Monitor Content Downloads Between an SCCM Distribution Point and a Client

Sometimes you want to monitor the progress of a content download on an SCCM client from a distribution point. You can use the Get-BitsTransfer PowerShell cmdlet, but it doesn’t currently support running on remote computers, so I wrapped the cmdlet in a bit of extra code that lets you get Bits transfer information from a remote computer, and adds a couple of extra values like the transfer size in megabytes and gigabytes as well as a percent complete value. Run it while there’s an active transfer to monitor the progress.

Simply provide a computer name like so:

Get-BitsTransfers -ComputerName PC001

Function Get-BitsTransfers {

[CmdletBinding()]
Param
    (
    [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,
                   ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true,
                   Position=0)]
    $ComputerName
    )

    Invoke-Command -ComputerName $ComputerName -ScriptBlock {
        $BitsTransfers = Get-BitsTransfer -AllUsers 
        Foreach ($BitsTransfer in $BitsTransfers)
        {
            [pscustomobject]@{
                DisplayName = $BitsTransfer.DisplayName
                JobState = $BitsTransfer.JobState
                OwnerAccount = $BitsTransfer.OwnerAccount
                FilesTotal = $BitsTransfer.FilesTotal
                FilesTransferred = $BitsTransfer.FilesTransferred
                BytesTotal = $BitsTransfer.BytesTotal
                MegaBytesTotal = [Math]::Round(($BitsTransfer.BytesTotal / 1MB),2)
                GigaBytesTotal = [Math]::Round(($BitsTransfer.BytesTotal/ 1GB),2)
                BytesTransferred = $BitsTransfer.BytesTransferred
                PercentComplete = [Math]::Round((100 * ($BitsTransfer.BytesTransferred / $BitsTransfer.BytesTotal)),2)
                CreationTime = $BitsTransfer.CreationTime
                TransferCompletionTime = $BitsTransfer.TransferCompletionTime

            }
        }
    } -HideComputerName

}