Get All VHDX for All VMs with this PowerShell Script
Do you need a list of all virtual disks on a Hyper-V server? Simply run this PowerShell script and it will give you a list of all VHD and VHDX files that are connected to virtual machines in Hyper-V:
$MyVMs = Get-VM Foreach ($MyVM in $MyVMs) { $AllHardDrives = $MyVM.HardDrives Foreach ($HardDriveItem in $AllHardDrives) { $HardDriveItem.path | Get-VHD } }
Are you Still Using PowerShell Scripts to Back up Your Hyper-V Virtual Machines?
Why not try BackupChain instead? It is a full-featured, yet lightweight, customizable, and simple Hyper-V backup solution and includes many features that make PowerShell scripting for backups unnecessary.
The issue with PowerShell scripts is that they are difficult to manage in the long-term. Most often, there is no proper error handling and logging in place. In addition, there is no alert system in place when errors occur in automated scripts. All of that puts your server infrastructure unnecessarily at risk.
BackupChain is popular with IT professionals because it’s lightweight and can be customized to work exactly the way you need it. It backs up your VMs, disks, and files to various target media and provides excellent logging, reporting, and alert functionality. Simply download it today and give it a try.
Backup Software Overview
Server Backup SoftwareDownload BackupChain
Cloud Backup
Backup VMware Workstation
Backup FTP
Backup VirtualBox
Backup File Server
Hyper-V Backup
Backup Hyper-VPopular
- Hyper-V Links, Guides, Tutorials & Comparisons
- Veeam Alternative
- How to Back up Cluster Shared Volumes
- DriveMaker: Map FTP, SFTP, S3 Site to a Drive Letter (Freeware)
Resources
- Free Hyper-V Server
- Remote Desktop Services Blog
- SCDPM Blog
- SCOM Blog
- V4 Articles
- Knowledge Base
- FAQ
- Archive 2022
- Archive 2021
- Archive 2020
- Archive 2018
- Archive 2017
- Archive 2016
- Archive 2015
- Archive 2014
- Archive 2013
- Hyper-V Scripts in PowerShell
- FastNeuron
- BackupChain (Greek)
- BackupChain (Deutsch)
- BackupChain (Spanish)
- BackupChain (French)
- BackupChain (Dutch)
- BackupChain (Italian)
Backup Software List
BackupChain
Veeam
Unitrends
Symantec Backup Exec
BackupAssist
Acronis
Zetta
Altaro
Windows Server Backup
Microsoft DPM
Ahsay
CommVault
IBM
Other Backup How-To Guides
- Windows Server 2012 R2 New Features & What’s New in Server 2012 R2
- 4 Things You Need To Know About Hyper-V Integration Services
- Windows Server 2019 ISO Free Download + Hyper-V Server 2019
- How to fix ‘Microsoft Hyper-V VSS Writer’ is in failed state, Writer Failure code: 0x800423f3
- How to fix: VSS snapshot creation failed with result: 80070002 on TrueCrypt Volumes
- 9 Editions of Windows Server 2012 Compared At a Glance
- List of Effective Hyper-V Backup Strategies
- KB 2885465: CPU resources are not allocated correctly for VMs on Windows Server 2012
- Veeam Alternative for Hyper-V Backup
- How to Fix VolSnap Error ..a critical control file could not be opened
- Backup too Slow: How to Speed Up Backups
- How to Resize, Shrink, or Expand VHDX in Hyper-V
- How to Convert VMware ESX VM to Hyper-V
- How to Convert from Dynamic VHD/VHDX Disk Format to / from Fixed in Hyper-V
- Hyper-V Server 2016 Download Locations + 2012 R2, 2008
- What is Deduplication?
- Cloud Backup Hyper-V Virtual Machines over the Internet
- Fixed vs. Dynamic VHD and VHDX Performance
- Disaster Recovery Strategies and Recovery Objectives
- How to Fix Error ID 10178 in Hyper-V VMMS