topic Re: Snapshots report in Microsoft Virtualization Discussions

Snapshots report

seffysefix — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 05:39:10 GMT

Hi,

We would like to set an alert/Email that generates if no new snapshot is created using powerhsell.

Basically, we want to know if a volume has no snapshots in the last x days, so let's say vol1 has no shopshots in the last 24 hours, we would like to receive and email.

Can anyone please help?

Thanks!

Re: Snapshots report

olson — Tue, 01 Apr 2014 13:40:28 GMT

How about something like this:

$vols = (get-ncvol W2K12SMB3*)|select -expandproperty name

foreach ($v in $vols){

if((get-ncsnapshot $v|?{$_.Created -gt (get-date).AddDays(-1)}).count){

write-host "volume $v has current snapshots"

}

The Parameters can be tweaked like days or sub na for nc for Legacy.

Re: Snapshots report

seffysefix — Tue, 01 Apr 2014 17:31:02 GMT

Hi,

Thanks for the reply.

what I want to achieve via powershell is to have a script run once a day and scan all volumes, then if a volume has no snap shots for more than 1 day, receive an alert.

Thanks