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Get-SmbSession

Wed Jan 30, 2019 6:00 pm

NAME Get-SmbSession



SYNOPSIS

Retrieves information about the SMB sessions that are currently established between the SMB server and the associated clients.





SYNTAX

Get-SmbSession [[-SessionId] <UInt64[]>] [[-ClientComputerName] <String[]>] [[-ClientUserName] <String[]>] [[-ScopeName] <String[]>] [[-ClusterNodeName]

<String[]>] [-CimSession <CimSession[]>] [-IncludeHidden] [-SmbInstance {Default | CSV}] [-ThrottleLimit <Int32>] [<CommonParameters>]





DESCRIPTION

The Get-SmbSession cmdlet retrieves basic information about the Server Message Block (SMB) sessions that are currently established between the SMB

server and the associated clients.





PARAMETERS

-CimSession [<CimSession[]>]

Runs the cmdlet in a remote session or on a remote computer. Enter a computer name or a session object, such as the output of a New-CimSession or

Get-CimSession cmdlet. The default is the current session on the local computer.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value none

Accept pipeline input? false

Accept wildcard characters? false



-ClientComputerName [<String[]>]

Specifies the client computer name from which the only sessions are returned.



Required? false

Position? 3

Default value none

Accept pipeline input? True (ByPropertyName)

Accept wildcard characters? false



-ClientUserName [<String[]>]

Specifies the name of the user whose sessions are retrieved.



Required? false

Position? 4

Default value none

Accept pipeline input? True (ByPropertyName)

Accept wildcard characters? false



-ClusterNodeName [<String[]>]

Specifies, in the case of a share hosted by a Windows cluster, the name of the server which is hosting the sessions is retrieved.



Required? false

Position? 6

Default value none

Accept pipeline input? True (ByPropertyName)

Accept wildcard characters? false



-IncludeHidden [<SwitchParameter>]

Indicates that sessions that are created and used internally are enumerated also.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value none

Accept pipeline input? false

Accept wildcard characters? false



-ScopeName [<String[]>]

Specifies the scope of the sessions being retrieved.



Required? false

Position? 5

Default value none

Accept pipeline input? True (ByPropertyName)

Accept wildcard characters? false



-SessionId [<UInt64[]>]

Specifies the identifiers (IDs) that uniquely identify the sessions for which the information is retrieved.



Required? false

Position? 2

Default value none

Accept pipeline input? True (ByPropertyName)

Accept wildcard characters? false



-SmbInstance [<Microsoft.PowerShell.Cmdletization.GeneratedTypes.SmbShare.SmbInstance>]

Specifies the input to this cmdlet. You can use this parameter, or you can pipe the input to this cmdlet.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value none

Accept pipeline input? true(ByPropertyName)

Accept wildcard characters? false



-ThrottleLimit [<Int32>]

Specifies the maximum number of concurrent operations that can be established to run the cmdlet. If this parameter is omitted or a value of 0 is

entered, then Windows PowerShell???? calculates an optimum throttle limit for the cmdlet based on the number of CIM cmdlets that are running on the

computer. The throttle limit applies only to the current cmdlet, not to the session or to the computer.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value none

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

None









OUTPUTS

Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.CimInstance#root/Microsoft/Windows/SMB/MSFT_SmbSession



The Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.CimInstance object is a wrapper class that displays Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) objects. The

path after the pound sign (#) provides the namespace and class name for the underlying WMI object.

The MSFT_SmbSession object represents the sessions established between the SMB server and the associated clients.





Example 1: Get session information



PS C:\\>Get-SmbSession

SessionId ClientComputerName ClientUserName NumOpens

--------- ------------------ -------------- --------

85899345929 [fe80::c8c0:f65d:3bc6:7313] Contoso\\Contoso-FS1$ 0

4415226380377 192.168.102.14 Contoso\\Contoso-HV2$ 1

4415226380385 192.168.102.14 Contoso\\Contoso-HV2$ 1

4415226380393 192.168.102.14 Contoso\\Contoso-HV2$ 5

8813272891397 [fe80::6484:f325:adff:39eb] Contoso\\Contoso-FS2$ 0

8813272891441 192.168.101.13 Contoso\\Contoso-HV1$ 1

8813272891449 192.168.101.13 Contoso\\Contoso-HV1$ 1

8813272891457 192.168.101.13 Contoso\\Contoso-HV1$ 1

8813272891461 192.168.101.13 Contoso\\Contoso-HV1$ 1

8813272891469 192.168.101.13 Contoso\\Contoso-HV1$ 5

8813272891489 192.168.102.14 Contoso\\Contoso-HV2$ 1

8813272891493 192.168.102.14 Contoso\\Contoso-HV2$ 1

8813272891517 192.168.102.14 Contoso\\Contoso-HV2$ 5

8813272891581 192.168.102.13 Contoso\\Contoso-HV1$ 1

8813272891585 192.168.102.13 Contoso\\Contoso-HV1$ 1

8813272891609 192.168.102.13 Contoso\\Contoso-HV1$ 3

8813272891613 192.168.101.13 Contoso\\Contoso-HV1$ 2

8813272891621 192.168.101.13 Contoso\\Administrator 0



This command retrieves information about the SMB sessions that are currently established between the SMB server and the associated clients.





Example 2: Get information for a specific session



PS C:\\>Get-SmbSession -SessionId 8813272891621

SessionId ClientComputerName ClientUserName NumOpens

--------- ------------------ -------------- --------

8813272891621 192.168.101.13 Contoso\\Administrator 0



This command retrieves information about the SMB session identified as 8813272891621 that is currently established between the SMB server and the

associated clients.





Example 3: Get session information for a specific client



PS C:\\>Get-SmbSession -ClientComputerName "192.168.102.14"

SessionId ClientComputerName ClientUserName NumOpens

--------- ------------------ -------------- --------

4415226380377 192.168.102.14 Contoso\\Contoso-HV2$ 1

4415226380385 192.168.102.14 Contoso\\Contoso-HV2$ 1

4415226380393 192.168.102.14 Contoso\\Contoso-HV2$ 5

8813272891489 192.168.102.14 Contoso\\Contoso-HV2$ 1

8813272891493 192.168.102.14 Contoso\\Contoso-HV2$ 1

8813272891517 192.168.102.14 Contoso\\Contoso-HV2$ 5



This command retrieves information about the SMB sessions that are currently established between the SMB server and the SMB client at the IP address

192.168.102.14.





Example 4: Get session information for a client



PS C:\\>Get-SmbSession -ClientUserName "Contoso\\Contoso-HV1$"

SessionId ClientComputerName ClientUserName NumOpens

--------- ------------------ -------------- --------

8813272891441 192.168.101.13 Contoso\\Contoso-HV1$ 1

8813272891449 192.168.101.13 Contoso\\Contoso-HV1$ 1

8813272891457 192.168.101.13 Contoso\\Contoso-HV1$ 1

8813272891461 192.168.101.13 Contoso\\Contoso-HV1$ 1

8813272891469 192.168.101.13 Contoso\\Contoso-HV1$ 5

8813272891581 192.168.102.13 Contoso\\Contoso-HV1$ 1

8813272891585 192.168.102.13 Contoso\\Contoso-HV1$ 1

8813272891609 192.168.102.13 Contoso\\Contoso-HV1$ 3

8813272891613 192.168.101.13 Contoso\\Contoso-HV1$ 2



This command retrieves information about the SMB sessions that are currently established between the SMB server and the SMB client that has the user

name Contoso\\Contoso-HV1$.





Example 5: Get all information for a session



PS C:\\>Get-SmbSession -SessionId 8813272891441 | Select-Object -Property *

ClientComputerName : 192.168.101.13

ClientUserName : Contoso\\Contoso-HV1$

ClusterNodeName : Contoso-FS1

Dialect : 3.00

NumOpens : 1

ScopeName : Contoso-FS

SecondsExists : 45346

SecondsIdle : 33

SessionId : 8813272891441

TransportName :

PSComputerName :

CimClass : ROOT/Microsoft/Windows/SMB:MSFT_SmbSession

CimInstanceProperties : {ClientComputerName, ClientUserName, ClusterNodeName, Dialect...}

CimSystemProperties : Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.CimSystemProperties



This command retrieves all of the information about the SMB session identified as 8813272891441 that are currently established between the SMB server

and the SMB client.







RELATED LINKS

Close-SmbSession