I have been searching for a simple solution to get the notification when something goes wrong with Hyper-V replica replication… The problem is that things can go realy bad if you have Hyper-V replica in critical state for long period of time (AVHD differential disk grows and can make a big mess on source server…)

So here is the PS script that checks replica health and sends mail if one or more of VMs have Warning or Critical replication state.

You can modify sending parameters by looking at examples @ http://petermorrissey.blogspot.com/2013/01/sending-smtp-emails-with-powershell.html

Just save the script as (for example) c:hvreplicamonhvreplicamon.ps1

Create a Task Scheduler taks (screenshots below)

if ((Get-VMReplication | select-string -inputobject {$_.Health} -pattern “Warning”) -like “Warning”)
{
$SMTPServer = “smtp.gmail.com”
$SMTPPort = “587”
$Username = “username@gmail.com”
$Password = “password”
$to = “my@emailwhereiwanttoreceivealert.com”
$subject = “Replica WARNING error on SERVERNAME”
$message = New-Object System.Net.Mail.MailMessage
$message.subject = $subject
$message.to.add($to)
$message.from = $username
$smtp = New-Object System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient($SMTPServer, $SMTPPort);
$smtp.EnableSSL = $true
$smtp.Credentials = New-Object System.Net.NetworkCredential($Username, $Password);
$smtp.send($message)
}
elseif ((Get-VMReplication | select-string -inputobject {$_.Health} -pattern “Critical”) -like “Critical”)
{
$SMTPServer = “smtp.gmail.com”
$SMTPPort = “587”
$Username = “username@gmail.com”
$Password = “password”
$to = “my@emailwhereiwanttoreceivealert.com”
$subject = “Replica CRITICAL error on SERVERNAME”
$message = New-Object System.Net.Mail.MailMessage
$message.subject = $subject
$message.to.add($to)
$message.from = $username
$smtp = New-Object System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient($SMTPServer, $SMTPPort);
$smtp.EnableSSL = $true
$smtp.Credentials = New-Object System.Net.NetworkCredential($Username, $Password);
$smtp.send($message)
}

Task Scheduler task parameters