Get-SystemInfo

NAME Get-SystemInfo



SYNOPSIS

Retrieves system information for a PRTG Device.





SYNTAX

Get-SystemInfo [[-Type] {System | Software | Hardware | Users | Processes | Services}] -Device <Device>

[<CommonParameters>]



Get-SystemInfo [[-Type] {System | Software | Hardware | Users | Processes | Services}] -Id <int>

[<CommonParameters>]





DESCRIPTION

The Get-SystemInfo cmdlet retrieves system information for a specified device. By default, PRTG will probe devices

once every 24 hours for enhanced system information, including hardware, software, process, service and user info.

Not all devices may support retrieving system information or may only support specific system information types.



Specific system information types can be retrieved by specifying one or more values to the -Type parameter. If

more than one type is specified, results will be bundled up in a PSObject containing a property for each

information type. If no types are specified, Get-SystemInfo will automatically retrieve information for all known

information types.





PARAMETERS

-Device <Device>

Device to retrieve system information for.



Required? true

Position? named

Default value

Accept pipeline input? true (ByValue)

Accept wildcard characters? false



-Id <int>

ID of the device to retrieve system information for.



Required? true

Position? named

Default value 0

Accept pipeline input? false

Accept wildcard characters? false



-Type <SystemInfoType[]>

One or more system information types to retrieve. If no types are specified, all System Information types will

be retrieved.



Possible values: System, Software, Hardware, Users, Processes, Services



Required? false

Position? 0

Default value

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

PrtgAPI.Device

Device to retrieve system information for.





OUTPUTS



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



C:\\> Get-SystemInfo -Id 1001



Retrieve system information from the device with ID 1001.



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



C:\\> Get-Device -Id 1001 | Get-SystemInfo



Retrieve system information from a piped in device.



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



C:\\> Get-SystemInfo -ID 1001 hardware,software



Retrieve hardware and software information for the device with ID 1001.



RELATED LINKS

Online version: https://github.com/lordmilko/PrtgAPI/wi ... ormation-1

Get-Device

Refresh-SystemInfo