In the week of July 21, 2025, I had the pleasure of teaching 17 students of the Alstergymnasium in Henstedt-Ulzburg (Schleswig-Holstein) the basics of programming in Python for 4 days.

This PowerShell script enables the creation of a scheduled snapshot for one or multiple VMware vCenter virtual machines (VMs). It automates the snapshot creation based on a defined schedule, which is especially useful for backup and maintenance purposes in virtualized environments.

This script creates a list (CSV file) of all virtual hard disks (VMDKs). This file can then be further processed or analyzed with tools like Excel.