Send Email After successful

[ganapa2000]

Hi,

I would like to know, how to send a email if successful or unsuccessful after the script execution.

Please help

$dest = "\\backup\DR\$date"

$vmhosts = get-vmhost

Foreach ($vmhost in $vmhosts) {

Get-VMHostFirmware -VMHost $vmhost -BackupConfiguration -Destination $dest

}

[LucD]

This will catch exceptions and send an email with the result afterwards.

You can of course put more information in the Subject or the Body of the email.

$dest = "\\backup\DR\$date"

$vmhosts = Get-VMHost

Foreach ($vmhost in $vmhosts) {

   try {

   Get-VMHostFirmware -VMHost $vmhost -BackupConfiguration -Destination $dest

   $subject = 'Success'

   }

   catch {

   $subject = 'Unsuccessful'

   }

   $sMail = @{}

   Send-MailMessage -To user@dmain -From user@domain -Subject $subject -SmtpServer smtp.domain

}

[ganapa2000]

Hi LucD,

The script works but I am getting multiple successful emails, is there a way to limit to one at the end of the script.

[LucD]

Sure, try like this

$dest = "\\backup\DR\$date"

$vmhosts = Get-VMHost

$body = @()

Foreach ($vmhost in $vmhosts) {

  try {

   Get-VMHostFirmware -VMHost $vmhost -BackupConfiguration -Destination $dest

   $body += "Success on $($vmHost.Name)"

  }

  catch {

   $body += "Unsuccessful on $($vmHost.Name)"

  }

}

$sMail = @{

  To = 'user@dmain'

  From = 'user@domain'

  Subject = $subject

  Body = $body | Out-String

  SmtpServer = 'smtp.domain'

}

Send-MailMessage @sMail

[ganapa2000]

Hi LucD,

I am getting the email after I made little change

$sMail = @{}

Send-Mailmessage -From $FromAddress -To $ToAddress -Subject $Subject -Body $($body | Out-String) -SmtpServer $SMTPServer

but, in the email output, I am not able to get the hostname, I am just getting

Success on $($vmHost.Name)

Success on $($vmHost.Name)

Success on $($vmHost.Name)

Success on $($vmHost.Name)

[LucD · Accepted solution]

That's due to the single quotes instead of double quotes.

I also corrected the splatting variable in the code above.

[ganapa2000]

One last question, Hostname are coming in same line in the email, how can I get in the next line for new host

Thanks a lot, that worked

[LucD]

Do you separate lines when you do

  Body = $body -join "`r`n"