Hyper-V-Backup

Creates a full backup of running Hyper-V Virtual Machines.

This script will:

Create a full backup of Virtual Machine(s), complete with configuration, snapshot, and VHD files.
If the -noperms switch is used, the script will shutdown the VM and copy all the files to the backup location, then start the VM.
You should use the -noperms switch if Hyper-V does not have the appropriate permissions to the specified backup location to do an export.
If the -noprems switch is NOT used, the script will use the built-in export function, and the VMs will continue to run.

Important note: This script should be run on a Hyper-V host. The Hyper-V PowerShell management modules should be installed.

Please note: to send a log file using ssl and an SMTP password you must generate an encrypted
password file. The password file is unique to both the user and machine.

The command is as follows:

$creds = Get-Credential
$creds.Password | ConvertFrom-SecureString | Set-Content c:\foo\ps-script-pwd.txt