Test-MrVMBackupRequirement.ps1
#Requires -Version 3.0 -Modules Pester function Test-MrVMBackupRequirement { <# .SYNOPSIS Tests the requirements for live backups of a Hyper-V Guest VM for use with Altaro VM Backup. .DESCRIPTION Test the requirements for live backups of a Hyper-V Guest VM as defined in this Altaro support article: http://support.altaro.com/customer/portal/articles/808575-what-are-the-requirements-for-live-backups-of-a-hyper-v-guest-vm-. .PARAMETER ComputerName Name of the Hyper-V host virtualization server that the specified VM's are running on. .PARAMETER VMHost Name of the VM (Guest) server to test the requirements for. .PARAMETER Credential Specifies a user account that has permission to perform this action. The default is the current user. .EXAMPLE Test-MrVMBackupRequirement -ComputerName HyperVServer01 -VMName VM01, VCM02 -Credential (Get-Credential) .INPUTS String .OUTPUTS None .NOTES Author: Mike F Robbins Website: http://mikefrobbins.com Twitter: @mikefrobbins #> [CmdletBinding()] param ( [Parameter(Mandatory)] [Alias('VMHost')] [string]$ComputerName, [Parameter(ValueFromPipeline)] [string[]]$VMName, [System.Management.Automation.Credential()]$Credential = [System.Management.Automation.PSCredential]::Empty ) BEGIN { try { $HostSession = New-PSSession -ComputerName $ComputerName -Credential $Credential -ErrorAction Stop } catch { Throw "Unable to connect to Hyper-V host '$ComputerName'. Aborting Pester tests." } $VMs = (Invoke-Command -Session $HostSession { Get-VM | Select-Object -Property Name }).Name if (-not($PSBoundParameters.VMName)) { $VMName = $VMs } } PROCESS { foreach ($VM in $VMName) { Describe "Validation of Altaro VM Backup Requirements for Live Backups of Hyper-V Guest VM: '$VM'" { if ($VM -notin $VMs) { Write-Warning -Message "The VM: '$VM' does not exist on the Hyper-V host: '$ComputerName'" Continue } try { $GuestSession = New-PSSession -ComputerName $VM -Credential $Credential -ErrorAction Stop } catch { Write-Warning -Message "Unable to connect. Aborting Pester tests for computer: '$VM'." Continue } $SupportedGuestOS = '2008 R2', 'Server 2012', 'Server 2012 R2' It "Should be running one of the supported guest OS's ($($SupportedGuestOS -join ', '))" { $OS = (Invoke-Command -Session $GuestSession { Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_OperatingSystem -Property Caption }).caption ($SupportedGuestOS | ForEach-Object {$OS -like "*$_*"}) -contains $true | Should Be $true } $VMInfo = Invoke-Command -Session $HostSession { Get-VM -Name $Using:VM | Select-Object -Property IntegrationServicesState, State } It 'Should have the latest Integration Services version installed' { $VMInfo.IntegrationServicesState -eq 'Up to date' | Should Be $true } It 'Should have Backup (volume snapshot) enabled in the Hyper-V settings' { (Invoke-Command -Session $HostSession { Get-VM -Name $Using:VM | Get-VMIntegrationService -Name VSS | Select-Object -Property Enabled }).enabled | Should Be $true } It 'Should be running' { $VMInfo.State.Value | Should Be 'Running' } $GuestDiskInfo = Invoke-Command -Session $GuestSession { Get-WMIObject -Class Win32_Volume -Filter 'DriveType = 3' -Property Capacity, FileSystem, FreeSpace, Label } It 'Should have at least 10% free disk space on all disks' { $GuestDiskInfo | ForEach-Object {$_.FreeSpace / $_.Capacity * 100} | Should BeGreaterThan 10 } $GuestServiceInfo = Invoke-Command -Session $GuestSession { Get-Service -DisplayName 'Hyper-V Volume Shadow Copy Requestor', 'Volume Shadow Copy', 'COM+ Event System', 'Distributed Transaction Coordinator', 'Remote Procedure Call (RPC)', 'System Event Notification Service' } It 'Should be running the "Hyper-V Volume Shadow Copy Requestor" service on the guest' { ($GuestServiceInfo | Where-Object DisplayName -eq 'Hyper-V Volume Shadow Copy Requestor' ).status | Should Be 'Running' } It 'Should have snapshot file location for VM set to same location as VM VHD file' { #Hyper-V on Windows Server 2008 R2 and higher: The .AVHD file is always created in the same location as its parent virtual hard disk. $HostOS = (Invoke-Command -Session $HostSession { Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_OperatingSystem -Property Version }).version [Version]$HostOS -gt [Version]'6.1.7600' | Should Be $true } It 'Should be running VSS in the guest OS' { ($GuestServiceInfo | Where-Object Name -eq VSS ).status | Should Be 'Running' } It 'Should have a SCSI controller attached in the VM settings' { Invoke-Command -Session $HostSession { if (Get-VM -Name $Using:VM | Get-VMScsiController) { $true } } | Should Be $true } It 'Should not have an explicit shadow storage assignment of a volume other than itself' { Invoke-Command -Session $GuestSession { $Results = vssadmin.exe list shadowstorage | Select-String -SimpleMatch 'For Volume', 'Shadow Copy Storage volume' if ($Results) { for ($i = 0; $i -lt $Results.Count; $i+=2){ ($Results[$i] -split 'volume:')[1].trim() -eq ($Results[$i+1] -split 'volume:')[1].trim() } } else { $true } } | Should Be $true } It 'Should not have any App-V drives installed on the VM' { #App-V drives installed on the VM creates a non-NTFS volume. $GuestDiskInfo.filesystem | ForEach-Object { $_ | Should Be 'NTFS' } } It 'Should have at least 45MB of free space on system reserved partition if one exists in the guest OS' { ($GuestDiskInfo | Where-Object Label -eq 'System Reserved').freespace / 1MB | Should BeGreaterThan 45 } It 'Should have all volumes formated with NTFS in the guest OS' { $GuestDiskInfo.filesystem | ForEach-Object { $_ | Should Be 'NTFS' } } It 'Should have volume containing VHD files formated with NTFS' { $HostDiskLetter = (Invoke-Command -Session $HostSession { Get-VM -Name $Using:VM | Get-VMHardDiskDrive }).path -replace '\\.*$' $HostDiskInfo = Invoke-Command -Session $HostSession { Get-WMIObject -Class Win32_Volume -Filter 'DriveType = 3' -Property DriveLetter, FileSystem } ($HostDiskLetter | ForEach-Object {$HostDiskInfo | Where-Object DriveLetter -eq $_}).filesystem | Should Be 'NTFS' } It 'Should only contain basic and not dynamic disks in the guest OS' { Invoke-Command -Session $GuestSession { $DynamicDisk = 'Logical Disk Manager', 'GPT: Logical Disk Manager Data' Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_DiskPartition -Property Type | ForEach-Object {$DynamicDisk -contains $_.Type} } | ForEach-Object { $_ | Should Be $false } } It 'Should be running specific services within the VM' { $RunningServices = 'COM+ Event System', 'Distributed Transaction Coordinator', 'Remote Procedure Call (RPC)', 'System Event Notification Service' ($GuestServiceInfo | Where-Object DisplayName -in $RunningServices).status | ForEach-Object { $_ | Should Be 'Running' } } It 'Should have specific services set to manual or automatic within the VM' { $StartMode = (Invoke-Command -Session $GuestSession { Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Service -Filter "DisplayName = 'COM+ System Application' or DisplayName = 'Microsoft Software Shadow Copy Provider' or DisplayName = 'Volume Shadow Copy'" }).StartMode $StartMode | ForEach-Object {$_ -eq 'Manual' -or $_ -eq 'Automatic'} | ForEach-Object { $_ | Should Be $true } } Remove-PSSession -Session $GuestSession } } } END { Remove-PSSession -Session $HostSession } } |