This was a script I wrote to take a snapshot every day, and keep 5 days worth for a third party clients VM in our environment.<\/p>\n
Although this is not the ideal way of having a backup, the business were happy with this low cost approach.<\/p>\n
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\n#\u00a0 PowerCLI Script to Run Daily to Snapshot and\u00a0 #
\n#\u00a0 Keep 5 days worth of Snapshots as per customer#
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\nSet-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted
\n$vCenter = “10.10.10.100”
\n$vm = “VMNameHere”
\n$date = Get-Date -Format dd_MM_yyyy_hh:mm<\/p>\n
Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -InvalidCertificateAction<\/p>\n
# Load PowerCLI Module
\nAdd-PSSnapin VMware.VIMAutomation.Core<\/p>\n
# Connect to vCentre
\nConnect-VIServer -Server $vCenter<\/p>\n
# Connect to VM & Take Snapshot 10-20 Mins Approx<\/p>\n
New-Snapshot -Name DailySnapshot_$date -Description “Daily Snapshot $date” -Memory -Server $vCenter -VM $vm<\/p>\n
# Purge Old Snapshots > 5 days
\nGet-Snapshot $vm | Where-Object { $_.Created -lt (Get-Date).AddDays(-5) } | Remove-Snapshot -Confirm:$false<\/p>\n
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