Identify Disconnected sessions then reboot VDIs

[David Begbie1709163777]

Hi,

 

Looking to find a script that will help me temporarily before I fix this issue properly...

 

I need to identify all NP VDIs that have disconnected sessions running over 4 hours. Then I need to shut these VDIs down.

 

Identifying the VDIs with the target sessions is no problem but then invoking a power action is the bit I cant get.  Logging the session off is not an option, I need to shut each target machine down.

 

Thanks in advance!

[James Kindon]

There you go, you can use the same logic without an export/import directly in your script to just pull the machines into an array, and then loop through the array

 

$Criteria = "Get your list of machines here"

 

then something like 

 

foreach ($computer in $Criteria) {
	write-host "computer Name is: $($computer.Name)"
	New-BrokerHostingPowerAction -Action TurnOff -MachineName $computer.Name
}

 

[James Kindon]

If you already have the list of VDI's you want to reboot, this isn't working? https://developer-docs.citrix.com/projects/citrix-virtual-apps-desktops-sdk/en/latest/Broker/New-BrokerHostingPowerAction/

[David Begbie1709163777]

On 3/8/2023 at 11:01 PM, James Kindon said:

If you already have the list of VDI's you want to reboot, this isn't working? https://developer-docs.citrix.com/projects/citrix-virtual-apps-desktops-sdk/en/latest/Broker/New-BrokerHostingPowerAction/

Thanks for the reply James.

 

New-BrokerHostingPowerAction -Action TurnOff -MachineName 'VDINamehere' works but switching the "TurnOff command to Shutdown doesnt.  I know I have a more serious problem with ghost sessions but just tryng to find a quick way to get on an even keel in terms of healthy user sessions and machines until I get a chance to upgrade the VDA etc.

 

Do you have an example of using PS to run this New-BrokerHostingPowerAction -Action TurnOff -MachineName 'VDINamehere' command against an list of VDIs in .txt or .csv?

 

Thanks

[David Begbie1709163777]

Ive got it.

 

foreach ($computer in (Get-Content c:\temp\computernames.txt)) {
write-host "computer Name is: $computer"
New-BrokerHostingPowerAction -Action TurnOff -MachineName $computer
}