From b0496202047ddc26dc421f2c32793361cf198a9e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adam Bertram <adbertram@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2015 11:08:28 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] new script

---
 Hyper-V/Checkpoint-OnlineVM.ps1 | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 Hyper-V/Checkpoint-OnlineVM.ps1

diff --git a/Hyper-V/Checkpoint-OnlineVM.ps1 b/Hyper-V/Checkpoint-OnlineVM.ps1
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/Hyper-V/Checkpoint-OnlineVM.ps1
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+function Checkpoint-OnlineVM
+{
+	<#
+		.SYNOPSIS
+			This function checks to see if a VM is running and if so, shuts it down and creates a checkpoint. If it's not running,
+			it will go ahead and create the checkpoint.
+	
+		.PARAMETER VM
+			A virtual machine.	
+
+		.EXAMPLE
+			PS> Get-VM -Name SERVER1 | Checkpoint-OnlineVM
+	
+			This will find the VM called SERVER 1. If it's running, it will shut it down and create a checkpoint. If it's not
+			running, it will simply create a checkpoint.
+	#>
+	
+	[CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess,ConfirmImpact = 'High')]
+	param
+	(
+		[Parameter(Mandatory, ValueFromPipeline)]
+		[ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
+		[Microsoft.HyperV.PowerShell.VirtualMachine[]]$VM
+	)
+	process
+	{
+		foreach ($v in $VM)
+		{
+			if ($PSCmdlet.ShouldProcess($v.Name,'VM shutdown'))
+			{
+				$v | Stop-VM -Force -PassThru | Checkpoint-VM
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
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