RightScale/Rightlink10/RSC Use PowerShell Job to schedule a snapshot by running a script in RightScale via RSC.

RightScale - Schedule Snapshot.ps1

$errorActionPreference = "stop"
$scriptId = "12345678"
$rsc = 'C:\Program Files\RightScale\RightLink\rsc.exe'
$snapshot_Name = $ENV:SNAPSHOT_NAME
$snapshot_Save = $ENV:KEEP_SNAPSHOTS
$scheduledTask_Time =$ENV:SCHEDULED_TASK_TIME
$scheduledTask_Name = "RightScale Snapshot - $ENV:SNAPSHOT_NAME"

if(($ENV:ENABLE_SNAPSHOT -eq $true) -and (!($ENV:KEEP_SNAPSHOTS) -or !($ENV:SCHEDULED_TASK_TIME))) {
  Write-Output "Error! Must provide value for KEEP_SNAPSHOTS and SCHEDULED_TASK_TIME!"
  EXIT 1
}

$scriptBlock = @"
if(!(Test-Path -Path "$rsc")) {
    Write-Output "Error! RSC.exe not found!"
    EXIT 1
}
else {
    Write-Output "Running RightScript"
    & "$rsc" rl10 run_right_script /rll/run/right_script "right_script_id=$scriptId" "arguments=KEEP_SNAPSHOTS=text:$snapshot_Save" "arguments=SNAPSHOT_NAME=text:$snapshot_Name"
}
"@

$trigger = @{"Daily"=$true; "At" = $scheduledTask_Time}
$scheduledJob = @{"Name" = $scheduledTask_Name; "ScriptBlock" = ([scriptblock]::Create($scriptBlock))}
$currentJob = Get-ScheduledJob -Name $scheduledTask_Name -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

if(($ENV:ENABLE_SNAPSHOT -eq $false) -and !($currentJob)) {
    #Nothing to do, quit
    Write-Output "Snapshot set to 'false' and job does not exist."
}
elseif(($ENV:ENABLE_SNAPSHOT -eq $false) -and $currentJob){
    #Delete the job
    Write-Output "Deleting job..."
    $currentJob | Remove-Job
}
elseif(($ENV:ENABLE_SNAPSHOT -eq $true) -and !($currentJob)) {
    #Create the job
    Write-Output "Creating Scheduled Job '$scheduledTask_Name'..."
    $scheduledTask_Trigger = New-JobTrigger @trigger
    Register-ScheduledJob @scheduledJob -Trigger $scheduledTask_Trigger
}
elseif(($ENV:ENABLE_SNAPSHOT -eq $true) -and $currentJob){
    #Job already exists, make sure it's correct
    Write-Output "Updating Scheduled Job..."
    $currentJob | Get-JobTrigger | Set-JobTrigger @trigger
    $currentJob | Set-ScheduledJob @scheduledJob
}

Write-Output "Done configuring snapshots!"