Snapshot details to email

[arvin1201]

Hi  Team,

Is there any script which we can use for daily check for snapshots which directly comes to our mailbox

Please suggest.

Thanks

[pwilk]

What about something like this?

$Report = Get-VM | Get-Snapshot | Select VM,Name,Description,@{Label="Size";Expression={"{0:N2} GB" -f ($_.SizeGB)}},Created
If (-not $Report)
{ $Report = New-Object PSObject -Property @{
  VM = "No snapshots found on any VM's controlled by $VIServer"
  Name = ""
  Description = ""
  Size = ""
  Created = ""
  }
}
$Report = $Report | Select VM,Name,Description,Size,Created | ConvertTo-Html -Head $Header -PreContent "<p><h2>Snapshot Report - $VIServer</h2></p><br>" | Set-AlternatingRows -CSSEvenClass even -CSSOddClass odd

The HTML report above can be then forwarded to your email using a SMTP client.

[raghushetty]

you can follow this below link and try once this may work.

http://www.riccardoriva.info/blog/?p=1184

[raghushetty]

Or you try with this too

Connect-VIServer Servername

$body = Get-Folder foldername | Get-VM | Get-Snapshot | Select Name, VM, SizeMb | Out-String

Send-MailMessage -From "VMware@vmware.com" -To "user@vmware.com" `

  -SmtpServer "name" -Body $body `

  -Subject "Snapshot Report"

from PowerShell you can send email with cmd

[arvin1201]

hi Pwilk,

Sorry for the late response and Thank you for the script but while running it gives me error of  " Set-Alternating Rows" is not recognized as cmdlet.

Also i am looking with the categories of

VM  | Snapshot name | Description | Created On | Initiated By 

please help.

[arvin1201]

Hi Raghu

Thank you for the reply, but while running the script getting the below error

Get-Folder        Folder with name 'foldername' was not found using the specified

So, what exactly we can specify under "Get-folder".

Please suggest.