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
$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. ???
