Windows Server Health Check Script - Powershell

Here is a script that I have developed to run a "health check" on a windows server. The script can be run on demand, but I tend to run them from Windows Task Scheduler with a trigger to run on windows startup to automatically check some of the key things within a windows server. At a high level, here is what is contained within the script;

• A report of all services with a start mode of "Automatic" but are not in a "running" state
• Any events in the windows Application log from the past 24 hours that are not categorized as "informational"
• Any events in the windows System log from the past 24 hours that are not categorized as "informational"
• A size report of all logical disks in the server showing size, and free space in GB and as a percentage
• Average CPU load on server
• Current memory usage (as a percentage)

All this information is retrieved by the script and stored in a .html file. At the end of the script the .html file is saved to disk and sent as an email attachment.

A few other points to note;

• The start-sleep command is used at the start of the script to delay the script running for 300 seconds (5 minutes). If the script runs as soon as it is triggered on windows startup, not all windows components are ready/loaded and the results of the script are incomplete
• The log file is saved by default into C:\Admin\ServerHealthChecks with a filename based on the target IP/hostname and date/time the script runs. This can be changed using the $logfile variable. Make sure the path specified in $logfile exists otherwise the .html file will not save correctly
• If a disk has 10-20% free space, it's text will be orange in colour. Less than 10% will be red. Otherwise it will be green
• Likewise, if CPU usage is 80-90% it will be orange. 90-100% will be red
• If free memory is 10-20%, it will be orange. Less than 10% will be red
• Be sure to update the variables at the end of the script (under #Send Log File via Email) to work with your email system/environment

Powershell script/code is below;

#Server Health Checker

#Author: Peter Morrissey

start-sleep 300

$target = "127.0.0.1"

#Get Last Bootup Time

$osprops = get-wmiobject -class win32_operatingsystem 

$lastboot = $osprops.ConvertToDateTime($osprops.LastBootUpTime)

#Log File

$error.clear()

$fulldate = Get-Date

$logfile = "c:\" + "Admin\" + "ServerHealthChecks\" + $FullDate.ToString("yyyyMMddHHmm") + "-" + "$Target" + ".html"

$global:strname = $env:username

$global:html = @()

$html += "<html>"

$html += '<font face="courier">'

$html += "<title>Server Health Check - $Target</title>"

$html += "<h3>$FullDate</h3>"

$html += "<h4>Server Health Check Script - Run by $global:strname</h4>"

$html += "<h4>Target Server: $Target</h4>"

$html += "<h4>Hostname: $env:computername</h4>"

$html += "<h4>Last Boot: $lastboot </h4>"

$html += "<p>"

$html += "******************************************************************************************* <p>"

#Services Check

write-host "Getting Service Information"

$html += '<u>Service Report - Services with StartMode "Auto" and State not currently "Running" </u><p>'

$servicelist = invoke-command -computername $target {

        get-wmiobject -class Win32_Service | Where {$_.StartMode -eq "Auto" -and $_.State -ne "Running"} | Select DisplayName, Name, StartMode, State

        }

if ($servicelist){$temphtml = $servicelist | Select DisplayName, Name, StartMode, State | ConvertTo-HTML -fragment

                    ForEach ($line in $temphtml){$html += "$Line"} }

ELSE {write-host "All automatic services are running";$html += "All automatic services are running <p>"}

$html += "<p> ******************************************************************************************* <p>"

#EventLog Checks

write-host "Querying Application Log on $Target"

$appeventlog = invoke-command -computername $target {

        $targetDate = Get-Date

        $targetdate = $targetdate.adddays(-1)

        get-eventlog -logname "Application" -after $targetdate | where-object {$_.entrytype -ne "Information" -and $_.Source -ne "Print" -and $_.Source -ne "TermServDevices"} 

        }

if ($appeventlog){#write-host $AppEventLog

                  $html += "<u>Application Log Non-Information Events (Last 24 Hours)</u><p>" 

                  $temphtml = $appeventlog |  Select TimeGenerated, EntryType, Source, Message | ConvertTo-HTML -fragment

                  foreach ($line in $temphtml){$html += "$line"}

                  }

                  

ELSE {$html += "No non-informational events found in application log in past 24 hours <p>"}

$html += "<p>*******************************************************************************************<p>"

write-host "Querying System Log on $Target"

$syseventlog = invoke-command -computername $Target {

        $targetdate = get-date

        $targetdate = $targetdate.adddays(-1)

        get-eventlog -logname "System" -after $targetdate | where-object {$_.entrytype -ne "Information" -and $_.source -ne "Print" -and $_.source -ne "TermServDevices"} 

        }

if ($syseventlog){#write-host $syseventlog

                  $html += "<u>System Log Non-Information Events (Last 24 Hours)</u><p>"

                  $temphtml = $syseventlog | Select TimeGenerated, EntryType, Source, Message | ConvertTo-HTML -fragment

                  ForEach ($line in $temphtml){$html += "$Line"}

                  }

                  

else {$html += "No non-informational events found in system log in past 24 hours<p>"}

$html += "<p>*******************************************************************************************<p>"

#Local Disk Health Check

write-host "Getting logical disk information"

$diskreport = invoke-command -computername $target {

    Get-WmiObject Win32_logicaldisk | Select DeviceID, MediaType, VolumeName, `

    @{Name="Size(GB)";Expression={[decimal]("{0:N0}" -f($_.size/1gb))}}, `

    @{Name="Free Space(GB)";Expression={[decimal]("{0:N0}" -f($_.freespace/1gb))}}, `

    @{Name="Free (%)";Expression={"{0,6:P0}" -f(($_.freespace/1gb) / ($_.size/1gb))}} `

    }

$html += "<u>Logical Disk Report</u><p>"

$temphtml = $DiskReport | Select DeviceID, VolumeName, "Size(GB)", "Free Space(GB)", "Free (%)" | ConvertTo-HTML -fragment

foreach ($Line in $temphtml)

    {

    if ($line -like "*%<*")

        {

        $lineindex = [array]::IndexOf($temphtml, $line)

        $templine = $line -split "%"

        $templine = $templine -replace(" ","")

        $templine = $templine[0] -split "<td>"

        $templine = $templine[5]

        $templine = $templine.trim()

        $templine = [decimal]$templine

               

        if ($templine -le 20 -and $templine -ge 10){$temphtml[$lineindex] = $temphtml[$lineindex].Replace("<td>",'<td><font color="orange">')}

        if ($templine -lt 10 ){$temphtml[$lineindex] = $temphtml[$lineindex].Replace("<td>",'<td><font color="red">');

                                $smtpclient = new-object system.net.mail.smtpClient 

                                $mailmessage = New-Object system.net.mail.mailmessage 

                                $smtpclient.Host = "192.168.0.5" 

                                $mailmessage.from = ("alerts@mitx.dynu.com") 

                                $mailmessage.To.add("peter@mitx.dynu.com")

                                $mailmessage.Subject = “Server Health Check Alert - Disk Space Low - $target"

                                $mailmessage.Body = "Low disk space found on $target -  $temphtml"

                                $mailmessage.IsBodyHtml = $true

                                $smtpclient.Send($mailmessage)

                                $mailmessage.dispose()

                              }

        }

    }

foreach ($line in $temphtml){$html += "$line"}

$html += "<p>*******************************************************************************************<p>"

#Check CPU Load

write-host "Getting CPU Stats"

$cpudata = get-wmiobject win32_processor -computername $target | measure-object -property LoadPercentage -average | select Average

$html += "<u>CPU Load (Average)</u><p>"

$cpuusage = $($cpudata.average)

    if ($cpuusage -ge 80 -and $cpuusage -le 90){$html += '<font color="orange">' + "Average CPU Load: $cpuusage%" + '</font>'}

    elseif ($cpuusage -gt 90){$html += '<font color="red">' + "Average CPU Load: $cpuusage%" + '</font>'}

    elseif ($cpuusage -lt 80){$html += '<font color = "green">' + "Average CPU Load: $cpuusage%" + '</font>'}

$html += "<p>*******************************************************************************************<p>"

#Check Memory Usage

write-host "Getting Memory Usage"

$html += "<u>Memory Usage Report</u><p>"

$memdata = get-wmiobject win32_operatingsystem -computername $target | select FreePhysicalMemory, FreeVirtualMemory, TotalVirtualMemorySize, TotalVisibleMemorySize

$freephysicalmem = $($memdata.freephysicalmemory)

$freevirtualmem = $($memdata.freevirtualmemory)

$totalvirtualmem = $($memdata.totalvirtualmemorysize)

$totalvisiblemem = $($memdata.totalvisiblememorysize)

$memusage = ($totalvisiblemem - $freephysicalmem) / $totalvisiblemem * 100

$freemem = $freephysicalmem / $totalvisiblemem * 100

[decimal]$freemem = "{0:N0}" -f $freemem

if ($freemem -lt 10){$html += '<font color="red">' + "Free Memory (%): $freemem" + '</font>'}

elseif ($freemem -gt 10 -and $freemem -le 20){$html += '<font color="orange">' + "Free Memory (%): $freemem" + '</font>'}

elseif ($freemem -gt 20){$html += '<font color="green">' + "Free Memory (%): $freemem" + '</font>'}

$html += "<p>*******************************************************************************************<p>"

#Export Log File

$html | out-file $LogFile

#Open Log File in Internet Explorer

#Invoke-Item $Logfile

#Send Log File via Email

$smtpclient = new-object system.net.mail.smtpClient 

$mailmessage = New-Object system.net.mail.mailmessage 

$smtpclient.Host = "mail.server.com" 

$mailmessage.from = ("user@domain.com") 

$mailmessage.To.add("user@domain.com")

$mailmessage.Subject = “Server Health Check Results - $target"

$mailmessage.Body = "Server Health Check Results for $target"

$mailmessage.Attachments.Add($LogFile)

$mailmessage.IsBodyHtml = $true

$smtpclient.Send($mailmessage)

$mailmessage.dispose()

IIS - Make OWA the Default Website Page

After installing Microsoft Exchange, a "virtual directory" for Outlook Web Access (OWA) is created that is generally accessible via the URL https://mail.yourdomain.com/owa

In some scenarios it may be preferable to configure https://mail.yourdomain.com to redirect automatically to the OWA virtual directory (as users may forget to include this part if they are manually typing the URL). This means as soon as they try to access the root domain website, they are automatically presented with a login page for OWA.

It is very easy to configure, as per the steps below;

1. Open Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager (from Control Panel > Administrative Tools)
2. Expand the tree from the left hand side and highlight/select Default Web Site
   
   
3. Double click the HTTP Redirect icon from the main window
   
   
4. Select the option to Redirect requests to this destination and enter /owa into the text box below
   Select the option to Only redirect requests to content in this directory (not subdirectories). Ensure the status code is set to Found (302)
   
   
5. Click Apply in the top right corner to apply the changes
6. Try accessing the base URL again and you should be automatically redirected to the OWA login page