Scenario:

You are using Hyper-V replica as a part of a DR solution and you really need to know if it works correctly

Solution:

This will display that information in varies shapes and formats

Display on screen in text

Get-VM | Where-Object -Property ReplicationMode -EQ -Value Replica | Get-VMReplication

Get-VM | Where-Object -Property ReplicationMode -EQ -Value Replica | Get-VMReplication | Select Name,State,Health,PrimaryServer | Format-Table

Display using the gridview

Get-VM | Where-Object -Property ReplicationMode -EQ -Value Replica | Get-VMReplication | Out-GridView

Get-VM | Where-Object -Property ReplicationMode -EQ -Value Replica | Get-VMReplication | Select Name,State,Health,PrimaryServer | Out-GridView

Display using HTML

Get-VM | Where-Object -Property ReplicationMode -EQ -Value Replica | Get-VMReplication | ConvertTo-Html -title "Hyper-V Replica Status: $ENV:COMPUTERNAME" -body (get-date) -pre "<P>Generated by Corporate IT</P>" -post "For details, contact Corporate IT." > $ENV:TEMP\replicastatus.htm; Invoke-Item $ENV:TEMP\replicastatus.htm

Get-VM | Where-Object -Property ReplicationMode -EQ -Value Replica | Get-VMReplication | Select Name,State,Health,PrimaryServer | ConvertTo-Html -title "Hyper-V Replica Status: $ENV:COMPUTERNAME" -body (get-date) -pre "<H1>Replica Status for Host: $ENV:COMPUTERNAME </H1><P>Generated by Corporate IT</P>" -post "<P>For details, contact Corporate IT.</P>" > $ENV:TEMP\replicastatus.htm; Invoke-Item $ENV:TEMP\replicastatus.htm

/mike