snapshot report

[tdubb123]

any idea why this is not working?

$report = get-snapshot -vm (get-vm) | select VM, name, description, powerstate | ft -autosize

$emailFrom = "vcenter@domain.com"

$emailTo = "vcenteradmins@domain.com"

$subject = "List of VMs with Snapshots"

$smtpServer = "send.domain.com"

$smtp = new-object Net.Mail.SmtpClient($smtpServer)

$smtp.Send($emailFrom, $emailTo, $subject, $Report)

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I get an email like this

Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Internal.Format.FormatStartData Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Internal.Format.GroupStartData Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Internal.Format.FormatEntryData Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Internal.Format.FormatEntryData Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Internal.Format.FormatEntryData Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Internal.Format.FormatEntryData Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Internal.Format.FormatEntryData Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Internal.Format.FormatEntryData Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Internal.Format.FormatEntryData Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Internal.Format.FormatEntryData Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Internal.Format.FormatEntryData Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Internal.Format.FormatEntryData Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Internal.Format.FormatEntryData Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Internal.Format.FormatEntryData Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Internal.Format.FormatEntryData Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Internal.Format.FormatEntryData Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Internal.Format.FormatEntryData Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Internal.Format.FormatEntryData

[brunofernandez1]

remove the | ft -autosize

but you could also use my script

Getting all Snapshots with Powershell | VPXA – the virtualization blog

[tdubb123]

removing ft- autosize gave me a blank report

but $report does shows my vms

any idea?

[brunofernandez1 · Accepted solution]

$report = get-snapshot -vm (get-vm) | select VM, name, description, powerstate |out-string

$emailFrom = ""

$emailTo = ""

$subject = "List of VMs with Snapshots"

$smtpServer = ""

$smtp = new-object Net.Mail.SmtpClient($smtpServer)

$smtp.Send($emailFrom, $emailTo, $subject, $report.tostring())

[tdubb123]

thank you

[brunofernandez1]

you're welcome

the Net.Mail.SmtpClient($smtpServer) object only accepts strings. so you have to convert the $report var to a string...

[tdubb123]

is there quick way to convert it to html with convertto-html?

[brunofernandez1]

$report = get-snapshot -vm (get-vm) | select VM, name, description, powerstate |convertto-html

$emailFrom = ""

$emailTo = ""

$subject = "List of VMs with Snapshots"

$smtpServer = ""

$smtp = new-object Net.Mail.SmtpClient($smtpServer)

# This is an old .Net method

#$smtp.Send($emailFrom, $emailTo, $subject, $report.tostring())

Send-MailMessage -bodyashtml:$true -Body "$report" -from $emailfrom -SmtpServer $SMTPServer -Subject $Subject -To $emailTo