Get-FISSystemInformation

NAME Get-FISSystemInformation



SYNOPSIS

Gathers information on the target's system.





SYNTAX

Get-FISSystemInformation [[-ComputerName] <ComputerParameter[]>] [[-Credential] <PSCredential>] [[-Authentication]

{Default | Digest | Negotiate | Basic | Kerberos | NtlmDomain | CredSsp}] [-EnableException] [<CommonParameters>]





DESCRIPTION

This function uses CIM to gather information about the target computer(s)'s system.





PARAMETERS

-ComputerName <ComputerParameter[]>

The computer to gather information on.

Can be an established CimSession, which will then be reused.



Required? false

Position? 1

Default value $env:COMPUTERNAME

Accept pipeline input? true (ByValue)

Accept wildcard characters? false



-Credential <PSCredential>

The credentials to use to gather information.

This parameter is ignored for local queries.



Required? false

Position? 2

Default value

Accept pipeline input? false

Accept wildcard characters? false



-Authentication

The authentication method to use to gather the information.

Uses the system default settings by default.

This parameter is ignored for local queries.



Required? false

Position? 3

Default value Default

Accept pipeline input? false

Accept wildcard characters? false



-EnableException [<SwitchParameter>]

This parameters disables user-friendly warnings and enables the throwing of exceptions.

This is less user friendly, but allows catching exceptions in calling scripts.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value False

Accept pipeline input? false

Accept wildcard characters? false



<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,

ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,

OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see

about_CommonParameters (https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).



INPUTS



OUTPUTS

Fred.IronScripter2018.SystemInformation





-------------------------- EXAMPLE 1 --------------------------



PS C:\\>Get-FISSystemInformation



Returns system information on the local computer.









-------------------------- EXAMPLE 2 --------------------------



PS C:\\>Get-Content servers.txt | Get-FISSystemInformation



Returns system information on all computers listed in servers.txt









-------------------------- EXAMPLE 3 --------------------------



PS C:\\>Get-ADComputer -Filter "name -like 'Desktop*'" | Get-FISSystemInformation



Returns system information on all computers in ad whose name starts with "Desktop"











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