Create a report and send it via email is easier than you think and it’s a really useful feature to automate recurring tasks. This particular example is inspired by another scripting library post about uptime. In fact, I will show you how to create a simple report with all servers bootup time and send it via email in few lines of code or even an oneliner if needed.
Automatic Documentation with PowerShell
Maintain good documentation (especially up-to-date) it’s a very important requirement in every workplace or project.
So why don’t we focus on this subject some of the automation tasks? Starting with a basic PowerShell script that will help us to save time and bring us value on a daily basis.
Hyper-V and PowerShell
Nowadays Virtual Machines are used everywhere and considered essential for scalable resource management and of course faster to be provisioned compared to the physical ones.
In this article, we will look mainly MS Hyper-V services and servers can be managed via Hyper-V Manager or System Center VMM GUI and of course via PowerShell. There will be a reference to PowerCLI and VMWare ESXi.
So let’s start with the basics of some useful PowerShell cmdlets. Continue reading “Hyper-V and PowerShell”