Public/Get-DRBackup.ps1
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.DESCRIPTION The purpose of this function is to provide records that would simplify bringing back up a large vcenter array in a recovery scenario. Get's Hosts, VM's, and details about them. .PARAMETER OutPath Path to save the output .PARAMETER VCenter Vcenter Server Host and VM data is pulled from .EXAMPLE Get-DRRecords -OutPath c:\drbackup -Vcenter vcentername .Link https://github.com/TheTaylorLee/AdminToolbox #> Function Get-DRBackup { [CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess)] Param ( [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]$OutPath, [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]$VCenter ) #Remove backslash from outpath variable to avoid outpath errors $Outpath = $Outpath.trimend("\") #Path Variables $date = Get-Date -Format m $datepath = "$OutPath\$date DRBackup.xlsx" #connect vcenter Connect-VIServer -Server $VCenter #Get's vm list Get-VM * | Select-Object name, vmhost, @{N = "IP Address"; E = { @($_.guest.IPAddress -join '|') } }, NumCpu, CoresPerSocket, MemoryGB, Version, HardwareVersion, Notes | Export-Excel -WorksheetName "Virtual Machines" -Path "$datepath" -FreezeTopRow -TableName "Virtual Machines" -AutoSize #Get vmhosts Get-VMHost | Select-Object Name, @{n = "ManagementIP"; e = { Get-VMHostNetworkAdapter -VMHost $_ -VMKernel | Where-Object { $_.ManagementTrafficEnabled } | ForEach-Object { $_.Ip } } }, NumCpu, MemoryTotalGB, ProcessorType, LicenseKey, Version, Build | Export-Excel -WorksheetName "VM Hosts" -Path "$datepath" -FreezeTopRow -TableName "VMHosts" -AutoSize #Confirm the Function was successful by viewing the files have size to them Set-Location $OutPath Get-ChildItem | Sort-Object name -Descending | Format-Table } |