Export Virtual Machines in a Cluster

Q: How can I easily export every virtual machine in a cluster to a folder?

A: The best approach for protecting your virtual environment is using a VSS-aware protection such as System Center Data Protection Manager. However,  you might occasionally just want to quickly export every virtual machine out to a folder. This is easy to do with just a few lines of PowerShell code.

$VMs = Get-ClusterGroup | ? { $_.GroupType –eq "VirtualMachine" } | Get-VMForeach ($VM in $VMs){    Export-VM -ComputerName $VM.computername -Name $VM.name -Path C:ClusterStorageStorageSpace_VMsBackup}

The end result is that each virtual machine will be in its own subfolder under the specified path.