Infrastructure: Hyper-V Orphaned Snapshot Monitor
The Workflow The Implementation A common L3 infrastructure issue is technicians taking a VM checkpoint before an update and forgetting to delete it. This script scans for stale snapshots and fires an alert to a Microsoft Teams or Slack webhook. 1. The Workflow The script performs the following steps: Discovery: Scans the local Hyper-V host for all active checkpoints. Evaluation: Compares the creation date of the snapshot against a 7-day threshold. Alerting: If stale snapshots exist, it constructs a JSON payload and POSTs it to a designated webhook URL. 2. The Implementation $ThresholdDate = (Get-Date).AddDays(-7) $StaleSnapshots = Get-VM | Get-VMSnapshot | Where-Object { $_.CreationTime -lt $ThresholdDate } if ($StaleSnapshots) { $Payload = @{ text = "⚠️ Orphaned Snapshots Detected on $env:COMPUTERNAME" } | ConvertTo-Json Invoke-RestMethod -Uri "[https://your-webhook.url](https://your-webhook.url)" -Method Post -Body $Payload -ContentType "application/json" }