Listener Mace writes:
I’ve seen this code:
$values = new-object ‘object[,]’ 5,2
Can you expound on that?
The author fills the array.
$k = 0
foreach ($j in $exchangeserverlist)
{
$perf = New-Object System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounter($perfobj1,
$counter1, $instance1, $j.Name)
$values[$k,0] = $j.Name
$values[$k,1] = $perf.RawValue
$k = $k + 1
}
Now, how do you sort the array based on the performance data in the second
column?
I’m guessing there’s a more “powershell” was of doing what’s needed rather
than resorting to arrays. E.g.,
$p = get-process
$p | sort-object ws
How would you create a collection of custom objects. Each custom object
would have two custom properties “exchangeserver” and “perfdata”.
{create the custom collection — somehow}
$co | sort-object perf
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Here is my response:
Hal taught me a cool way to create custom objects that he learned from PowerShell MVP Brandon Shell. Here’s a link to the post.
Here’s the code you may want to try…
$k = 0
$co = $(foreach ($j in $exchangeserverlist)
{
$values = “” | Select-Object server,perf # this is where your custom object is created
$perf = New-Object System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounter($perfobj1,
$counter1, $instance1, $j.Name)
$values .server = $j.Name #populating custom object$values.perf = $perf.RawValue #populating custom object
$k = $k + 1$values
})
$co | sort-object perf
Jaykul on IRC helped me figure out that you need to create the custom object in the loop. I tried to do it outside the loop and it didn’t work the way I wanted it to.
Or you could use this method that Hal suggested
$k = 0
$co = @() # this creates an empty array
foreach ($j in $exchangeserverlist)
{
$values = “” | Select-Object server,perf # this is where your custom object is created
$perf = New-Object System.Diagnostics.PerformanceCounter($perfobj1,
$counter1, $instance1, $j.Name)
$values .server = $j.Name #populating custom object
$values.perf = $perf.RawValue #populating custom object
$k = $k + 1
$co += $values # this populates the array
})
$co | sort-object perf
Thanks for listening!
Jonathan
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