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43 Dell EMC SC Series: VMware Site Recovery Manager Best Practices | 2007-M-BP-V

A.3 SC Series command set PowerShell script: TakeSnapshot.ps1

This script leverages the SC Series command set to take a snapshot of the source replication system volume

in an effort to make sure that the most current snapshot is replicated to the DR site.

$SCHostname = "sc12.techsol.local"

$SCUsername = "srmadmin"

$SCPassword = ConvertTo-SecureString "mmm" -AsPlainText –Force

$SCConnection = Get-SCConnection -HostName $SCHostname -User $SCUsername -

Password

$SCPassword

New-SCReplay (Get-SCVolume -Name "lun40" -Connection $SCConnection) -

MinutesToLive 1440 - Description "Snapshot w/ 1 day retention" -Connection

$SCConnection

This PowerShell script will connect to an SC Series system with a host name sc12.techsol.local, a username

srmadmin, and a password mmm to take a snapshot of lun40 with a snapshot expiration set to 1 day. Run

this PowerShell script from the SC Series command set shell to automatically load the

Compellent.StorageCenter.PSSnapin snap-in. This script can also be run from any PowerShell prompt

provided the Compellent.StorageCenter.PSSnapin snap-in is manually loaded or loaded as part of the

PowerShell profile.

A.4 Dell Storage PowerShell SDK script: TakeSnapshot.ps1

This script leverages the Dell Storage PowerShell SDK to take a snapshot of the source replication system

volume in an effort to make sure that the most current snapshot is replicated to the DR site.

# Import the module for the Dell Storage PowerShell SDK

Import-Module "C:\PS_SDK\DellStorage.ApiCommandSet.psd1"

# Assign variables

$EmHostName = "em1.techsol.local"

$EmUserName = "srmadmin"

# Prompt for the password

$EmPassword = Read-Host -AsSecureString `

-Prompt "Please enter the password for $EmUserName"

# Create the connection

$Connection = Connect-DellApiConnection -HostName $EmHostName `

-User $EmUserName `

-Password $EmPassword

# Assign variables

$ScName = "SC 12"

$VolumeName = "lun40"

$VolumeFolderPath = "VMware/Demo/SRM 6.x/"

$SnapshotDescription = "Created by PowerShell SDK"