Re: Schedule Snapshot with PowerCli

prashantpote · ‎04-05-2019

1) Snapshot not created by below script, Let me know if any changes required(Already logged in to vCenter through powercli and my details replaced with xxxxx in below script) :

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$snapTime = Get-Date "05/04/19 12:31"

$snapName = 'Test'

$snapDescription = 'Test Scheduled snapshot'

$snapMemory = $true

$snapQuiesce = $false

$emailAddr = 'xxx@xxx.com'

$fileName = 'C:\Users\snapshots.csv'

$vcName = 'vcenter6.xxxx.com'

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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)

}

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Output was :

Type Value

---- -----

ScheduledTask schedule-201

ScheduledTask schedule-20

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2) Snapshot not created by script and task generated in vCenter "Created schduled task".

3) Giving error when I reran the script for testing :

Exception calling "CreateObjectScheduledTask" with "2" argument(s): "The name 'Snapshot TEST1234' already exists."

At C:\Users\ScheduleSnap.ps1:67 char:5

+ $scheduledTaskManager.CreateObjectScheduledTask($vm.ExtensionData ...

+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : VimException

4) Most important, how to remove or delete created scheduled task from vCenter. ???