Create powercli-vmware-snapshots.ps1

Author: frontsidebus

powercli-vmware-snapshots.ps1

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+Function Get-VIScheduledTasks {
+PARAM ( [switch]$Full )
+if ($Full) {
+# Note: When returning the full View of each Scheduled Task, all date times are in UTC
+(Get-View ScheduledTaskManager).ScheduledTask | %{ (Get-View $_).Info }
+} else {
+# By default, lets only return common headers and convert all date/times to local values
+(Get-View ScheduledTaskManager).ScheduledTask | %{ (Get-View $_ -Property Info).Info } |
+Select-Object Name, Description, Enabled, Notification, LastModifiedUser, State, Entity,
+@{N=”EntityName”;E={ (Get-View $_.Entity -Property Name).Name }},
+@{N=”LastModifiedTime”;E={$_.LastModifiedTime.ToLocalTime()}},
+@{N=”NextRunTime”;E={$_.NextRunTime.ToLocalTime()}},
+@{N=”PrevRunTime”;E={$_.LastModifiedTime.ToLocalTime()}},
+@{N=”ActionName”;E={$_.Action.Name}}
+}
+}
+Function Get-VMScheduledSnapshots {
+Get-VIScheduledTasks | ?{$_.ActionName -eq ‘CreateSnapshot_Task’} |
+Select-Object @{N=”VMName”;E={$_.EntityName}}, Name, NextRunTime, Notification
+}
+Function Remove-VIScheduledTask {
+PARAM ([string]$taskName)
+(Get-View -Id ((Get-VIScheduledTasks -Full | ?{$_.Name -eq $taskName}).ScheduledTask)).RemoveScheduledTask()
+}