Get-VmwareSnaphots.ps1
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Title: Get-VmwareSnaphots.ps1
Description: List snapshots on all VMWARE ESX/ESXi servers as well as VM’s managed by Virtual Center.
Requirements: Windows Powershell and the VI Toolkit
Usage: .Get-VmwareSnaphots.ps1
Author: Last Updated by Sravan Kumar E
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#Global Functions
#This function generates a nice HTML output that uses CSS for style formatting.
function Generate-Report {
Write-Output “
| VMware Snaphot Report | ||||
| VM Name | Snapshot Name | Date Created | Description | Host | $($snapshot.vm) | $($snapshot.name) | $($snapshot.created) | $($snapshot.description) | $($snapshot.host) |
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}
#Login details for standalone ESXi servers
$username = ‘administrator’
$password = ‘password’ #Change to the root password you set for you ESXi server
#List of servers including Virtual Center Server. The account this script will run as will need at least Read-Only access to Cirtual Center
$ServerList = “10.91.42.21” #Chance to DNS Names/IP addresses of your ESXi servers or Virtual Center Server
#Initialise Array
$Report = @()
#Get snapshots from all servers
foreach ($server in $serverlist){
# Check is server is a Virtual Center Server and connect with current user
if ($server -eq “10.91.42.21”){Connect-VIServer $server}
# Use specific login details for the rest of servers in $serverlist
else {Connect-VIServer $server -user $username -password $password}
get-vm | get-snapshot | %{
$Snap = {} | Select VM,Name,Created,Description,Host
$Snap.VM = $_.vm.name
$Snap.Name = $_.name
$Snap.Created = $_.created
$Snap.Description = $_.description
$Snap.Host = $_.vm.host.name
$Report += $Snap
}
}
# Generate the report and email it as a HTML body of an email
Generate-Report > “VmwareSnapshots.html”
IF ($Report -ne “”){
$SmtpClient = New-Object system.net.mail.smtpClient
$SmtpClient.host = “10.91.40.35” #Change to a SMTP server in your environment
$MailMessage = New-Object system.net.mail.mailmessage
$MailMessage.from = “[email protected]” #Change to email address you want emails to be coming from
$MailMessage.To.add(“[email protected]”) #Change to email address you would like to receive emails.
$MailMessage.IsBodyHtml = 1
$MailMessage.Subject = “Vmware Snapshots”
$MailMessage.Body = Generate-Report
$SmtpClient.Send($MailMessage)}
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