CreateVirtualSystemSnapshot method of the Msvm_VirtualSystemManagementService Class

uint32 CreateVirtualSystemSnapshot(
  [in]   CIM_ComputerSystem REF SourceSystem,
  [out]  CIM_VirtualSystemSettingData REF SnapshotSettingData,
  [out]  CIM_ConcreteJob REF Job
);

using System;
using System.Management;

namespace HyperVSamples
{
    class CreateVirtualSystemSnapshotClass
    {
        static void CreateVirtualSystemSnapshot(string vmName)
        {
            ManagementScope scope = new ManagementScope(@"root\virtualization", null);
            ManagementObject virtualSystemService = Utility.GetServiceObject(scope, "Msvm_VirtualSystemManagementService");

            ManagementObject vm = Utility.GetTargetComputer(vmName, scope);

            ManagementBaseObject inParams = virtualSystemService.GetMethodParameters("CreateVirtualSystemSnapshot");
            inParams["SourceSystem"] = vm.Path.Path;

            ManagementBaseObject outParams = virtualSystemService.InvokeMethod("CreateVirtualSystemSnapshot", inParams, null);

            if ((UInt32)outParams["ReturnValue"] == ReturnCode.Started)
            {
                if (Utility.JobCompleted(outParams, scope))
                {
                    Console.WriteLine("Snapshot was created successfully.");

                }
                else
                {
                    Console.WriteLine("Failed to create snapshot VM");
                }
            }
            else if ((UInt32)outParams["ReturnValue"] == ReturnCode.Completed)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Snapshot was created successfully.");
            }
            else
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Create virtual system snapshot failed with error {0}", outParams["ReturnValue"]);
            }

            inParams.Dispose();
            outParams.Dispose();
            vm.Dispose();
            virtualSystemService.Dispose();
        }

        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            if (args != null && args.Length != 1)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Usage: CreateVirtualSystemSnapshot vmName");
                return;
            }
            CreateVirtualSystemSnapshot(args[0]);
        }
    }
}

option explicit 

dim objWMIService
dim managementService
dim fileSystem


const JobStarting = 3
const JobRunning = 4
const JobCompleted = 7
const wmiStarted = 4096
const wmiSuccessful = 0

Main()

'-----------------------------------------------------------------
' Main
'-----------------------------------------------------------------
Sub Main()

    dim computer, objArgs, vmName, vm
    
    set fileSystem = Wscript.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
    computer = "."
    set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & computer & "\root\virtualization")
    set managementService = objWMIService.ExecQuery("select * from Msvm_VirtualSystemManagementService").ItemIndex(0)
    
    set objArgs = WScript.Arguments
    if WScript.Arguments.Count = 1 then
        vmName = objArgs.Unnamed.Item(0)
    else
        WScript.Echo "usage: cscript CreateVirtualSystemSnapshot.vbs vmName"
        WScript.Quit(1)
    end if
    

    set vm = GetComputerSystem(vmName)

    if CreateVirtualSystemSnapshot(vm) then
        WriteLog "Done"
        WScript.Quit(0)
    else
        WriteLog "CreateVirtualSystemSnapshot Failed."
        WScript.Quit(1)
    end if
    
End Sub

'-----------------------------------------------------------------
' Retrieve Msvm_VirtualComputerSystem from base on its ElementName
'-----------------------------------------------------------------
Function GetComputerSystem(vmElementName)
    On Error Resume Next
    dim query
    query = Format1("select * from Msvm_ComputerSystem where ElementName = '{0}'", vmElementName)
    set GetComputerSystem = objWMIService.ExecQuery(query).ItemIndex(0)
    if (Err.Number <> 0) then
        WriteLog Format1("Err.Number: {0}", Err.Number)
        WriteLog Format1("Err.Description:{0}",Err.Description)
        WScript.Quit(1)
    end if
End Function

'-----------------------------------------------------------------
' Create a virtual system snapshot
'-----------------------------------------------------------------
Function CreateVirtualSystemSnapshot(vm)

    dim objInParam, objOutParams

    CreateVirtualSystemSnapshot = false
    set objInParam = managementService.Methods_("CreateVirtualSystemSnapshot").InParameters.SpawnInstance_()
    objInParam.SourceSystem = vm.Path_.Path
    
    set objOutParams = managementService.ExecMethod_("CreateVirtualSystemSnapshot", objInParam)

    if (objOutParams.ReturnValue = wmiStarted) then
        if (WMIJobCompleted(objOutParams)) then
            CreateVirtualSystemSnapshot = true
        end if
    elseif (objOutParams.ReturnValue = wmiSuccessful) then
        CreateVirtualSystemSnapshot = true
    else
        WriteLog Format1("CreateVirtualSystemSnapshot failed with ReturnValue {0}", objOutParams.ReturnValue)
    end if

End Function

'-----------------------------------------------------------------
' Handle wmi Job object
'-----------------------------------------------------------------
Function WMIJobCompleted(outParam)
    WriteLog "Function WMIJobCompleted"
    
    dim WMIJob, jobState

    set WMIJob = objWMIService.Get(outParam.Job)

    WMIJobCompleted = true

    jobState = WMIJob.JobState

    while jobState = JobRunning or jobState = JobStarting
        WriteLog Format1("In progress... {0}% completed.",WMIJob.PercentComplete)
        WScript.Sleep(1000)
        set WMIJob = objWMIService.Get(outParam.Job)
        jobState = WMIJob.JobState
    wend

    if (jobState <> JobCompleted) then
        WriteLog Format1("ErrorCode:{0}", WMIJob.ErrorCode)
        WriteLog Format1("ErrorDescription:{0}", WMIJob.ErrorDescription)
        WMIJobCompleted = false
    end if

End Function

'-----------------------------------------------------------------
' Create the console log files.
'-----------------------------------------------------------------
Sub WriteLog(line)
    dim fileStream
    set fileStream = fileSystem.OpenTextFile(".\CreateVirtualSystemSnapshot.log", 8, true)
    WScript.Echo line
    fileStream.WriteLine line
    fileStream.Close

End Sub

'------------------------------------------------------------------------------
' The string formatting functions to avoid string concatenation.
'------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Function Format2(myString, arg0, arg1)
    Format2 = Format1(myString, arg0)
    Format2 = Replace(Format2, "{1}", arg1)
End Function

'------------------------------------------------------------------------------
' The string formatting functions to avoid string concatenation.
'------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Function Format1(myString, arg0)
    Format1 = Replace(myString, "{0}", arg0)
End Function