UPDATE: All scripts now working: I have updated the syntax in the code blocks below:
Hi,
I do not think that checkpoint management is available out of the box in ssp2.0sp1 but custom tasks can be created to manage them using scripting such as powershell. I have created 3 custom tasks: New Checkpoint, Restore-Checkpoint and Remove-Checkpoint.
# New-VMCheckpoint
param($vmmServer,$vmmServerName,$vmGUID)
$virtualMachine = $null
$checkpointVM = $null
$flag = 0
$output = $null
$scriptOutput = @()
$error.clear()
try
{
# Get the VM from the SCVMM Server
$virtualMachine = Get-VM -VMMServer $vmmServer -Id $vmGUID
if ($error.Count -eq 0 -and $virtualMachine -ne $null )
{
# Create a Checkpoint for the VM
$checkpointVM = New-VMCheckpoint -VM $virtualMachine
}
if ($error.Count -ne 0 -or $checkpointVM -eq $null)
{
$flag = 1
$output = $error
}
# Construct the script output and return
$scriptOutput += $flag
if ($output -ne $null)
{
$scriptOutput += $output
}
}
catch
{
$flag = 1
$output = $error
$scriptOutput += $flag
$scriptOutput += $output
}
finally
{
Remove-Variable -Name virtualMachine
Remove-Variable -Name checkpointVM
Remove-Variable -Name flag
Remove-Variable -Name output
Remove-Variable -Name vmmServer
Remove-Variable -Name vmmServerName
[GC]::Collect()
return $scriptOutput
}<br/>
# Restore-Checkpoint
param($vmmServer,$vmmServerName,$vmGUID)
$virtualMachine = $null
$restoreCheckpoint = $null
$flag = 0
$output = $null
$scriptOutput = @()
$error.clear()
try
{
# Get the VM from the SCVMM Server
$virtualMachine = Get-VM -VMMServer $vmmServer -Id $vmGUID
if ($error.Count -eq 0 -and $virtualMachine -ne $null )
{
# Restore the latest Checkpoint
$restoreCheckpoint = Get-VMCheckpoint -VM $virtualMachine -MostRecent | restore-VMCheckpoint
}
if ($error.Count -ne 0 -or $restoreCheckpoint -eq $null)
{
$flag = 1
$output = $error
}
# Construct the script output and return
$scriptOutput += $flag
if ($output -ne $null)
{
$scriptOutput += $output
}
}
catch
{
$flag = 1
$output = $error
$scriptOutput += $flag
$scriptOutput += $output
}
finally
{
Remove-Variable -Name virtualMachine
Remove-Variable -Name restoreCheckpoint
Remove-Variable -Name flag
Remove-Variable -Name output
Remove-Variable -Name vmmServer
Remove-Variable -Name vmmServerName
[GC]::Collect()
return $scriptOutput
}
# Remove-VMCheckpoint
param($vmmServer,$vmmServerName,$vmGUID)
$virtualMachine = $null
$removeCheckpoint = $null
$flag = 0
$output = $null
$scriptOutput = @()
$error.clear()
try
{
# Get the VM from the SCVMM Server
$virtualMachine = Get-VM -VMMServer $vmmServer -Id $vmGUID
if ($error.Count -eq 0 -and $virtualMachine -ne $null )
{
# Removes the most recent Checkpoint
$removeCheckpoint = Get-VMCheckpoint -VM $virtualMachine -MostRecent | Remove-VMCheckpoint
}
if ($error.Count -ne 0 -or $removeCheckpoint -eq $null)
{
$flag = 1
$output = $error
}
# Construct the script output and return
$scriptOutput += $flag
if ($output -ne $null)
{
$scriptOutput += $output
}
}
catch
{
$flag = 1
$output = $error
$scriptOutput += $flag
$scriptOutput += $output
}
finally
{
Remove-Variable -Name virtualMachine
Remove-Variable -Name removeCheckpoint
Remove-Variable -Name flag
Remove-Variable -Name output
Remove-Variable -Name vmmServer
Remove-Variable -Name vmmServerName
[GC]::Collect()
return $scriptOutput
}
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