Network Engineer -- A Looking Glass

Sunday, October 03, 2010

Server Scheduled Tasks Script

'Author: Scot Geer ()

'Purpose: Reads all scheduled tasks listed, compiles their last run, last result, etc.

' & then sends it to specified recipient(s) via text email

'Date Created: 07 Oct 2008

'Instructions: Modify only the parameters in the "modify" section below

'Tips: If this script cannot send an email to the SMTP server, it will fail silently

' & write to the Event Log. Put a bad ip address in there, then run it, then check

' your event log (application, ERROR, WSH)

'##########################################################################################

Option Explicit

Const ForReading = 1

Const ForWriting = 2

Const ForAppending = 8

Set objShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

Dim objFSO, objDocument, objShell

Dim commandsArr, schTasksArr(), groupedTasksArr()

Dim myCmd, x, fullCommand, totalTaskLinesRequested

Dim reqSchTasksLinesArr, myTimeDateNow

myCmd = "cmd /c "

' !!! Modify this section only !!!

'##########################################################################################

'commandsArr is an array of command line commands

'CLI Scheduled Tasks reference found here:

'http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc772785.aspx

commandsArr = Array("schtasks /query /fo LIST /v")

'run this CLI command "schtasks /query /fo LIST /v" and pick which lines you want here:

reqSchTasksLinesArr = Array("TaskName:","Next Run Time:","Last Run Time:","Last Result:")

'Modify this section only for the 'sendEmail' function

'@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

Dim eFrom,eTo,eSubject,eBody,eAttachment,eUsername,ePassword

Dim eSmtpServer,eSmtpPort,eSmtpUseSSL

Const eNetworkType = 1 'use '1' if script will run on machine with SMTP installed

'Const eNetworkType = 2 'use '2' if script will run on SMTP box somewhere on network

eFrom = "s@some-domain.com"

eTo = "me@some-email.com"

eSubject = "Daily Scheduled Tasks Report (Server-Name - 10.12.14.21)"

eBody = ""

'Type in full path and filename with extension here if you want an attachment

eAttachment = "%homepath%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows NT\NTBackup\data\backup01.log"

'Note: use domain\username if going to exchange server

'Note: use username@domain.com if going to public Internet SMTP server

'Note: only use username/password if SMTP server is on separate machine

eUsername = ""

ePassword = ""

eSmtpServer = "Name-of-SMTP-Server"

eSmtpPort = 25

eSmtpUseSSL = False

'@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

'##########################################################################################

' !!! Modify this section only !!!

totalTaskLinesRequested = ((UBound(reqSchTasksLinesArr))+1)

'Main Code

'~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

myTimeDateNow = FormatDateTime(Time,0) & ", " & Date

For x=0 To UBound(commandsArr)

fullCommand = myCmd & commandsArr(x)

'replace Null with fullPath if writing to file

runCommands fullCommand, Null

groupTaskResults

eBody = prettyUpResults 'builds results into body of email

sendEmail eFrom,eTo,eSubject,eBody,eAttachment,eUsername,ePassword, _

eNetworkType,eSmtpServer,eSmtpPort,eSmtpUseSSL

'~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

'Action: runs commands via command line, reads each line or reads all

'Dependencies: 'appendTextToFile()' (only if you want to write to file)

' global declaration of schTasksArr to enter results

' global declaration of totalTaskLinesRequested

' 'groupTaskResults()'

'Parameters: 'pCommand' --> command line (ex: "schtasks /query /fo LIST /v")

' 'pPath' --> fullPath of text file to write info to (if applicable)

'Returns: Nothing

'******************************************************************************

Sub runCommands(pCommand,pPath)

Dim objExecObject, strLine, y, w

Set objShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

Set objExecObject = objShell.Exec(pCommand)

y = 0

Do Until objExecObject.StdOut.AtEndOfStream

strLine = objExecObject.StdOut.ReadLine

For w=0 To UBound(reqSchTasksLinesArr)

If InStr(strLine, reqSchTasksLinesArr(w)) Then

ReDim Preserve schTasksArr(y)

schTasksArr(y) = strLine

' appendTextToFile pPath,schTasksArr(y) 'write to text file

y=y+1

End If

Loop

End Sub

'********************************************************************|

'Action: pulls 3 specific lines from the 'schTasksArr' array and groups them

' into their own sections for easy display or printing to a file

'Dependencies: 'schTasksArr' --> lines from --> "schtasks /query /fo LIST /v"

' global declaration of 'totalTaskLinesRequested'

' 'totalTaskLinesRequested' = # of lines wanted from schtasks cmd

'Parameters: none

'Returns: nothing returned but it does build the global groupedTasksArr array

'******************************************************************************

Function groupTaskResults

'making info into groups of 3 lines

'we want 3 specific lines from each sch task

Dim m, w, groupedTasks, groupedTaskResults, tempPlaceHolder

w = 0

'get number of total task lines, divide by totalTaskLinesRequested

'to get # of sections needed

groupedTasks = (UBound(schTasksArr) + 1)/totalTaskLinesRequested

'don't forget to subtract 1 (starts at zero)

For x=0 To groupedTasks - 1

'grouping each scheduled task sections

'don't forget to subtract 1 (starts at zero)

For m=0 To totalTaskLinesRequested - 1

tempPlaceHolder = tempPlaceHolder & schTasksArr(w) & vbCrLf

w = w + 1

groupedTaskResults = tempPlaceHolder

tempPlaceHolder = Null

ReDim Preserve groupedTasksArr(x)

groupedTasksArr(x) = groupedTaskResults

'Keep this echo line here for testing purposes

' WScript.Echo groupedTasksArr(x) & vbTab & "This is the grouped tasks"

End Function

'*******************************************************************|

'Action: formats array results into a readable/printable form

'Dependencies: globally declared array of some kind

'Parameters: none

'Returns: 'myPrettyPrint' --> properly formatted results

'******************************************************************************

Function prettyUpResults

Dim myPrettyPrint

For x=0 To UBound(groupedTasksArr)

myPrettyPrint = myPrettyPrint & groupedTasksArr(x) _

& vbCrLf & "Current System Time" _

& String(9, ".") & myTimeDateNow _

& vbCrLf & String(40, "#") & vbCrLf & vbCrLf

prettyUpResults = myPrettyPrint

End Function

'*******************************************************************|

'Action: sends email & attachment (attachment optional)

'Dependencies: global declaration of "modify" section below

'Parameters: see "modify" section below

'Returns: nothing

'******************************************************************************

Function sendEmail(pFr,pTo,pSu,pTe,pAtt,eUser,ePswd,pType,pSmtp,ePort,eSSL)

'Modify this section only for the 'sendEmail' function

'Put this section in the global declaration section of this script

'@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

' Dim eFrom,eTo,eSubject,eBody,eAttachment,eUsername,ePassword

' Dim eSmtpServer,eSmtpPort,eSmtpUseSSL

'Const eNetworkType = 1 'use '1' if script will run on machine with SMTP installed

'Const eNetworkType = 2 'use '2' if script will run on SMTP box somewhere on network

' eFrom = "username@domain.com"

' eTo = "recipient@domain.com"

' eSubject = "Subject Message"

' eBody = "Body of email"

'Type in full path and filename with extension here if you want an attachment

' eAttachment = "c:\temp\logs\backup01.log"

'Note: use domain\username if going to exchange server

'Note: use username@domain.com if going to public Internet SMTP server

' eUsername = "domain\username" 'don't use this line if eNetworkType=1

' ePassword = "password" 'don't use this line if eNetworkType=1

' eSmtpServer = "serverName or IP address"

' eSmtpPort = 25

' eSmtpUseSSL = False

'@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

On Error Resume Next

Dim objEmail, extraMessages

Set objEmail = CreateObject("CDO.Message")

extraMessages = "Check the parameters in the 'email modify' section" _

& " of the script" _

& vbCrLf & "Rob I. is a Hottie! :D"

objEmail.From = pFr

objEmail.To = pTo

objEmail.Subject = pSu

objEmail.Textbody = pTe

objEmail.AddAttachment(pAtt)

objEmail.Configuration.Fields.Item _

("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendusing") = pType

objEmail.Configuration.Fields.Item _

("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserver") = pSmtp

objEmail.Configuration.Fields.Item _

("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserverport") = ePort

'Only use this section if running this script from a non-SMTP server, such as a

'workstation. Simply remove the apostrophe's at the beginning of each line.

'##############################################################################