...hopefully some useful VMware related stuff
Take Snapshot of a Virtual Machine
19/11/2009 12:00
This script takes a basic snapshot of a virtual machine, it is a quick script and doesn't quiesce or snapshot the memory of the virtual machine.
Use this if you need to take a quick snapshot of a VM before making changes if you don't want to log in to vCenter.
Enter the VM name and a name for the Snapshot when prompted.
The script is HERE and attached below.
# Create a basic snapshot of a Virtual Machine
# 20091119
$vmname = read-host "Enter VM Name to take Snapshot of"
$snapshotname = read-host "Enter a name for the snapshot"
New-Snapshot -VM(Get-VM -Name "$vmname") -Name $snapshotname