View Remote Servers' Drive Sizes Via Command Prompt?

[Hambone]

I want to check on some drive sizes remotely via the command prompt of some NT4 servers. Anyone know the command? I'm experiencing major brain freeze this morning and can't think of any other tools to view them. I can't log into the O/S of any of them but I can use just about any O/S to connect remotely.

Thanks!

[MazX_Napalm]

Did you try a search engine? There are hundreds of examples on scripts.

This one looks good - http://www.adminscripteditor.com/scriptlib...view.asp?id=425

Then there are many free and pay for apps.

I use a script that runs every day and appends the free disk space to a csv file. It will enumerate actual and mapped drives. It does mean that you will need to map the drives though. Or, at least a folder on each of those drives.

'VBScript to calculate free space on hard drives
'Data appended to a csv file
'Appended data is dated

On Error Resume Next
Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set objLogFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile("c:\Drive space.csv", 8, True)
'Change path\filename to suite

strLF = Chr(13)
msgText=""
Set oFileSys = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
For each drvLoop in oFileSys.Drives
msgText = msgText & date & "," & drvLoop.DriveLetter & "," & round(drvLoop.FreeSpace / (1024 ^ 3),2) & vbCrLf

'Free space calculated as (1024 ^ x),y)
'For Gb x=3
'For Mb x=2
'For Kb x=1
'y=decimal places

Next 'drvLoop
objLogFile.Write msgText
objLogFile.Close

'End of script

[Hambone]

Yes I did search but only came up with results for software. Anyway, your comment about mapping drives gave me the idea to just map the c$, d$ and e$ drives I need to check and just do a "dir" in a command prompt window. Gave me the info I needed.

Thanks! ;)

Thanks for the script site too!

[Odom Member]

You don't even need to DIR the mapped drive. Just go to any explorer Window or My Computer, the details will be in the task pane, as long as you're doing it from XP or 2K

[+BudMan MVC]

  Odom said:

Just go to any explorer Window or My Computer, the details will be in the task pane

:rofl: You really have to wonder what part of

"want to check on some drive sizes remotely via the command prompt"

did you not get?? ;)

I would suggest the psinfo tool from sysinternals (now MS) with the -d flag

C:\>psinfo -?

PsInfo v1.73 - Local and remote system information viewer

Copyright ? 2001-2005 Mark Russinovich

Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com

PsInfo returns information about a local or remote Windows NT/2000/XP system.

Usage: psinfo [-h] [-s] [-d] [-c [-t delimiter]] [filter] [\\computer[,computer[,..]]|@file [-u Username [-p Password]]]

-u Specifies optional user name for login to

remote computer.

-p Specifies password for user name.

-h Show installed hotfixes.

-s Show installed software.

-d Show disk volume information.>

example;

Volume Type Format Label Size Free Free

A: Removable 0.0%

C: Fixed NTFS system 74.54 GB 15.22 GB 20.4%

[MazX_Napalm]

  Hambone said:

Yes I did search but only came up with results for software.

There is no "built-in" command. If you want to use the command line:

  Quote

Command Line Tools

Freeware scriptable command line network connectivity tools

T4eDirSize

Gets the free and used space of any directory or share, also counts the number of special files (encrypted, readonly, hidden, system, etc); great for monitoring free space and file statistics. You can use this command line utility to enable share monitoring in MonitorMagic. It greatly extends the standard Disk Monitor by adding details on file attributes, file count and size information. You can also use this tool to retrieve disk performance information when counting all files, thereby projecting the necessity for disk defragmentation.

Source: http://www.tools4ever.com/products/free/command/

[Hambone]

  BudMan said:

I would suggest the psinfo tool from sysinternals (now MS)

Thanks for the tip, great tool!