Hello All,
Im new VMware ,and im trying to create a script to take the snapshot for multiple vm`s ( 2000+) for an upgrade for a particular time, but the scripts mentioned in this thread is not working. i have been using the below script ,but its not throwing any error or snapshot is scheduled. So can i have the script to schedule a snapshots? or advise me if im missing anything
$snapTime = Get-Date "05/05/24 11:00"
$snapName = 'Test'
$snapDescription = 'Test Scheduled snapshot'
$snapMemory = $true
$snapQuiesce = $false
#$emailAddr = 'xxx@xxx.com'
$fileName = 'C:\Users\servers.csv'
$vcName = 'MITR004'
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Import-Csv -Path $fileName -UseCulture | %{
$vm = Get-VM -Name $_.VMName
$si = get-view ServiceInstance
$scheduledTaskManager = Get-View $si.Content.ScheduledTaskManager
$spec = New-Object VMware.Vim.ScheduledTaskSpec
$spec.Name = "Snapshot",$vm.Name -join ' '
$spec.Description = $_.Description
$spec.Enabled = $true
$spec.Notification = $emailAddr
$spec.Scheduler = New-Object VMware.Vim.OnceTaskScheduler
$spec.Scheduler.runat = $snapTime
$spec.Action = New-Object VMware.Vim.MethodAction
$spec.Action.Name = "CreateSnapshot_Task"
@($snapName,$snapDescription,$snapMemory,$snapQuiesce) | %{
$arg = New-Object VMware.Vim.MethodActionArgument
$arg.Value = $_
$spec.Action.Argument += $arg
}
$scheduledTaskManager.CreateObjectScheduledTask($vm.ExtensionData.MoRef, $spec)
}
