Hello,
In other case, someone help me to create a alarm and find in other case this script for snapshot after 3 days. But im not an expert with PowerCLI and i have some questions about this script :
1/ When the script will work i just need to put on my computer and start it by powerCLI ?
2/ I wrote in red color line i dont understand
# PowerShell script to check for VM snapshots and send Email report
add-pssnapin VMware.VimAutomation.Core
Connect-VIServer -Server <ip-or-host> -User <username> -Password <password> (i just need replace Ip username by mine but i need to write in clear my password ?)
# HTML formatting
$a = "<style>"
$a = $a + "BODY{background-color:white;}"
$a = $a + "TABLE{border-width: 1px;border-style: solid;border-color: black;border-collapse: collapse;}"
$a = $a + "TH{border-width: 1px;padding: 5px;border-style: solid;border-color: black;foreground-color: black;background-color: LightBlue}"
$a = $a + "TD{border-width: 1px;padding: 5px;border-style: solid;border-color: black;foreground-color: black;background-color: white}"
$a = $a + "</style>"
# Main section of check
Write-Host "Checking VMs for for snapshots"
$date = get-date
$datefile = get-date -uformat '%m-%d-%Y-%H%M%S'
$filename = "c:\dir\Snapshots_" + $datefile + ".htm" (I dont understand this line. Its my current directory on my own computer ?)
# Get list of VMs with snapshots
# Note: It may take some time for the Get-VM cmdlet to enumerate VMs in larger environments
$ss = Get-VM | Get-Snapshot | Where {$_.Created -lt (Get-Date).AddDays(-3)}
Write-Host " Complete " -ForegroundColor Green
Write-Host "Generating VM snapshot report"
#$ss | Select-Object vm, name, SizeGB, Created, powerstate | ConvertTo-HTML -head $a -body "<H2>VM Snapshot Report</H2>"| Out-File $filename
$ss | Select-Object vm, name, SizeGB, Created, powerstate | ConvertTo-HTML -head $a -body "<H2>VM Snapshot Report </H2>"| Out-File $filename
Write-Host " Complete " -ForegroundColor Green
Write-Host "Your snapshot report has been saved to:" $filename
$SMTPServer = <smtp_server>
$SMTPPort = 587
$Username = "email@email.com"
#Define the receiver of the report
$to = "recipient.email@email.com"
$subject = "VM Snapshot Report"
$body = "VM Snapshot Report"
$attachment = new-object Net.Mail.Attachment($filename)
$message = New-Object System.Net.Mail.MailMessage
$message.subject = $subject
$message.body = $body
$message.to.add($to)
$message.from = $username
$message.attachments.add($attachment)
$smtp = New-Object System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient($SMTPServer, $SMTPPort); (i need to change something here ?)
$smtp.EnableSSL = $true
#$smtp.Credentials = New-Object System.Net.NetworkCredential($Username, $Password); (i need to change something here ?)
$smtp.send($message)
write-host "Mail Sent"
Thank for you helps.
