I wrote this PowerShell script to synchronize two folders with robocopy (each located on another physical hard disk) so I have a backup in case one hard disk fails.
The script will send the robocopy output log file as an attachment to the specified e-mail address.
# PowerShell Robocopy script with e-mail notification # Created by Michel Stevelmans - http://www.michelstevelmans.com # Change these values $SourceFolder = "C:\SourceFolder" $DestinationFolder = "C:\DestinationFolder" $Logfile = "C:\Robocopy.log" $EmailFrom = "michel.stevelmans@domain.com" $EmailTo = "michel.stevelmans@domain.com" $EmailBody = "Robocopy completed successfully. See attached log file for details" $EmailSubject = "Robocopy Summary" $SMTPServer = "smtp.domain.com" $SMTPPort = "25" # Copy Folder with Robocopy Robocopy $SourceFolder $DestinationFolder /E /ZB /R:1 /W:1 /PURGE /LOG:$Logfile /NP # Send E-mail message with log file attachment $Message = New-Object Net.Mail.MailMessage($EmailFrom, $EmailTo, $EmailSubject, $EmailBody) $Attachment = New-Object Net.Mail.Attachment($Logfile, 'text/plain') $Message.Attachments.Add($Attachment) $SMTPClient = New-Object Net.Mail.SmtpClient($SmtpServer, $SMTPPort) $SMTPClient.Send($Message)
If you want to use gmail, you have to use a different approach because gmail requires authentication, a different port and SSL.
The script below will allow you to let PowerShell use gmail to send the e-mail notification.
# PowerShell Robocopy script with e-mail notification
# Created by Michel Stevelmans - http://www.michelstevelmans.com
# Change these values
$SourceFolder = "C:\SourceFolder"
$DestinationFolder = "C:\DestinationFolder"
$Logfile = "C:\Robocopy.log"
$EmailFrom = "michel.stevelmans@domain.com"
$EmailTo = "michel.stevelmans@domain.com"
$EmailBody = "Robocopy completed successfully. See attached log file for details"
$EmailSubject = "Robocopy Summary"
$Username = "Your.GmailUsername"
$Password = "YourGmailPassword"
# Copy Folder with Robocopy
Robocopy $SourceFolder $DestinationFolder /E /ZB /R:1 /W:1 /PURGE /LOG:$Logfile /NP
# Send E-mail message with log file attachment
$Message = New-Object Net.Mail.MailMessage($EmailFrom, $EmailTo, $EmailSubject, $EmailBody)
$Attachment = New-Object Net.Mail.Attachment($Logfile, 'text/plain')
$Message.Attachments.Add($Attachment)
$SMTPClient = New-Object Net.Mail.SmtpClient("smtp.gmail.com", 587)
$SMTPClient.EnableSsl = $true
$SMTPClient.Credentials = New-Object System.Net.NetworkCredential($Username, $Password);
$SMTPClient.Send($Message)
