Executing a lengthy In-Place-Upgrade Task Sequence within Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager and have been asked for a breakdown in timing for each of the Upgrade Steps to complete the Feature Update, then read on
Seen a few examples out there where others have been outputting the start and end times of a Task Sequence to a text file, so wanted to take this one step further and provide you with Split Timings of a running Task Sequence
The script will write to a comma-separated log file of each time it is called and then calculate the split time from the last time it was executed.
Create a Standard Package with a file containing the script ‘Get-TimeStamp.ps1‘
Get-TimeStamp.ps1 – Script also available at https://github.com/Drakey2000/CommunityHelper/tree/master/Get-TimeStamp
<#
.SYNOPSIS
Enables you to add Task Sequence Task Steps and it will record the time it was initiated and calculate the duration
of time passed from when it was last initiated
.DESCRIPTION
Get-TimeStamp is a function that returns all time stamps and differencec from a running task sequnce
.PARAMETER State
None
.EXAMPLE
Get-TimeStamp
.OUTPUTS
C:\Windows\Logs\ComputaCenter\TaskSequenceName-Timestamp.log
.NOTES
Author: Steven Drake
Version: 1.0
#>
Try{
# Import Microsoft.SMS.TSEnvironment
$TSEnv = New-Object -COMObject Microsoft.SMS.TSEnvironment
# Get Script Name - Without Extention
$FileName = (Get-Item $PSCommandPath).Basename
# Set Log File
$Logfile = "$($env:windir)\CCM\Logs\_$($TSEnv.Value('_SMSTSPackageName'))-$FileName.log"
# Create Log Folder
New-Item -Path (Split-Path -Path $Logfile) -ItemType Directory -Force
# Create Column Headers
If(!(Test-Path -Path $Logfile)){Add-Content $Logfile -Value "Step Name,Start Timestamp,Duration Split - Days.Hrs.Mins:Secs"}
# Get Current Time Stamp
$CurrentTime=(Get-Date)
# Get Running Step
$Step = $TSEnv.Value('_SMSTSCurrentActionName')
# Get Previous Time Stamp to Work Out Duration
Try{
# Calculate Time Split
$Duration = (New-TimeSpan -Start $TSEnv.Value('LastTimeStamp') –End $CurrentTime)
# Convert Time Split to Days. Hours : Minutes : Seconds
$DurationString = "{0:dd}.{0:hh}:{0:mm}:{0:ss}" -f $Duration
}Catch{}
# Write TimeStamp Log - Comma Seperated
Add-Content $Logfile -Value "$Step,$CurrentTime,$DurationString"
# Update LastTimeStamp
$TSEnv.Value('LastTimeStamp') = $CurrentTime
}Catch{ Add-Content $Logfile -Value $_.Exception.Message; Exit 1}
Then simply add a Run PowerShell script at every point in the Task Sequence you are looking to produce a Time Stamp for
Type : Run PowerShell Script
Name : ‘Step # and description’
Package: ‘Package containing the Get-TimeStamp.ps1’
Script name: Get-TimeStamp.ps1
PowerShell Execution policy : Bypass
After the Task Sequence has been completed you will be able to find the corresponding Get-TimeStamp log in the folder C:\Windows\CCM\Logs\_tasksequencename-Get-TimeStamp.log’
As the log file has been written to as comma-separated-values, you can view in a text viewer, or see the information clearly when importing into excel, through Data – From Text/CSV
Example
The Duration Split is the time difference from the previous step – Have fun playing!
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