function BackupVM
{
$vm = get-vm $args
$vmview = get-view $vm
$newName = "Backup2."+$vm.Name
$destStore = get-datastore $BackupDataStoreName
$destStoreView = get-view $destStore
$vmCloneFolder = (get-view (get-folder -Name Backup)).MoRef
$vmCloneSpec = new-object Vmware.Vim.VirtualMachineCloneSpec
$vmCloneSpec.Location = new-object Vmware.Vim.VirtualMachineRelocateSpec
$vmCloneSpec.Location.Datastore = $destStoreView.MoRef
$vmCloneSpec.Location.DiskMoveType = http://Vmware.Vim.VirtualMachineRelocateDiskMoveOptions::moveAllDiskBackingsAndDisAllowSharing
$vmCloneSpec.Location.Transform = http://Vmware.Vim.VirtualMachineRelocateTransformation::sparse
$vmview.CloneVM($vmCloneFolder, $newName, $vmCloneSpec)
$clonedVM = get-vm -Name $newName
remove-vm -VM $clonedVM -confirm:$FALSE
}
function BackupVMS
{
$starttime = get-date -f "HH:MM:S"
connect-viserver 172.16.0.3
foreach ($arg in $args)
{
Get-VM -Name $arg | foreach {
write-host "$_ is to be cloned next."
BackupVM $_
}
}
disconnect-viserver -confirm:$false
}
It's not complete yet but works for now
