There’s something nice for all you Hyper-V admins out there – don’t know if you’ve seen it already, but Serhat Akinci (my MVP colleague) made a great script for reporting the health of your Hyper-V hosts, called Get-HyperVReport.

You can use it on local or remote Hyper-V hosts and clusters, schedule and e-mail the reports (something to read while enjoying the morning coffee… or tea ), and they look like this:

Highlights (from TechNet page):

• More than 2600+ lines of PowerShell, HTML and CSS code examples
• Creates a plain but detailed and user-friendly HTML report which is compatible with all modern browsers
• Provides more detailed information via tooltips in the HTML report. (cells with asteriks and highlighted)
• Checks and installs required runtime environment prerequisites like Hyper-V and Clustering PowerShell
• Collects information by using standard Hyper-V and Clustering PowerShell cmdlets and custom WMI queries
• Shows alerts in the report for certain situations (utilizations, VM checkpoints, replication status, etc.)
• Can be used directly from command-line or as a scheduled Windows task
• Supports report delivery via e-mail with advanced options. (authentication, TLS/SSL, multiple recipients)
• Includes a mode that reports only alerts in the Hyper-V environment. (aka HighlightsOnly mode)
• Advanced error handling and logging. (Console messages and log file)

Download of this script, and more information about it, is available at TechNet Gallery. And remember – don’t let your Hyper-V hosts run all by themselves!

Cheers!