Quick example to check the amount of backups and the current used and free space on all local drives and send that information via smtp

checkBackupsAndSpace.ps1

$logfile = "D:\Apteco\Log\backup_manual.log"

# log
"$( [datetime]::Now.ToString("yyyyMMddHHmmss") )`t-------------------------------" >> $logfile

# Get all local drives that are currently used (used space greater than 0) and format the numbers and output as list
$currentSpace = Get-PSDrive -PSProvider FileSystem | where { $_.Used -gt 0 }  | Select Root, @{name="Used (GB)";expression={ ($_.Used/1GB).ToString(".00") }}, @{name="Free (GB)";expression={ ($_.Free/1GB).ToString(".00") }}  | fl

# check how many backups are in a folder
$backupFolder = "D:\Apteco\Publish\<sysname>\backup\"
$backupFolderCount = ( Get-ChildItem -Path $backupFolder ).count

# Create smtp mailing settings
$mailSettings = @{
    smtpServer = "<smtpserver>"
    from = "<fromaddress>"
    to = "<toaddress>"
    port = 25
}

Send-MailMessage -SmtpServer $mailSettings.smtpServer `
                -From $mailSettings.from `
                -To $mailSettings.to `
                -Body "There are $( ( Get-ChildItem -Path $backupFolder ).count ) backups on $( $backupFolder )`n`nThis is the current space: `n$( $currentSpace | Out-String )" `
                -Subject "There are $( ( Get-ChildItem -Path "E:\Apteco\Publish\buenting\backup\" ).count ) backups on E:\" `
                -Port $mailSettings.port

"$( [datetime]::Now.ToString("yyyyMMddHHmmss") )`tSend Email to $( $mailSettings.to ) with the information of $( $backupFolderCount ) backups and space`n$( $currentSpace | Out-String ) " >> $logfile