Introduction
vCheck is a PowerShell HTML framework script, the script is designed to run as a scheduled task before you get into the office to present you with key information via an email directly to your inbox in a nice easily readable format.
This script picks on the key known issues and potential issues scripted as plugins for various technologies written as PowerShell scripts and reports it all in one place so all you do in the morning is check your email.
One of they key things about this report is if there is no issue in a particular place you will not receive that section in the email, for example if there are no datastores with less than 5% free space (configurable) then the disk space section in the virtual infrastructure version of this script, it will not show in the email, this ensures that you have only the information you need in front of you when you get into the office.
This script is not to be confused with an Audit script, although the reporting framework can also be used for auditing scripts too. I don’t want to remind you that you have 5 hosts and what there names are and how many CPU’s they have each and every day as you don’t want to read that kind of information unless you need it, this script will only tell you about problem areas with your infrastructure.
What’s new
vCheck has been updated to be more community driven and easier to expand, the checks have been removed and put into separate pluginswhich make it easier for people to contribute.
The HTML output has been reformatted to work with newer versions of Outlook.
A Setup Wizard has been added for easy setup and no more need to reference the vCenter address as a parameter of the script.
As the plugins have been moved out it makes this HTML report framework easy to adapt to other PowerShell enabled products like VMware vCD, Sharepoint, Exchange, vShield, VMware View, SQL, Active Directory and more. – please contact me if your interested to start your own using this template.
A header image has been added to the HTML report.
And much much more.
Github
All scripts are now available via Github and can be modified as part of the Github website where I will approve the changes after checking, this enables everyone to get involved and add new features fast!
It also enables people to log issues in an easy way and control when they are fixed. Please do log your issues on the site rather than a comment on my blog.
To download the script check out the below example screenshot and click the “Download Zip” for each of the versions of vCheck, download links follow in this page for each of the versions.
Sample report is as below:
Download Link:
