VCenter snapshot script (Create snapshot before patching VM )

Script name - windows-create-snapshot-before-patching.ps1

Purpose: Create a snapshot in vCenter of a Windows machine before patching it.

Input: IP of the vCenter, username and password of vCenter

• The correct execution command is:

 

Output - describes the progress and mentions failures if any.

• Successful execution means that a new snapshot was created in VCenter.
• Please note that, if the password includes the character # the script will fail (# is interpreted as the beginning of a comment, so the rest of the password will be commented).
  In the rare case of a password containing the # character, a workaround can be to instruct the user to enter a password ‘encircled with quotes’, i.e.:
  • Password that does not work: #pass1234
  • Password that works: ‘#pass1234’
    The above is entered in the script parameters tab: