HP iLO - Health Report - Check

Summary

The script will check and return the health status of the HP iLO devices, writing the output in a script log. It is a CW RMM implementation of Get-HPiLOHealthReport, an agnostic script.

Sample Run

Dependencies

Get-HPiLOHealthReport

User Parameters

Name	Example	Required	Type	Description
Address	192.168.2.16, 192.168.7.13:54	True	Text String	IP address of the iLO device. Port number must be added if a custom port is being used.
Username	Administrator	True	Text String	Admin username to connect with the iLO device.
Password	@!#f2GW@f2!$	True	Text String	Password for the admin user.

Task Creation

Create a new Script Editor style script in the system to implement this task.

Name: HP iLO - Health Report - Check
Description: The script will check and return the health status of the HP iLO devices, writing the output in a script log.
Category: Custom

Parameters

Address

Add a new parameter by clicking the Add Parameter button present at the top-right corner of the screen.

This screen will appear.

• Set Address in the Parameter Name field.
• Select Text String from the Parameter Type dropdown menu.
• Enable the Required Field button.
• Click the Save button.

Username

Add a new parameter by clicking the Add Parameter button present at the top-right corner of the screen.

This screen will appear.

• Set Username in the Parameter Name field.
• Select Text String from the Parameter Type dropdown menu.
• Enable the Required Field button.
• Click the Save button.

Password

Add a new parameter by clicking the Add Parameter button present at the top-right corner of the screen.

This screen will appear.

• Set Password in the Parameter Name field.
• Select Text String from the Parameter Type dropdown menu.
• Enable the Required Field button.
• Click the Save button.

Task

Navigate to the Script Editor section and start by adding a row. You can do this by clicking the Add Row button at the bottom of the script page.

A blank function will appear.

Row 1 Function: PowerShell Script

Search and select the PowerShell Script function.

The following function will pop up on the screen:

Paste in the following PowerShell script and set the Expected time of script execution in seconds to 900 seconds. Click the Save button.

[Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessageAttribute('PSAvoidUsingConvertToSecureStringWithPlainText', '')]
[CmdletBinding()]
Param()

### parameters
$Address = '@Address@'
$Username = '@Username@'
$Password = '@Password@'

if ( $Address -match '\SAddress\S' -or ( $null -eq $Address ) )  {
    throw 'Address is not set correctly.'
} elseif ( $Address.Length -lt 2 ) {
    throw 'Address is not set correctly.'
}

if ( $Username -match '\SUsername\S' -or ( $null -eq $Username ) )  {
    throw 'Username is not set.'
} elseif ( $Username.Length -lt 2 ) {
    throw 'Username is not set.'
}

if ( $Password -match '\SPassword\S' -or ( $null -eq $Password ) )  {
    throw 'Password is not set.'
} elseif ( $Password.Length -lt 2 ) {
    throw 'Password is not set.'
}

$SecureString = ConvertTo-SecureString $Password -AsPlainText -Force

$Parameters = @{
    Address = $Address
    Username = $Username
    Password = $SecureString
}

function Write-Script {
    [CmdletBinding()]
    [OutputType([String])]
    param (
        [Parameter()][String]$ProjectName
    )
    [Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [enum]::ToObject([Net.SecurityProtocolType], 3072)
    $BaseURL = 'https://file.provaltech.com/repo'
    $PS1URL = "$BaseURL/script/$ProjectName.ps1"
    $WorkingDirectory = "C:\ProgramData\_automation\script\$ProjectName"
    $PS1Path = "$WorkingDirectory\$ProjectName.ps1"
    #endregion
    #region Setup - Folder Structure
    New-Item -Path $WorkingDirectory -ItemType Directory -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Out-Null
    try {
        Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $PS1URL -OutFile $PS1path -UseBasicParsing -ErrorAction Stop
    } catch {
        if (!(Test-Path -Path $PS1Path )) {
            throw ('Failed to download the script from ''{0}'', and no local copy of the script exists on the machine. Reason: {1}' -f $PS1URL, $($Error[0].Exception.Message))
        }
    }
    return $WorkingDirectory
}

function Confirm-Output {
    [CmdletBinding()]
    param (
        [Parameter()][String]$ProjectName
    )
    $WorkingDirectory = "C:\ProgramData\_automation\script\$ProjectName"
    $LogPath = "$WorkingDirectory\$ProjectName-log.txt"
    $ErrorLogPath = "$WorkingDirectory\$ProjectName-Error.txt"

    if ( !(Test-Path $LogPath) ) {
        throw 'PowerShell Failure. A Security application seems to have restricted the execution of the PowerShell Script.'
    }
    if ( Test-Path $ErrorLogPath ) {
        $ErrorContent = ( Get-Content -Path $ErrorLogPath )
        throw $ErrorContent
    }
}

foreach ( $ProjectName in ( 'Update-PowerShellGet', 'Get-HPiLOHealthReport' ) ) {
    $Workingpath = Write-Script -ProjectName $ProjectName
    $PS1Path = "$Workingpath\$ProjectName.ps1"
    if ( $ProjectName -eq 'Update-PowerShellGet' ) {
        & $PS1Path
    } else {
        & $PS1Path @Parameters
    }
    Confirm-Output -ProjectName $ProjectName
}

Row 2 Function: Script Log

Add a new row by clicking the Add Row button.

A blank function will appear.

Search and select the Script Log function.

In the script log message, simply type %output% and click the Save button.

Click the Save button at the top-right corner of the screen to save the script.

Completed Script

Output

• Script log