This article shows how to restore VM Snapshot from a remote PC through PowerShell Remote Session. PS Credentials were saved to an XML so that password was securely encrypted and decrypted during the run.
Store PS Credential to XML
Powershell Credential will be stored in an XML which can be retrieved for PS session credentials.
$credxml = "mycredential.xml" Get-Credential | Export-Clixml $credxml
Run:
After typing the password, the encrypted credential will be stored in XML.
Restore VM Remotely
PowerShell Remote Management is to be enabled before creating a PS session, and Invoke-Command runs the defined script block with the session.
$vmserver = "YOUR_Remote_TargetVM"
$snapshot = 'SnapshotName_YOUR_Remote_TargetVM'
$vmhost = "YOUR_VMHOST_for_TargetVM"
$credxml = "mycredential.xml" # saved before
# enable Remote PowerShell Management
Enable-PSRemoting -Force
$cred = Import-Clixml $credxml
# define the remote session
$session = New-PSSession -ComputerName $vmhost -credential $cred
$scriptBlock = {
param( [String] $vmname, [String] $snapshotname)
Restore-VMSnapshot –Name $snapshotname –VMName $vmname -confirm:$false
Start-VM -Name $vmname
}
# run the script block
Invoke-Command -Session $session -ScriptBlock $scriptBlock -ArgumentList $(,$vmserver,$snapshot)
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