Script to Reboot hyper-v virtual machine with email notification

Question

Hello, I have been playing with this all day today but cannot seem to get it to do what I want. I want to restart 4-6 Virtual machines housed in hyper-v using a script. Then I want to send out an email letting myself know it was successful. Here is what
I have been trying to work with but no matter what I have changed I cant seem to get it to work.
Import-Module Hyper-v
$VM = "server1, server2, server3, server4"
Stop-VM -name $VM
start-sleep -s 240
$getVM = get-vm $vm
if ($getvm.Enabledstate -eq "3"){
$date = Get-date
start-VM -name $vm
start-sleep -s 60
$getVm2 = Get-VM -VM $vm -server HYPERVHOST
if ($getVM2.enabledstate -eq "2") {
$messageParameters = @{
Subject = "$VM reboot status for $((Get-Date).ToShortDateString())"
Body = " The Server $vm has rebooted at - $date. The server is up and operational."
From = "[email protected]"
To = "[email protected]"
SmtpServer = "SMTPSERVER" }
send-mailmessage @messageparameters -bodyashtml
if ($getVM2.enabledstate -ne "3") {
$messageParameters2 = @{
Subject = "$VM reboot status for $((Get-Date).ToShortDateString())"
Body = " The Server $vm has rebooted at - $date. Please check the vm $vm as there may be an issue. It has not fully restarted"
From = "[email protected]"
To = "[email protected]"
SmtpServer = "SMTPSERVER" }
send-mailmessage @messageparameters2 -bodyashtml
 

Answer 1

This line of code looks wrong:
$VM = "server1, server2, server3, server4"
That will assign a single string to the $VM variable. If you intend the $VM variable to contain a list of 4 items, write it this way:
$VM = "server1","server2","server3","server4"
-- Bill Stewart [Bill_Stewart]