We needed some backups while we fixed the issues with Acronis so I created this powershell script to export all the vms on each of our Hyper-V servers.
The script loops through all virtual machines on the local Hyper-V server and exports the virtual machine to the backup location specified in $path. The exported files are stored in a folder named with todays date inside a folder with the name of the virtual machine.
Example \\[path backup location]\testVM\2013-12-03\
--Start of script--
$path = "
$vms = Get-VM
foreach ($vm in $vms) {
$date = Get-Date -format “yyyy-MM-dd”
$vmname = $vm.Name
New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $path\$vmname\$date -Force
Export-VM -Name $vmname -Path $path\$vmname\$date\
}
--End of script--
Notes:
This script has only been used on Hyper-V 2012 R2 servers as this version allows virtual machines to be exported while the virtual machine is running.
I have had to run the script on the local Hyper-V server. It doesn't work when ran from a remote console.
As with any script please test it before using in production as there is no warranty with this script.
Hope it helps some one.
