PSEventViewer.psm1
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.SYNOPSIS This PowerShell module simplifies parsing Windows Event Log, has some problems thou... that will be addressed later .DESCRIPTION This PowerShell module simplifies parsing Windows Event Log, has some problems thou... that will be addressed later .NOTES Version: 0.1 Author: Przemyslaw Klys <przemyslaw.klys at evotec.pl> .EXAMPLE $DateFrom = (get-date).AddHours(-5) $DateTo = (get-date).AddHours(1) get-events -Computer "Evo1" -DateFrom $DateFrom -DateTo $DateTo -EventId 916 -LogType "Application" #> function Add-ToHashTable($Hashtable, $Key, $Value) { if ($Value -ne $null -and $Value -ne '') { $Hashtable.Add($Key, $Value) } } Function Split-Every($list, $count = 4) { $aggregateList = @() $blocks = [Math]::Floor($list.Count / $count) $leftOver = $list.Count % $count $start = $end = 0 for ($i = 0; $i -lt $blocks; $i++) { $end = $count * ($i + 1) - 1 $aggregateList += @(, $list[$start..$end]) $start = $end + 1 } if ($leftOver -gt 0) { $aggregateList += @(, $list[$start..($end + $leftOver)]) } $aggregateList } function Split-Array { <# .SYNOPSIS Split an array .NOTES Version : July 2, 2017 - implemented suggestions from ShadowSHarmon for performance .PARAMETER inArray A one dimensional array you want to split .EXAMPLE Split-array -inArray @(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10) -parts 3 .EXAMPLE Split-array -inArray @(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10) -size 3 #> param($inArray, [int]$parts, [int]$size) if ($parts) { $PartSize = [Math]::Ceiling($inArray.count / $parts) } if ($size) { $PartSize = $size $parts = [Math]::Ceiling($inArray.count / $size) } $outArray = New-Object 'System.Collections.Generic.List[psobject]' for ($i = 1; $i -le $parts; $i++) { $start = (($i - 1) * $PartSize) $end = (($i) * $PartSize) - 1 if ($end -ge $inArray.count) {$end = $inArray.count - 1} $outArray.Add(@($inArray[$start..$end])) } return , $outArray } function Get-Events { [cmdletbinding()] param ( [alias ("ADDomainControllers", "DomainController", "Server", "Servers", "Computer", "Computers")] [string[]] $Machine = $Env:COMPUTERNAME, [alias ("From")][nullable[DateTime]] $DateFrom = $null, [alias ("To")][nullable[DateTime]] $DateTo = $null, [alias ("Ids", "EventID", "EventIds")] [int[]] $ID = $null, [alias ("LogType", "Log")][string] $LogName = $null, [alias ("Provider")] [string] $ProviderName = '', $Level = $null, $UserSID = $null, $Data = $null, $MaxEvents = $null, $Credentials = $null, $Path = $null, $Keywords = $null, [switch] $Oldest ) Write-Verbose "Get-Events - Overall events processing start" $MeasureTotal = [System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch]::StartNew() # Timer Start $AllEvents = @() $EventFilter = @{} Add-ToHashTable -Hashtable $EventFilter -Key "LogName" -Value $LogName # Accepts Wildcard Add-ToHashTable -Hashtable $EventFilter -Key "ProviderName" -Value $ProviderName # Accepts Wildcard Add-ToHashTable -Hashtable $EventFilter -Key "Path" -Value $Path # https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/heyscriptingguy/2011/01/25/use-powershell-to-parse-saved-event-logs-for-errors/ Add-ToHashTable -Hashtable $EventFilter -Key "Keywords" -Value $Keywords Add-ToHashTable -Hashtable $EventFilter -Key "Id" -Value $ID Add-ToHashTable -Hashtable $EventFilter -Key "Level" -Value $Level Add-ToHashTable -Hashtable $EventFilter -Key "StartTime" -Value $DateFrom Add-ToHashTable -Hashtable $EventFilter -Key "EndTime" -Value $DateTo Add-ToHashTable -Hashtable $EventFilter -Key "UserID" -Value $UserSID Add-ToHashTable -Hashtable $EventFilter -Key "Data" -Value $Data #$EventFilter | ForEach-Object { new-object PSObject -Property $_} | Format-List # Format-Table -AutoSize if ($ID -ne $null) { $ID = $ID | Sort-Object -Unique Write-Verbose "Get-Events - Events to process $($Id.Count)" if ($Id.Count -gt 23) { Write-Verbose "Get-Events - There are more events to process then 23, split will be required." } } $SplitArrayID = Split-Array -inArray $ID -size 23 # Support for more ID's then 23 (limitation of Get-WinEvent) foreach ($ID in $SplitArrayID) { #$split = Split-Every $ID 23 foreach ($Comp in $Machine) { $Measure = [System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch]::StartNew() # Timer Start Write-Verbose "Get-Events - Processing computer $Comp for Events ID: $ID" Write-Verbose "Get-Events - Processing computer $Comp for Events LogName: $LogName" Write-Verbose "Get-Events - Processing computer $Comp for Events ProviderName: $ProviderName" Write-Verbose "Get-Events - Processing computer $Comp for Events Keywords: $Keywords" Write-Verbose "Get-Events - Processing computer $Comp for Events StartTime: $DateFrom" Write-Verbose "Get-Events - Processing computer $Comp for Events EndTime: $DateTo" Write-Verbose "Get-Events - Processing computer $Comp for Events Path: $Path" Write-Verbose "Get-Events - Processing computer $Comp for Events Level: $Level" Write-Verbose "Get-Events - Processing computer $Comp for Events UserID: $UserID" Write-Verbose "Get-Events - Processing computer $Comp for Events Data: $Data" $Events = @() try { if ($MaxEvents -ne $null) { $Events = Get-WinEvent -FilterHashtable $EventFilter -ComputerName $Comp -ErrorAction Stop -MaxEvents $MaxEvents } else { $Events = Get-WinEvent -FilterHashtable $EventFilter -ComputerName $Comp -ErrorAction Stop } $EventsCount = ($Events | Measure-Object).Count Write-Verbose -Message "Get-Events - Events processed $EventsCount on computer $comp" } catch { if ($_.Exception -match "No events were found that match the specified selection criteria") { Write-Verbose -Message "Get-Events - Processing computer $Comp - No events found." } elseif ($_.Exception -match "There are no more endpoints available from the endpoint") { Write-Verbose -Message "Get-Events - Processing computer $Comp - Error connecting." Write-Verbose -Message "Get-Events - Processing computer $Comp - Error $($_.Exception.Message)" } else { Write-Verbose -Message "Get-Events - Processing computer $Comp - Error connecting." Write-Verbose -Message "Get-Events - Processing computer $Comp - Error $($_.Exception.Message)" } Write-Verbose "Get-Events - Processing computer $Comp - Time to generate $($Measure.Elapsed.Hours) hours, $($Measure.Elapsed.Minutes) minutes, $($Measure.Elapsed.Seconds) seconds, $($Measure.Elapsed.Milliseconds) milliseconds" $Measure.Stop() continue } # Parse out the event message data ForEach ($Event in $Events) { # Convert the event to XML $eventXML = [xml]$Event.ToXml() # Iterate through each one of the XML message properties Add-Member -InputObject $Event -MemberType NoteProperty -Name "Computer" -Value $event.MachineName.ToString() -Force Add-Member -InputObject $Event -MemberType NoteProperty -Name "Date" -Value $Event.TimeCreated -Force # Get-Member -inputobject $eventXML.Event if (Get-Member -inputobject $eventXML.Event.EventData -name "Data" -Membertype Properties) { if (Get-Member -inputobject $eventXML.Event.EventData.Data -name "Count" -Membertype Properties) { For ($i = 0; $i -lt $eventXML.Event.EventData.Data.Count; $i++) { if (Get-Member -inputobject $eventXML.Event.EventData.Data[$i] -name "Name" -Membertype Properties) { $fieldName = $eventXML.Event.EventData.Data[$i].Name } else { $fieldName = "" } if (Get-Member -inputobject $eventXML.Event.EventData.Data[$i] -name "#text" -Membertype Properties) { $fieldValue = $eventXML.Event.EventData.Data[$i]."#text" if ($fieldValue -eq "-".Trim()) { $fieldValue = $fieldValue -replace "-" } } else { $fieldValue = "" } # Append these as object properties if ($fieldName -ne "") { Add-Member -InputObject $Event -MemberType NoteProperty -Name $fieldName -Value $fieldValue -Force } } } } } $Allevents += $events Write-Verbose "Get-Events - Processing computer $Comp - Time to generate $($Measure.Elapsed.Hours) hours, $($Measure.Elapsed.Minutes) minutes, $($Measure.Elapsed.Seconds) seconds, $($Measure.Elapsed.Milliseconds) milliseconds" $Measure.Stop() } } $EventsProcessed = ($Allevents | Measure-Object).Count Write-Verbose "Get-Events - Overall events processed in total for the report: $EventsProcessed" Write-Verbose "Get-Events - Overall time to generate $($MeasureTotal.Elapsed.Hours) hours, $($MeasureTotal.Elapsed.Minutes) minutes, $($MeasureTotal.Elapsed.Seconds) seconds, $($MeasureTotal.Elapsed.Milliseconds) milliseconds" $MeasureTotal.Stop() return $Allevents } Export-ModuleMember -function "Get-Events" |