeIndex = 3

$PhysicalDrive = @{
NodeID = $nodeProps["NodeID"]
VolumeType = "Fixed Disk"
DeviceId = $Drive.DeviceID
VolumeTypeID = "4"
Icon = "FixedDisk.gif"
NextRediscovery = [DateTime]::UtcNow
VolumeIndex = [Int]$VolumeIndex
Caption = $Drive.DeviceID + "\ Label: " + $Drive.VolumeName + $Drive.VolumeSerialNumber
VolumeDescription = $Drive.DeviceID + "\ Label: " + $Drive.VolumeName + "Serial Number " + $Drive.VolumeSerialNumber
FullName = $Drive.PSComputerName + "-" + $Drive.DeviceID + "\ Label: " + $Drive.VolumeName + $Drive.VolumeSerialNumber
PollInterval="120"
StatCollection="15"
RediscoveryInterval="30"
#DiskQueueLength = ""
#DiskTransfer = ""
#DiskReads = ""
#DiskWrites = ""
#TotalDiskIOPS = ""
#VolumeSize = $Drive.Size
#VolumeSpaceAvailable = $Drive.FreeSpace
#VolumeSpaceUsed = ""
#VolumePercentUsed = ""
}

$PhysicalDriveURI = New-swisobject $swis -EntityType "Orion.volumes" -properties $PhysicalDrive

$PhysicalDriveProps = Get-SwisObject $swis -uri $PhysicalDriveURI

$PhysicalDrivePoller = @{
NetObject = "V:" + $PhysicalDriveProps["VolumeID"]
NetObjectType = "V"
NetObjectID = $PhysicalDriveProps["VolumeID"]
};

$PhysicalDrivePoller["PollerType"] = "V.Details.WMI.Windows";
$PhysicalDriveURI = New-SwisObject $swis -EntityType "Orion.Pollers" -Properties $PhysicalDrivePoller

$PhysicalDrivePoller["PollerType"] = "V.Statistics.WMI.Windows";
$PhysicalDriveURI = New-SwisObject $swis -EntityType "Orion.Pollers" -Properties $PhysicalDrivePoller

$PhysicalDrivePoller["PollerType"] = "V.Status.WMI.Windows";
$PhysicalDriveURI = New-SwisObject $swis -EntityType "Orion.Pollers" -Properties $PhysicalDrivePoller

Invoke-SwisVerb $Swis "Orion.Nodes" PollNow @("V:" + $PhysicalDriveProps["VolumeID"])

$VolumeIndex = $VolumeIndex + 1
}
----

On a side note, on the same List Resources screen, at the bottom there is an option for Asset Inventory. Is there a way to enable this feature? In my screenshot above you can see the highlighted area, From what I've read (not sure if it's related to this setting), but it seems to be buggy, but I just wanted to confirm since many of those threads were a few years old now.

Thank you in advance!

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_Fender84

I'm guessing there isn't anything I can do to get this to work. Perhaps I can get some assistance using a different direction. If I were to make changes to a server node from the web portal; is there a log file (transaction log) anywhere that shows the changes that were made?

On a side note if the changes can't be done through powershell, can they be accomplished a different way? Perhaps a query that can be written to make the change?

Thanks!

adam.beedell

I'm interested, and believe this to be possible, but have few answers for you. Post to get some future pings or maybe to find again if I find a chance to try this out.
I believe little is logged from api stuff
The network discovery tool is for sure the method'd that'd be reccomended as default, and that stuff gets logged nicely and performs the same sort of function.

You can tie in a network discovery to an automation in a few possible ways.

_Fender84

I appreciate the reply. Do you have any examples you can share? I'm open to anything I can try out. By the way, incase it's relevant, the nodes I am working with are Windows Servers and using WMI.

EDIT1:
I think I found an example. Is this what you're referring to?
github.com/.../DiscoverWmiNode.ps1

EDIT2:
I have another update. I used the code above, and it worked, but then I ran into 2 new hurdles.
1. It somehow discovers additional resources that I don't want such as the CD rom drive and the Windows Scheduled tasks.
2. This type of discovery seems to be a "heavy" load I think because it triggers a lot of alerts in our Environment.

To elaborate on #2, when I run my code it does everything but then all the admins get an email saying that a discovery was run. What I tried to do instead, was go into the node directly and click on the "Rediscover" option and this worked for the hard drive and it showed up as checked in the list of resources like I wanted.

Is there a way to trigger that "rediscover" option for the node?

EDIT3:
Come to think of it, if I do end up running a full discovery it does check all the boxes for me as I mentioned, but then I would have to uncheck the cd rom drive and Windows Scheduled Tasks as I mentioned above in #2. The only advantage I am seeing with doing the full discovery is that it does also check asset inventory for me like I want. If I do a "rediscover" as shown in the image above, it checks the hard drive like I want, but I still don't have the AssetInventory option checked, and I can't see a way of enabling that. I tried these 2 code bits, but they don't seem to enable that checkbox for me.

$nodeID = Get-SwisData $swis "SELECT NodeID FROM Orion.Nodes WHERE SysName LIKE '$node'"

$NodeIds = @{
    NodeIds = @(
        [int]$nodeID
    )
}

$jobid = Invoke-SwisVerb -SwisConnection $swis -EntityName "Orion.AssetInventory.Polling" -Verb "EnablePollingForNodes" -Arguments @($NodeIds)

#----------

function AssetInventoryItemKeyXml([int]$NodeID) 
{
    return @"

            $NodeID


}

<# convert to xml param #>

$itemKeyXml = AssetInventoryItemKeyXml $NodeID
$itemKeys = ([xml]"$itemKeyXml").DocumentElement

$jobid = Invoke-SwisVerb -SwisConnection $swis -EntityName "Orion.AssetInventory.Polling" -Verb "EnablePollingForNodes" -Arguments @( $itemKeys )
$jobId = $jobId.InnerText

So Maybe doing a full discovery like I'm doing and then manually removing the cd-rom and scheduled task checkbox. How could I go around doing that?

If there are other options, I'm open to suggestions. Thanks in advance!

_Fender84

After troubleshooting this and digging through the SDK I got a lot further. To give a high-level explanation, I create the node and all the resources I want individually and then enable Asset Inventory. This is all done without triggering a full node discovery; as that is time consuming and much more resource heavy especially if you were to run it on a batch of machines.

I would say my code work 90% of the time; however the 10% that it doesn't work I assume is something glitchy with SWISPowershell module??

The code I will post below so you can take a look. The 2 ways that I figured out how to push a rediscover and the assetinventory seem to be undocumented. At least I wasn't able to find any examples of its use, I just stumbled across it while I was playing around in SWQL. Anyway the 2 function at the end of the code (the rediscovery and the AssetInventory) seem to only work sometimes. Usually what I need to do is close out of my script and rerun it and it works fine, but I'm not sure why the code only works sometimes because I'm certain the syntax is correct. Anyway any additional guidance would be appreciated.

CLS

if((Get-Module -ListAvailable -Name "SwisPowerShell") -or (Get-Module -Name "SwisPowerShell"))
{
        #Import-Module SwisPowerShell
}
else
{	
    Install-Module -Name SwisPowerShell -Scope CurrentUser -Force -Confirm:$False
	Import-Module SwisPowerShell
}

#================= Global Variables

$Start = (Get-Date)
$node = "MyServer"

#================= Connect to Solarwinds

$swis = Connect-Swis -Hostname "Solarwinds" -Trusted

Try
{
    $swis.Open()
}
Catch 
{
    Write-Host $_.Exception.Message
}

#================= Get our Credential that we will use

$wmiCredentialsName = "SVC_SolarWinds"
$wmiCredentialID = ((Get-SwisData -SwisConnection $swis "SELECT ID, Name, Description, CredentialOwner FROM Orion.Credential WHERE Name = '$wmiCredentialsName'") | Where-Object { $_.CredentialOwner -eq "Orion"}).ID

#================= Check to make sure the node doesn't already exist

$CheckNodeID = Get-SwisData $swis "SELECT NodeID FROM Orion.Nodes WHERE SysName LIKE '$node'"

#================= Create the new node if it doesn't exist

if($NULL -eq $CheckNodeID)
{
    Write-Host "Creating a new node for $node"

    #Configure our properties for the new node
    $NewNodeprops = @{
        IPAddress = ([System.Net.Dns]::GetHostAddresses($node)).IPAddressToString
        EngineID = 4
        ObjectSubType = "WMI"
        DNS = ([System.Net.Dns]::GetHostByName($node)).HostName
        SysName = "$node"
        External = "False"
        Community = ""
        BufferNoMemThisHour  = "0"
        BufferNoMemToday     = "0"
        BufferSmMissThisHour = "0"
        BufferSmMissToday    = "0"
        BufferMdMissThisHour = "0"
        BufferMdMissToday    = "0"
        BufferBgMissThisHour = "0"
        BufferBgMissToday    = "0"
        BufferLgMissThisHour = "0"
        BufferLgMissToday    = "0"
        BufferHgMissThisHour = "0"
        BufferHgMissToday    = "0"
    }

    #Create the node with the properties we configured above
    $NewNodeURI = New-SwisObject $swis -EntityType "Orion.Nodes" -Properties $NewNodeprops

    #Get the new node and its properties
    $nodeProps = Get-SwisObject $swis -Uri $NewNodeURI

    #Add Node Settings
    $nodeSettings = @{
        NodeID = $nodeProps["NodeID"]
        SettingName = "WMICredential"
        SettingValue = ($wmiCredentialID.ToString())
    }

    #Set the settings for our node
    $newNodeSettings = New-SwisObject $swis -EntityType "Orion.NodeSettings" -Properties $nodeSettings

    #Register Pollers for our new node
    $NodePoller = @{
        NetObject = "N:" + $nodeProps["NodeID"]
        NetObjectType = "N"
        NetObjectID = $nodeProps["NodeID"]
    }

    # Status
    $NodePoller["PollerType"]="N.Status.ICMP.Native";
    $NodePollerUri = New-SwisObject $swis -EntityType "Orion.Pollers" -Properties $NodePoller

    # Response time
    $NodePoller["PollerType"]="N.ResponseTime.ICMP.Native";
    $NodePollerUri = New-SwisObject $swis -EntityType "Orion.Pollers" -Properties $NodePoller

    # Details
    $NodePoller["PollerType"]="N.Details.WMI.Vista";
    $NodePollerUri = New-SwisObject $swis -EntityType "Orion.Pollers" -Properties $NodePoller

    # Uptime
    $NodePoller["PollerType"]="N.Uptime.WMI.XP";
    $NodePollerUri = New-SwisObject $swis -EntityType "Orion.Pollers" -Properties $NodePoller

    # CPU
    $NodePoller["PollerType"]="N.Cpu.WMI.Windows";
    $NodePollerUri = New-SwisObject $swis -EntityType "Orion.Pollers" -Properties $NodePoller

    # Memory
    $NodePoller["PollerType"]="N.Memory.WMI.Windows";
    $NodePollerUri = New-SwisObject $swis -EntityType "Orion.Pollers" -Properties $NodePoller

    #Asset Inventory
    $NodePoller["PollerType"]="N.AssetInventory.Wmi.Generic";
    $NodePollerUri = New-SwisObject $swis -EntityType "Orion.Pollers" -Properties $NodePoller

    #================= Configure custom properties for our node

    #Get Custom Properties URI
    $CustomPropURI = $NewNodeURI + "/CustomProperties"

    $CustomProps = @{
        AlertGroup = "Server"
        Apps = "Application"
        BIA_Tier = "TEST"
        Building = "DataCenter"
        Owner = "Server"
        Region = "Somewhere"
    }

    #Set the Custom properties to our node
    Set-SwisObject $swis -Uri $CustomPropURI -Properties $CustomProps

    #================ Configure Ethernet Interface for our node

    $EthernetInfo = (Invoke-Command -ComputerName $node -ScriptBlock {Get-NetAdapter} | Where-Object {$_.InterfaceAlias -eq "Ethernet0"})

    $newIfaceProps = @{
        NodeID = $nodeProps["NodeID"]
        InterfaceIndex = [Int]$EthernetInfo.InterfaceIndex
        InterfaceName = $EthernetInfo.ifDesc
        IfName = $EthernetInfo.IfName
        Caption = $EthernetInfo.ifDesc + " · " + $EthernetInfo.ifAlias
        FullName = $EthernetInfo.PSComputerName + " - " + $EthernetInfo.ifDesc + " · " + $EthernetInfo.ifAlias
        ObjectSubType = "WMI"
        Status = 1
        StatusLED = "Up.gif"
        Severity = 0
        CollectAvailability = 1
        DuplexMode = 0
        RediscoveryInterval = 30
        PollInterval = 60
        StatCollection = 3
        NextRediscovery = [DateTime]::UtcNow
        InterfaceIcon = "6.gif"
        Interfacetypename = "ethernetCsmacd"
        nextpoll = [DateTime]::UtcNow
        InterfacetypeDescription = "Ethernet"
        Interfacesubtype = 3
        InterfaceType = 6
        InterfaceAlias = $EthernetInfo.ifAlias
        Counter64 = "Y"
    }

    #Create the new Ethernew Interface and the properties we set above
    $newIfaceUri = New-SwisObject $swis -EntityType "Orion.NPM.Interfaces" -Properties $newIfaceProps

    #Get the new Interface Properties
    $ifaceProps = Get-SwisObject $swis -Uri $newIfaceUri

    #Configure Interface Pollers
    $InterfacePoller = @{
        NetObject = "IW:" + $ifaceProps["InterfaceID"];
        NetObjectType = "IW";
        NetObjectID = $ifaceProps["InterfaceID"];
    }

    # Status
    $InterfacePoller["PollerType"] = "IW.Status.WMI.WinV62";
    $InterfacePollerURI = New-SwisObject $swis -EntityType "Orion.Pollers" -Properties $InterfacePoller

    # Interface Traffic
    $InterfacePoller["PollerType"] = "IW.StatisticsTraffic.WMI.WinV62";
    $InterfacePollerURI = New-SwisObject $swis -EntityType "Orion.Pollers" -Properties $InterfacePoller

    # Interface Errors
    $InterfacePoller["PollerType"] = "IW.StatisticsErrors.WMI.WinV62";
    $InterfacePollerURI = New-SwisObject $swis -EntityType "Orion.Pollers" -Properties $InterfacePoller

    # Rediscovery
    $InterfacePoller["PollerType"] = "IW.Rediscovery.WMI.WinV62";
    $InterfacePollerURI = New-SwisObject $swis -EntityType "Orion.Pollers" -Properties $InterfacePoller

    Invoke-SwisVerb $Swis "Orion.Nodes" PollNow @("IW:" + $ifaceProps["InterfaceID"])

    #================ Physical Memory Monitoring

    $PhysicalMem = @{   
        NodeID = $nodeProps["NodeID"]
        DeviceID = "NULL"
        VolumeType = "RAM"
        VolumeTypeID = "2"
        Icon = "RAM.gif"
        VolumeIndex = "1"
        NextRediscovery = [DateTime]::UtcNow
        nextpoll = [DateTime]::UtcNow
        Caption = "Physical Memory"
        FullName = $nodeProps["SysName"] + "-Physical Memory"
        VolumeDescription = "Physical Memory"
        PollInterval = "120"
        StatCollection = "15"
        RediscoveryInterval = "30"
    }

    $PhysicalMemURI = New-swisobject $swis -EntityType "Orion.volumes" -properties $PhysicalMem

    $PhysicalMemProps = Get-SwisObject $swis -uri $PhysicalMemURI

    $PhysicalMemPoller = @{
        NetObject = "V:" + $PhysicalMemProps["VolumeID"]
        NetObjectType = "V"
        NetObjectID = $PhysicalMemProps["VolumeID"]
    }; 

    $PhysicalMemPoller["PollerType"] = "V.Details.WMI.Windows"; 
    $PhysicalMemURI = New-SwisObject $swis -EntityType "Orion.Pollers" -Properties $PhysicalMemPoller  

    $PhysicalMemPoller["PollerType"] = "V.Statistics.WMI.Windows";
    $PhysicalMemURI = New-SwisObject $swis -EntityType "Orion.Pollers" -Properties $PhysicalMemPoller  

    $PhysicalMemPoller["PollerType"] = "V.Status.WMI.Windows";
    $PhysicalMemURI = New-SwisObject $swis -EntityType "Orion.Pollers" -Properties $PhysicalMemPoller

    Invoke-SwisVerb $Swis "Orion.Nodes" PollNow @("V:" + $PhysicalMemProps["VolumeID"])

    #================ Virtual Memory Monitoring

    $VirtuallMem = @{   
        NodeID = $nodeProps["NodeID"]
        VolumeType="Virtual Memory"
        DeviceID = "NULL"
        VolumeTypeID="3"
        Icon="VirtualMemory.gif"
        NextRediscovery = [DateTime]::UtcNow
        nextpoll = [DateTime]::UtcNow
        VolumeIndex="2"
        Caption="Virtual Memory"
        FullName = $nodeProps["SysName"] + "-Virtual Memory"
        VolumeDescription="Virtual Memory"
        PollInterval="120"
        StatCollection="15"
        RediscoveryInterval="30"
    }  

    $VirtualMemURI = New-swisobject $swis -EntityType "Orion.volumes" -properties $VirtuallMem

    $VirtualMemProps = Get-SwisObject $swis -uri $VirtualMemURI

    $VirtualMemPoller = @{
        NetObject = "V:" + $VirtualMemProps["VolumeID"]
        NetObjectType = "V"
        NetObjectID = $VirtualMemProps["VolumeID"]
    }; 

    $VirtualMemPoller["PollerType"] = "V.Details.WMI.Windows"; 
    $VirtualMemURI = New-SwisObject $swis -EntityType "Orion.Pollers" -Properties $VirtualMemPoller  

    $VirtualMemPoller["PollerType"] = "V.Statistics.WMI.Windows";
    $VirtualMemURI = New-SwisObject $swis -EntityType "Orion.Pollers" -Properties $VirtualMemPoller  

    $VirtualMemPoller["PollerType"] = "V.Status.WMI.Windows";
    $VirtualMemURI = New-SwisObject $swis -EntityType "Orion.Pollers" -Properties $VirtualMemPoller

    Invoke-SwisVerb $Swis "Orion.Nodes" PollNow @("V:" + $VirtualMemProps["VolumeID"])

    #================ Hard Drive Monitoring

    $Drives = Get-CimInstance -ComputerName $node -ClassName Win32_LogicalDisk -Property * | Where-Object { $_.VolumeSerialNumber -ne $NULL }
    $VolumeIndex = 3

    foreach ($Drive in $Drives)
    {
        $PhysicalDrive = @{   
            NodeID = $nodeProps["NodeID"]
            VolumeType = "Fixed Disk"
            DeviceId = $Drive.DeviceID
            VolumeTypeID = "4"
            Icon = "FixedDisk.gif"
            NextRediscovery = [DateTime]::UtcNow
            nextpoll = [DateTime]::UtcNow
            VolumeIndex = [Int]$VolumeIndex
            Caption = $Drive.DeviceID + "\ Label: " + $Drive.VolumeName + $Drive.VolumeSerialNumber
            VolumeDescription = $Drive.DeviceID + "\ Label: " + $Drive.VolumeName + "Serial Number " + $Drive.VolumeSerialNumber
            FullName = $Drive.PSComputerName + "-" + $Drive.DeviceID + "\ Label: " + $Drive.VolumeName + $Drive.VolumeSerialNumber
            PollInterval="120"
            StatCollection="15"
            RediscoveryInterval="30"
        }

        $PhysicalDriveURI = New-swisobject $swis -EntityType "Orion.volumes" -properties $PhysicalDrive

        $PhysicalDriveProps = Get-SwisObject $swis -uri $PhysicalDriveURI

        $PhysicalDrivePoller = @{
            NetObject = "V:" + $PhysicalDriveProps["VolumeID"]
            NetObjectType = "V"
            NetObjectID = $PhysicalDriveProps["VolumeID"]
        }; 

        $PhysicalDrivePoller["PollerType"] = "V.Details.WMI.Windows"; 
        $PhysicalDriveURI = New-SwisObject $swis -EntityType "Orion.Pollers" -Properties $PhysicalDrivePoller  

        $PhysicalDrivePoller["PollerType"] = "V.Statistics.WMI.Windows";
        $PhysicalDriveURI = New-SwisObject $swis -EntityType "Orion.Pollers" -Properties $PhysicalDrivePoller  

        $PhysicalDrivePoller["PollerType"] = "V.Status.WMI.Windows";
        $PhysicalDriveURI = New-SwisObject $swis -EntityType "Orion.Pollers" -Properties $PhysicalDrivePoller

        Invoke-SwisVerb $Swis "Orion.Nodes" PollNow @("V:" + $PhysicalDriveProps["VolumeID"])

        $VolumeIndex = $VolumeIndex + 1
    }

    #================ Trigger a manual Poll on our new Node

    $netObjectID = $nodeProps.OrionIdPrefix + $nodeProps.NodeID

    Invoke-SwisVerb $Swis "Orion.Nodes" PollNow @($netObjectID)

    #================ Trigger a manual Rediscovery on the node and all it's resources tied to it (This is done so everything shows properly in the "List Resources" Selection)

    $indicationPropertiesXML = ([xml]"

    ").DocumentElement

    $sourceInstancePropertiesXML = ([xml]"

    ").DocumentElement

    Invoke-SwisVerb $swis Orion.Rediscovery ReportIndication @([string]$nodeProps["NodeID"], $indicationPropertiesXML, $sourceInstancePropertiesXML)

    #============== Enable Asset Inventory

    $EnableAssetInventoryXML = ([xml]"

        $nodeProps["NodeID"]

    ").DocumentElement

    (Invoke-SwisVerb $swis Orion.AssetInventory.Polling EnablePollingForNodes @($EnableAssetInventoryXML)).InnerText
}

#============== Calculate how long this whole process took

$End = (Get-Date)

($End - $Start)

mmozaydin

Is it possible to do this for a device we monitor with an agent?

adam.beedell

Will have a play with this, wont be super soon, thanks for sharing