Hyper-V 2012 R2- Replica Email Notification Script

Here is an example Hyper-V replica email notification script.

Scenario is Hyper-V cluster replicating business critical VMs to a single Hyper-V host. The script can be ran as a scheduled task on the DR Hyper-V host to send email notifications. The account running the script must have Hyper-V permissions.

Script:

# Created by Chris Hayward
# Purpose - To send a daily email displaying Hyper-V Replica status
# Version 1.0

# Get date in UK format day/month/year
$date = Get-Date -Format dd/MM/yy

# Variables
$MailFrom = '[email protected]'
$MailTo = '[email protected]'
$MailSubject = "Hyper-V Replica Report $date"
$MailServer = 'smtp.yourdomain.coml'

# Get replication status in HTML format
$status = Get-VMReplication | Select-Object Name, State, Health, Mode, FrequencySec, PrimaryServer, ReplicaServer, ReplicaPort | ConvertTo-Html

# Send email message
Send-MailMessage -From $MailFrom -To $MailTo -Subject $MailSubject -BodyAsHtml -Body "$status" -SmtpServer $MailServer

Example output:

Name	State	Health	Mode	FrequencySec	PrimaryServer	ReplicaServer	ReplicaPort
VM01	Replicating	Normal	Replica	300	HV-HOST01.domain.local	HV-DR01.domain.local	80
VM02	Replicating	Normal	Replica	300	HV-HOST01.domain.local	HV-DR01.domain.local	80
VM03	Replicating	Critical	Replica	300	HV-HOST02.domain.local	HV-DR01.domain.local	80
VM04	Replicating	Normal	Replica	300	HV-HOST02.domain.local	HV-DR01.domain.local	80
VM05	Replicating	Normal	Replica	300	HV-HOST03.domain.local	HV-DR01.domain.local	80

Chris Hayward

Technical Architect at Symity

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PS C:\Users\Administrador\Desktop> C:\Users\Administrador\Desktop\status.ps1
Send-MailMessage : El buzón de correo no está disponible. La respuesta del servidor fue: Access denied – Invalid HELO name (See RFC2821 4.1.1.1)
En C:\Users\Administrador\Desktop\status.ps1: 18 Carácter: 1
+ Send-MailMessage -From $MailFrom -To $MailTo -Subject $MailSubject -BodyAsHtml – …
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient:SmtpClient) [Send-MailMessage], SmtpException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : SmtpException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SendMailMessage

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Chris Hayward on 2nd June 2016 at 1:50 pm said:

Hello,

It would appear that you need to grant the server that is running the script permission to use the SMTP relay.

Regards
Chris

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The email is being sent, but the body of the email is blank

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Chris Hayward on 9th January 2017 at 11:05 am said:

If you add

Write-Host $status

After the “$status =” line, can you see the output?

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- Hugues on 26th September 2017 at 10:59 am said:
  
  Thank you!
  
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  - Shane Wheeler on 18th September 2018 at 5:16 am said:
    
    Hi Chris, love the script and works manually but when using with schedule task there’s nothing in the body of the email. I would love to get this going but hitting a brick wall. I used Write-Host $status but didn’t help. Hoping you can head me in the right direction please? I cannot find anything that helps me.
    
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    - Chris Hayward on 22nd March 2019 at 10:03 pm said:
      
      Hi Shane, sorry for the long delay, I’ve just seen this message. I assume you may have resolved this by now? But I would assume the account running the scheduled task doesn’t have the correct permissions for Hyper-V?