This is the built-in help made by Microsoft for the command 'Checkpoint-VM', in PowerShell version 3 - as retrieved from
Windows version 'Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Standard' PowerShell help files on 2016-06-23.
For PowerShell version 3 and up, where you have Update-Help, this command was run just before creating the web pages from the help files.
Creates a snapshot of a virtual machine.
Checkpoint-VM [-Name] <String[]> [[-SnapshotName] <String>] [-AsJob] [-ComputerName <String[]>] [-Passthru] [<CommonParameters>]
Checkpoint-VM [-VM] <VirtualMachine[]> [[-SnapshotName] <String>] [-AsJob] [-Passthru] [<CommonParameters>]
The Checkpoint-VM cmdlet creates a snapshot of a virtual machine.
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Example 1
PS C:\>Checkpoint-VM -Name Test -SnapshotName BeforeInstallingUpdates
Checkpoints virtual machine Test, creating a snapshot of it named BeforeInstallingUpdates.
Example 2
PS C:\>Get-VM Test –ComputerName Server1 | Checkpoint-VM
Checkpoints virtual machine Test on Hyper-V host Server1.